Let These Not Be Lost: America’s 2011 Most Endangered Historic Places

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Let These Not Be Lost: America’s 2011 Most Endangered Historic Places


June 15th, 2011



Read More: http://blog.preservationnation.org/2...storic-places/

The unveiling of America’s 11 Most Endangered Historic Places is always a bittersweet moment. The list is a culmination of hundreds of hours of hard work by hundreds of people, and it becomes a new rallying cry for supporters of incredibly important – yet unfortunately threatened – sites nationwide. But the fact that the list even exists means that there’s a lot more work to be done. That being said, there is something simple you can do right now to help.

- For the first time in its history, the list of America’s 11 Most Endangered Historic Places is being supplemented with a site on Watch Status. This means that a specific threat to a historic place appears to be growing, but can be avoided or controlled through collaboration and innovation — which is exactly what we hope to accomplished in Charleston, S.C., where expanding cruise ship tourism could jeopardize the historic character of the city, historic downtown Charleston, and its surrounding neighborhoods. The Watch Status designation is accompanied by an offer from the National Trust to assist with finding a balanced solution that benefits the community and its rich cultural heritage. The organization believes that defining enforceable limits on the size, number and frequency of cruise ships visiting the downtown piers is central to a positive resolution.

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Bear Butte, Meade County, S.D. – Bear Butte, the 4,426-foot mountain called Mato Paha by the Lakota in the Black Hills of South Dakota, is sacred ground for as many as 17 Native American tribes.....






Belmead-on-the-James, Powhatan County, Va. – A little-known landmark of African American heritage, the 2,000-acre site along Virginia’s James River was transformed by Saint Katherine Drexel from a slave-holding plantation into a pair of innovative schools for African American and Native American students.....






China Alley, Hanford, Calif. – In 1877, Chinese immigrants settled in this San Joaquin Valley town and found strength and community far from home in China Alley, a vibrant rural Chinatown.....






Fort Gaines, Dauphin Island, Ala. – A place of spectacular beauty and stirring history, Dauphin Island is home to Historic Fort Gaines, a nationally-significant fortress that played a pivotal role in the Civil War Battle of Mobile Bay.....






Greater Chaco Landscape, N.M. – Located across a more than 1,000-square-mile swath of northwestern New Mexico are hundreds of Native American archaeological and cultural sites that help unlock the mysteries of the prehistoric Chacoan people.....






Isaac Manchester Farm, Avella, Pa. – For more than two centuries, this 400-acre farm – with stately brick Georgian manor house and historic outbuildings – has been home to eight generations of one family.....






John Coltrane Home, Dix Hills, N.Y. – One of America’s most widely acclaimed jazz artists, John Coltrane lived with his young family in a ranch house in Long Island, N.Y., until his untimely death in 1967.....






National Soldiers Home Historic District, Milwaukee, Wis. – With its bucolic setting and diverse collection of historic buildings, Milwaukee’s Soldiers Home offered welcome refuge for generations of American veterans.....






Pillsbury A Mill, Minneapolis, Minn. – A masterpiece of industrial architecture and the largest and most advanced facility in the world at the time of its completion in 1881, the Pillsbury A Mill Complex stands vacant and is in danger of piecemeal development.....






Prentice Women’s Hospital, Chicago, Ill. – A concrete and glass cloverleaf-shaped icon, Prentice Women’s Hospital has added drama and interest to the Chicago skyline for nearly four decades.....






Sites Imperiled by State Actions, U.S. – In state legislatures across the country, cuts to preservation funding and incentives imperil hundreds of thousands of historic places. If key sources of funding and incentives (like those that enabled the renaissance of the San Antonio, T.X.....






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