America's Most Endangered Places
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Each year since 1987, the National Trust for Historic Preservation
has released a list of places they consider the most endangered in America. The number of sites included on the list has varied, with the most recent lists settling on 11. The name of the list has varied from "America's Most Endangered Places" to "America's Most Endangered Historic Places" to "America's 11 Most Endangered Historic Places."
While many of the locations listed by the Trust have been preserved—with there being some argument about how important the Trust's listing has actually been to their preservation—there have been notable losses, such as 2 Columbus Circle
, which underwent significant renovations, and the original Guthrie Theater
, demolition of which was completed in early 2007.
National Trust for Historic Preservation
The National Trust for Historic Preservation is an American member-supported organization that was founded in 1949 by congressional charter to support preservation of historic buildings and neighborhoods through a range of programs and activities, including the publication of Preservation...
has released a list of places they consider the most endangered in America. The number of sites included on the list has varied, with the most recent lists settling on 11. The name of the list has varied from "America's Most Endangered Places" to "America's Most Endangered Historic Places" to "America's 11 Most Endangered Historic Places."
While many of the locations listed by the Trust have been preserved—with there being some argument about how important the Trust's listing has actually been to their preservation—there have been notable losses, such as 2 Columbus Circle
2 Columbus Circle
2 Columbus Circle is a small, trapezoidal lot on the south side of Columbus Circle in Manhattan, New York City, USA.The seven-story Pabst Grand Circle Hotel, designed by William H. Cauvet, stood at this address from 1874 until it was demolished in 1960...
, which underwent significant renovations, and the original Guthrie Theater
Guthrie Theater
The Guthrie Theater is a center for theater performance, production, education, and professional training in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It is the result of the desire of Sir Tyrone Guthrie, Oliver Rea, and Peter Zeisler to create a resident acting company that would produce and perform the classics in...
, demolition of which was completed in early 2007.
2011 Places
- Bear ButteBear ButteBear Butte is a geological butte feature located in western South Dakota, United States, that was established as a State Park in 1961. An important landmark and religious site for the Plains Indians tribes long before Europeans reached South Dakota, Bear Butte is called Mathó Pahá, or Bear...
, South Dakota - Belmead-on-the-James, Powhatan County, VirginiaPowhatan County, VirginiaAs of the census of 2000, there were 22,377 people, 7,258 households, and 5,900 families residing in the county. The population density was 86 people per square mile . There were 7,509 housing units at an average density of 29 per square mile...
- China Alley, Hanford, CaliforniaHanford, CaliforniaHanford is an important commercial and cultural center in the south central San Joaquin Valley and is the county seat of Kings County, California. It is the principal city of the Hanford-Corcoran, California Metropolitan Statistical Area , which encompasses all of Kings County, including the cities...
- Fort Gaines, Alabama
- Greater Chaco LandscapeChaco Culture National Historical ParkChaco Culture National Historical Park is a United States National Historical Park hosting the densest and most exceptional concentration of pueblos in the American Southwest. The park is located in northwestern New Mexico, between Albuquerque and Farmington, in a remote canyon cut by the Chaco Wash...
, New Mexico - Isaac Manchester Farm, Pennsylvania
- John Coltrane HomeJohn Coltrane HomeThe John Coltrane Home is a house in the Dix Hills neighborhood of Huntington, Suffolk County, New York, where saxophonist John Coltrane resided from 1964 until his death in 1967. It was in this home that he composed his landmark work, A Love Supreme....
, New York - National Soldiers Home, Milwaukee, WisconsinMilwaukee, WisconsinMilwaukee is the largest city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin, the 28th most populous city in the United States and 39th most populous region in the United States. It is the county seat of Milwaukee County and is located on the southwestern shore of Lake Michigan. According to 2010 census data, the...
- Pillsbury A Mill, Minnesota
- Prentice Women's HospitalNorthwestern Memorial HospitalNorthwestern Memorial Hospital is one of the nation's preeminent academic medical centers and is the primary teaching hospital for Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine. It is the second tallest hospital in the United States and the fourth tallest hospital in the world...
, Illinois - Sites Imperiled by State Actions, Nationwide
2010 Places
- America's State Parks & State-Owned Historic Sites
- Black MountainBlack Mountain (Kentucky)Black Mountain is the highest natural point in the Commonwealth of Kentucky, USA, with a summit elevation of above mean sea level and a top to bottom height of over . The summit is located at in Harlan County, Kentucky near the Virginia border, just above the towns of Lynch, Kentucky and...
, Kentucky - Hinchliffe StadiumHinchliffe StadiumHinchliffe Stadium is a historic 10,000-seat municipal stadium in Paterson, New Jersey, built 1931-32 on a dramatic escarpment above Paterson's National Landmark Great Falls, and surrounded by the city's National Landmark Historic District, the first planned industrial settlement in the nation...
, New Jersey - Industrial Arts Building, Nebraska
- Juana Briones House, California
- Merritt ParkwayMerritt ParkwayThe Merritt Parkway is a historic limited-access parkway in Fairfield County, Connecticut. The parkway is known for its scenic layout, its uniquely styled signage, and the architecturally elaborate overpasses along the route. It is designated as a National Scenic Byway and is also listed in the...
, Connecticut - Metropolitan AME Church, Washington, DC
- Pågat, Guam
- Saugatuck Dunes, Michigan
- Threefoot BuildingThreefoot BuildingThe Threefoot Building is a historic building located in downtown Meridian, Mississippi. The building is the tallest building in the city, standing 16 stories tall. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 18, 1979, under the Meridian Multiple Property...
, Mississippi - Wilderness Battlefield, Virginia
2009 Places
- Century Plaza HotelCentury Plaza HotelThe Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles is a landmark 19-story luxury hotel forming a sweeping crescent design fronting the spectacular fountains on Avenue of the Stars adjacent to the twin Century Plaza Towers and the CAA building.- History :...
, Los Angeles, California - Miami Marine StadiumMiami Marine StadiumThe Miami Marine Stadium is a marine stadium on Virginia Key, Miami, Florida, United States. The facility, built and completed in 1963 on land donated to the City of Miami from the Matheson family, is the first stadium purpose-built for powerboat racing in the United States.-History:The 6,566 seat...
, Florida - Mount Taylor, Grants, New Mexico
- Unity TempleUnity TempleUnity Temple is a Unitarian Universalist church in Oak Park, Illinois, and the home of the Unity Temple Unitarian Universalist Congregation. It was designed by the American architect Frank Lloyd Wright, and built between 1905 and 1908. Unity Temple is considered to be one of Wright's most important...
, Oak Park, Illinois - Dorchester Academy, Midway, Georgia
- The Manhattan Project's Enola Gay Hangar at Wendover Air Force Base, Utah
- Ames Shovel ShopAmes Shovel ShopThe Ames Shovel Shops, also known as just Ames Shovel Shop, is a historic 19th century industrial complex located in North Easton, Massachusetts. It is part of the North Easton Historic District, and consists of several granite buildings constructed between 1852 and 1885, along with several newer...
s, Easton, Massachusetts - Human Services CenterHuman Services CenterThe Human Services Center in Yankton, South Dakota is a psychiatric hospital that was built in 1882. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.It was included in the 2009 list of most endangered historic sites in the U.S...
, Yankton, South Dakota - Memorial BridgeMemorial Bridge (Portsmouth, New Hampshire)The Memorial Bridge is a through truss lift bridge that carried U.S. 1 across the Piscataqua River between Portsmouth, New Hampshire and Badger's Island in Kittery, Maine USA. The bridge was closed permanently to vehicle traffic on July 27, 2011, with a replacement to be built by 2014.The lift span...
, Portsmouth, NH & Kittery, Maine - Cast-Iron Architecture of Galveston, Texas
- Lana'i City, Maui, Hawaii
2008 Places
- Bonnet HouseBonnet HouseThe Bonnet House is a historic home in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States. It is located at 900 Birch Road. On July 5, 1984, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places...
, Fort Lauderdale, Florida - Boyd TheatreBoyd TheatreThe Boyd Theatre is a 1920s era movie palace in Center City, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It operated as a movie theater for 74 years, operating under the name Sameric as part of the United Artists theater chain, before closing in 2002...
, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - California State ParksCalifornia Department of Parks and RecreationThe California Department of Parks and Recreation, also known as California State Parks, manages the California state parks system. The system administers 278 parks and 1.4 million acres , with over of coastline; of lake and river frontage; nearly 15,000 campsites; and of hiking, biking, and...
, California - Charity Hospital and the surrounding neighborhood, New Orleans, Louisiana
- Great Falls PortageGreat Falls PortageGreat Falls Portage is the site on the Missouri River that was an arduous portage site for the Lewis and Clark expedition in 1805. On the upriver trip, the 18 mile portage took 31 days.It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1966....
, Great Falls, Montana - Hangar OneHangar One (Mountain View, California)Hangar One is one of the world's largest freestanding structures, covering , and has long been one of the most recognizable landmarks of California's Silicon Valley. An early example of mid-century modern architecture, it was built in the 1930s as a naval airship station for the USS Macon.-Design...
, Moffett Federal AirfieldMoffett Federal AirfieldMoffett Federal Airfield , also known as Moffett Field, is a joint civil-military airport located between northern Mountain View and northern Sunnyvale, California, USA. The airport is near the south end of San Francisco Bay, northwest of San Jose. Formerly a United States Navy facility, the former...
, Santa Clara County, California - Michigan Avenue StreetwallMichigan Avenue (Chicago)Michigan Avenue is a major north-south street in Chicago which runs at 100 east south of the Chicago River and at 132 East north of the river from 12628 south to 950 north in the Chicago street address system...
, Chicago, Illinois - Neighborhood of the Lower East SideLower East SideThe Lower East Side, LES, is a neighborhood in the southeastern part of the New York City borough of Manhattan. It is roughly bounded by Allen Street, East Houston Street, Essex Street, Canal Street, Eldridge Street, East Broadway, and Grand Street....
, New York, New York - Neighborhood of Peace BridgePeace BridgeThe Peace Bridge is an international bridge between Canada and the United States at the east end of Lake Erie at the source of the Niagara River, about upriver of Niagara Falls. It connects the City of Buffalo, New York, in the United States to the Town of Fort Erie, Ontario, in Canada...
, Buffalo, New York - The Statler Hilton HotelDallas Statler HiltonThe former Dallas Statler Hilton is an iconic building of mid-twentieth century design located at 1914 Commerce Street in downtown Dallas, Texas . It is located on the edge of the Farmers Market District and adjacent to Main Street Garden Park. The hotel was praised as the first modern American...
, Dallas, Texas - Sumner Elementary SchoolSumner Elementary SchoolThe Sumner Elementary School in Topeka, Kansas was involved in the Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka in 1954. Linda Brown attempted to enroll in the Sumner School, which was closer to her house than the all black Monroe School to which she was attending. Her enrollment was rejected by the...
, Topeka, Kansas - Vizcaya Museum and GardensVilla VizcayaVizcaya, now named the Vizcaya Museum and Gardens, is the former villa and estate of businessman James Deering, of the Deering McCormick-International Harvester fortune, on Biscayne Bay in the present day Coconut Grove neighborhood of Miami, Florida...
, Miami, Florida
2007 Places
- BrooklynBrooklynBrooklyn is the most populous of New York City's five boroughs, with nearly 2.6 million residents, and the second-largest in area. Since 1896, Brooklyn has had the same boundaries as Kings County, which is now the most populous county in New York State and the second-most densely populated...
's Industrial Waterfront, New York, New York - El Camino Real Historic Trail, New Mexico
- H.H. RichardsonHenry Hobson RichardsonHenry Hobson Richardson was a prominent American architect who designed buildings in Albany, Boston, Buffalo, Chicago, Pittsburgh, and other cities. The style he popularized is named for him: Richardsonian Romanesque...
House, Brookline, Massachusetts - Hialeah Park Race CourseHialeah Park Race TrackThe Hialeah Park Race Track is a historic site in Hialeah, Florida. Its site covers 40 square blocks of central-east side Hialeah from Palm Avenue east to East 4th Avenue, and from East 22nd Street on the south to East 32nd Street on the north. On March 5, 1979, it was added to the U.S...
, Hialeah, Florida - Historic Places in Transmission LineElectric power transmissionElectric-power transmission is the bulk transfer of electrical energy, from generating power plants to Electrical substations located near demand centers...
Corridors - Historic Route 66U.S. Route 66U.S. Route 66 was a highway within the U.S. Highway System. One of the original U.S. highways, Route 66 was established on November 11, 1926 -- with road signs erected the following year...
Motels, Illinois to California - Historic Structures in Mark Twain National ForestMark Twain National ForestMark Twain National Forest is a U.S. National Forest located in the southern half of Missouri. MTNF was established on September 11, 1939. It is named for author Mark Twain, a Missouri native. The MTNF covers approximately 1.5 million acres , 78,000 acres of which are Wilderness, and National...
, 29 counties in Missouri - Minidoka Internment CampMinidoka Internment National MonumentMinidoka National Historic Site is a National Historic Site that commemorates the Minidoka War Relocation Center of the Second World War. It is located in Jerome County, Idaho, northeast of Twin Falls and just north of Eden, in an area known as Hunt, in the remote high desert area north of the...
, Hunt, Idaho - Philip SimmonsPhilip SimmonsPhilip Simmons was an American artisan and blacksmith specializing in the craft of ironwork. Simmons spent 77 years as a blacksmith, focusing on decorative iron work. When he began his career, blacksmiths in Charleston made practical, everyday household objects, such as horseshoes...
Workshop and Home, Charleston, South Carolina - Pinon Canyon, Colorado
- Stewart's Point Rancheria, Sonoma County, California.
2006 Places
- Arts and Industries BuildingArts and Industries BuildingThe Arts and Industries Building is the second oldest of the Smithsonian museums on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Initially named the National Museum, it was built to provide the Smithsonian with its first proper facility for public display of its growing collections.The building, designed...
of the Smithsonian InstitutionSmithsonian InstitutionThe Smithsonian Institution is an educational and research institute and associated museum complex, administered and funded by the government of the United States and by funds from its endowment, contributions, and profits from its retail operations, concessions, licensing activities, and magazines...
, Washington, DC - Blair Mountain BattlefieldBattle of Blair MountainThe Battle of Blair Mountain was one of the largest civil uprisings in United States history and the largest armed insurrection since the American Civil War...
, Logan County, West Virginia - Doo Wop MotelsWildwoods Shore Resort Historic DistrictThe Wildwoods Shore Resort Historic District, or Doo Wop Motel District, is an area in The Wildwoods, New Jersey, that was home to over 200 motels built during the Doo-Wop era of the 1950s and 1960s...
of Wildwood, New JerseyWildwood, New JerseyWildwood is a city in Cape May County, New Jersey, United States. It is part of the Ocean City Metropolitan Statistical Area and is a popular summer resort destination. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city's year-round population was 5,325... - Fort Snelling Upper Post, Hennepin County, Minnesota
- Historic Communities and Landmarks of the Mississippi Coast
- Historic Neighborhoods of New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana
- Kenilworth, IllinoisKenilworth, IllinoisKenilworth is a village in Cook County, Illinois, north of downtown Chicago. It is the newest of the nine suburban North Shore communities bordering Lake Michigan, and is the only one developed as a planned community...
- Kootenai Lodge, Bigfork, Montana
- Mission San Miguel ArcángelMission San Miguel ArcángelMission San Miguel Arcángel was founded on July 25, 1797 by the Franciscan order, on a site chosen specifically due to the large number of Salinan Indians that inhabited the area, whom the Spanish priests wanted to evangelize. It is located at 775 Mission Street, San Miguel, in San Luis Obispo...
, San Miguel, California - Over-the-Rhine NeighborhoodOver-the-RhineOver-the-Rhine, sometimes shortened to OTR, is a neighborhood in Cincinnati, Ohio. It is believed to be the largest, most intact urban historic district in the United States. Over-the-Rhine was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983 with 943 contributing buildings...
, Cincinnati, Ohio - World Trade Center Vesey Street StaircaseSurvivors' StaircaseThe Survivors' Staircase is the last visible structure above ground level at the World Trade Center site. It was originally two outdoor flights of granite-clad stairs and an escalator that connected Vesey Street to the World Trade Center's Austin J. Tobin Plaza...
, New York, New York
2005 Places
- Daniel Webster FarmDaniel Webster Family HomeDaniel Webster Family Home, also known as The Elms, in West Franklin, New Hampshire, is a property that was owned by the family of Daniel Webster....
, Franklin, New Hampshire - The Journey Through Hallowed Ground Corridor, MD, PA, VA
- Belleview Biltmore Hotel, Belleair, Florida
- Camp Security, York County, Pennsylvania
- Eleutherian CollegeEleutherian CollegeA U.S. National Historic Landmark, Eleutherian College, founded in 1848 as Eleutherian Institute, was the first college in Indiana to admit students without regard to race or sex. It is now a public museum....
, Madison, Indiana - Ennis-Brown House, Los Angeles, California
- Finca VigíaFinca VigíaFinca Vigía was the home of Ernest Hemingway in San Francisco de Paula, Cuba, , and now houses a museum.-History of the property :...
: Ernest Hemingway House, San Francisco de Paula, CUBA - Historic Buildings of Downtown Detroit, Detroit, Michigan
- Historic Catholic Churches of Greater Boston, Boston, Massachusetts
- King IslandKing Island, AlaskaKing Island is an island in the Bering Sea, west of Alaska. It is about west of Cape Douglas and is south of Wales, Alaska....
, Alaska - National Landscape Conservation SystemNational Landscape Conservation SystemThe National Landscape Conservation System is a collection of the lands considered to be the crown jewels of the American west. NLCS is also known as National Conservation Lands. These lands represent 10% of the managed by the Bureau of Land Management...
, Western States
2004 Places
- 2 Columbus Circle2 Columbus Circle2 Columbus Circle is a small, trapezoidal lot on the south side of Columbus Circle in Manhattan, New York City, USA.The seven-story Pabst Grand Circle Hotel, designed by William H. Cauvet, stood at this address from 1874 until it was demolished in 1960...
, New York, New York - Bethlehem Steel Plant, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
- Elkmont Historic DistrictElkmont, TennesseeElkmont is a region situated in the upper Little River Valley of the Great Smoky Mountains of Sevier County, in the U.S. state of Tennessee. Throughout its history, the valley has been home to a pioneer Appalachian community, a logging town, and a resort community...
, Tennessee - George Kraigher House, Brownsville, Texas
- Gullah/Geechee Coast, SC AND GA
- Historic Cook County Hospital, Chicago, Illinois
- Madison-Lenox HotelMadison-Lenox HotelThe Madison-Lenox was a hotel that stood in Detroit, Michigan, from 1900 to 2005.Originally designed as the Madison Hotel by F.C.Pollmar in 1900 and the Lenox Hotel by A.C. Varney in 1903. A two-story building between the two hotels later connected the pair, creating the Madison-Lenox Hotel. The...
, Detroit, Michigan - Nine Mile CanyonNine Mile CanyonNine Mile Canyon is a canyon, approximately long, located in the counties of Carbon and Duchesne in eastern Utah, in the Western United States. Promoted as "the world’s longest art gallery," the canyon is known for its extensive rock art, most of it created by the Fremont culture and the Ute people...
, Utah - Ridgewood RanchRidgewood RanchRidgewood Ranch is a large ranch situated south of Willits, California in rural Mendocino County. It is probably best known for being the final resting place of legendary racehorse Seabiscuit.-History:...
, Home of SeabiscuitSeabiscuitSeabiscuit was a champion Thoroughbred racehorse in the United States. From an inauspicious start, Seabiscuit became an unlikely champion and a symbol of hope to many Americans during the Great Depression...
, Willits, California - State of Vermont, Vermont
- Tobacco Barns of Southern Maryland, Maryland
2003 Places
- Amelia Earhart BridgeAmelia Earhart BridgeThe Amelia Earhart Memorial Bridge is a truss bridge over the Missouri River on U.S. Route 59 between Atchison, Kansas and Buchanan County, Missouri.It was built in 1937–1938 by the Works Progress Administration. It was designed by Sverdrup & Parcel...
, Atchison, Kansas - Bathhouse Row, Hot Springs National ParkBathhouse RowBathhouse Row is a collection of bathhouses, associated buildings, and gardens located at Hot Springs National Park in the city of Hot Springs, Arkansas...
, Arkansas - East Side School and Middle School, Decorah, Iowa
- Little ManilaLittle Manila, Stockton, CaliforniaLittle Manila is an area in Stockton, California that was inhabited by predominately Filipino American agricultural workers during from the 1930s on. Work is underway by the Little Manila Foundation to preserve the Little Manila Historic site.- History :...
, Stockton, California - Michigan Boulevard Garden ApartmentsMichigan Boulevard Garden ApartmentsThe Michigan Boulevard Garden Apartments was a large non-governmental subsidized housing project in Chicago at East 47th Street and South Michigan Avenue. It was constructed in 1929 by philanthropist Julius Rosenwald, then president of Sears, Roebuck & Company. The housing project was modeled...
, Chicago, Illinois - Minute Man National Historical Park and EnvironsMinute Man National Historical ParkNot to be confused with Minuteman Missile National Historic Site.Minute Man National Historical Park commemorates the opening battle in the American Revolutionary War. It also includes The Wayside, home in turn to three noted American authors...
, Concord, Lincoln, Lexington, Massachusetts - Ocmulgee Old Fields Traditional Cultural Property, Macon, Georgia
- TWA Terminal at JFK International AirportTWA Flight CenterThe TWA Flight Center or Trans World Flight Center, opened in 1962 as a standalone terminal at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport .for Trans World Airlines...
, New York, New York - United States Marine Hospital, Louisville, Kentucky
- Urban Houses of Worship, Nationwide
- Zuni Salt Lake and Sanctuary Zone, New Mexico
2002 Places
- Chesapeake Bay Skipjacks, Statewide, Maryland
- Gold Dome BankGold DomeThe Gold Dome, a geodesic dome in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, is a landmark on the famous Route 66. It was built in 1958 and is located at the intersection of North West 23rd Street and North Classen Boulevard. It was declared eligible to be listed in the National Register of Historic Places in...
, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - Guthrie TheaterGuthrie TheaterThe Guthrie Theater is a center for theater performance, production, education, and professional training in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It is the result of the desire of Sir Tyrone Guthrie, Oliver Rea, and Peter Zeisler to create a resident acting company that would produce and perform the classics in...
, Minneapolis, Minnesota - Hackensack Water WorksNew Milford Plant of the Hackensack Water CompanyThe New Milford Plant of the Hackensack Water Company was a water filtration and pumping plant located on Van Buskirk Island, an artificially created island in the Hackensack River, in Oradell, New Jersey. The site was purchased in 1881 by the Hackensack Water Company...
, Oradell, New Jersey - Historic Bridges of Indiana, Statewide, Indiana
- Kw'st'an Sacred Sites at Indian Pass, Indian Pass, California
- Missouri River Cultural and Sacred Sites, Midwestern States, MO, MT, KS, NB, ND, SD
- Pompey's PillarPompeys Pillar National MonumentPompeys Pillar National Monument is a rock formation located in south central Montana, United States. Designated a National Monument on January 17, 2001, and managed by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, it consists of only , making it one of the smallest National Monuments in the U.S...
, Billings, Montana - Rosenwald Schools, Southern and Southwestern States, MD, VA, WV, NC, SC, GA, FL, LA, AL, MS, TX, AR, NM, OK
- St. Elizabeths HospitalSt. Elizabeths HospitalSt. Elizabeths Hospital is a psychiatric hospital operated by the District of Columbia Department of Mental Health. It was the first large-scale, federally-run psychiatric hospital in the United States. Housing several thousand patients at its peak, St. Elizabeths had a fully functioning...
, Washington, District of Columbia - Teardowns in Historic Neighborhoods, Nationwide
2001 Places
- Bok Kai TempleBok Kai TempleThe Bok Kai Temple is a traditional Chinese temple located at the corner of D and First Streets in the city of Marysville, California, and served as the center of what was a bustling Chinatown .-History:Five years after the first contingent of Chinese arrived in California to work the...
, Marysville, California - Carter G. Woodson House, Washington, District of Columbia
- CIGNA Campus, Bloomfield, Connecticut
- Ford Island at Pearl HarborFord IslandFord Island is located in the middle of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. It is connected to the main island by the Ford Island Bridge. Before the bridge was built, Ford Island could only be reached by a ferry boat which ran at hourly intervals for cars and foot passengers. The island houses several naval...
, Honolulu, Hawaii - Historic American Movie Theaters, Nationwide
- Jackson WardJackson WardJackson Ward is a historically African-American neighborhood in Richmond, Virginia, USA. It is located less than a mile from the Virginia State Capitol...
, Richmond, Virginia - Los Caminos del Rio Heritage Corridor, Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas
- Miller-Purdue Barn, Upland, Indiana
- Prairie Churches of North Dakota, Statewide, North Dakota
- Stevens Creek Settlements, Lincoln, Nebraska
- Telluride Valley Floor, Telluride, Colorado
2000 Places
- Eisenhower VA Medical Center, Leavenworth, Kansas
- Fifth & Forbes Historic Retail AreaPittsburgh Central Downtown Historic DistrictThe Pittsburgh Central Downtown Historic District is a historic district in the Central Business District of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Bounded by Wood Street, Forbes Avenue, Grant Street, and Liberty Avenue, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 17,...
, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - Historic Neighborhood Schools, Nationwide
- Hudson River Valley, Statewide, New York
- Lincoln cottage, Washington, District of Columbia
- Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts
- Okeechobee BattlefieldOkeechobee BattlefieldThe Okeechobee Battlefield is a U.S. National Historic Landmark . It is located four miles southeast of Okeechobee, on US 441/98, near Taylor Creek. The Battle of Lake Okeechobee, one of the major conflicts during the Second Seminole War, was fought at the site.-External links:* at * at * at * ...
, Okeechobee, Florida - Red Mountain Mining District, Colorado
- Santa Anita Racetrack, Arcadia, California
- Valley Forge National Historical ParkValley Forge National Historical ParkValley Forge National Historical Park is the site where the Continental Army spent the winter of 1777–1778 near Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, during the American Revolutionary War. The National Historical Park preserves the site and interprets the history of the Valley Forge encampment. ...
, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania - Wheelock AcademyWheelock AcademyWheelock Academy was the model academy for the five civilized tribes' academies. It was started as a missionary school for Choctaw girls, and is still owned by the Choctaw nation....
, Millerton, Oklahoma
1999 Places
- The Corner of Main and Main, Nationwide
- Angel Island Immigration StationAngel Island, CaliforniaAngel Island is an island in San Francisco Bay that offers expansive views of the San Francisco skyline, the Marin County Headlands and Mount Tamalpais. The entire island is included within Angel Island State Park, and is administered by California State Parks. It has been used for a variety of...
, San Francisco, California - Country Estates of River Road, Louisville, Kentucky
- Four National Historic Landmark Hospitals, Statewide, New York
- Hulett Ore Unloaders, Cleveland, Ohio
- Lancaster CountyLancaster County, PennsylvaniaLancaster County, known as the Garden Spot of America or Pennsylvania Dutch Country, is a county located in the southeastern part of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in the United States. As of 2010 the population was 519,445. Lancaster County forms the Lancaster Metropolitan Statistical Area, the...
, Pennsylvania - Pullman Historic DistrictPullman, ChicagoPullman, one of Chicago's 77 community areas, is a neighborhood located on the city's South Side. Twelve miles from the Chicago Loop, Pullman is situated adjacent Lake Calumet....
, Chicago, Illinois - Richard H. Allen Memorial Auditorium, Sitka, Alaska
- San Diego Arts & Warehouse District, San Diego, California
- Traveler's Rest, Travelers Rest, Montana
- West Side of Downtown Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland
1998 Places
- Black Hawk & Central City, Black Hawk & Central City, Colorado
- Cannery RowCannery RowCannery Row is the waterfront street in the New Monterey section of Monterey, California. It is the site of a number of now-defunct sardine canning factories. The last cannery closed in 1973...
, Monterey, California - Chancellorsville Battlefield, Fredericksburg, Virginia
- Governors IslandGovernors IslandGovernors Island is a island in Upper New York Bay, approximately one-half mile from the southern tip of Manhattan Island and separated from Brooklyn by Buttermilk Channel. It is legally part of the borough of Manhattan in New York City...
, New York, New York - Great Bowdoin Mill, Topsham, Maine
- Historic Courthouses of Texas, Statewide, Texas
- Historically Black Colleges & Universities, Southern States, MD, VA, WV, NC, SC, GA, FL, LA, AL, MS
- Mapes HotelMapes HotelThe Mapes Hotel was a hotel/casino located in Reno, Nevada, next to the Truckee River on Virginia Street. It was built in 1947, and opened on December 17 of that year. It was the first skyscraper built in the Western United States since the start of World War II...
, Reno, Nevada - Mesa Verde National ParkMesa Verde National ParkMesa Verde National Park is a U.S. National Park and UNESCO World Heritage Site located in Montezuma County, Colorado, United States. It was created in 1906 to protect some of the best-preserved cliff dwellings in the world...
, Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado - Michigan's Historic Lighthouses, Exemplified by DeTour Reef Light, Statewide, Michigan
- Monocacy AqueductMonocacy AqueductThe Monocacy Aqueduct — or C&O Canal Aqueduct No. 2 — is the largest aqueduct on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, crossing the Monocacy River just before it empties into the Potomac River in Frederick County, Maryland, USA...
, Maryland
1997 Places
- Bridge of LionsBridge of LionsThe Bridge of Lions is a bascule bridge that spans the Intracoastal Waterway in St. Augustine, Florida. A part of State Road A1A, it connects downtown St. Augustine to Anastasia Island. A pair of Medici lions made of marble guard the bridge, begun in 1925 and completed in 1927 across Matanzas Bay...
, St. Augustine, Florida - Cathedral of St. Vibiana, Los Angeles, California
- Congressional CemeteryCongressional CemeteryThe Congressional Cemetery is a historic cemetery located at 1801 E Street, SE, in Washington, D.C., on the west bank of the Anacostia River. It is the final resting place of thousands of individuals who helped form the nation and the city of Washington in the early 19th century. Many members of...
, Washington, District of Columbia - Cranston Street ArmoryCranston Street ArmoryThe Cranston Street Armory is a historic building in Providence, Rhode Island. It was built in 1907 at a cost of $650,000.00, with the firm of M.J. Houlihan supervising its construction. The building was occupied by the Rhode Island National Guard from its opening until 1996...
, Providence, Rhode Island - Flathead Indian ReservationFlathead Indian ReservationThe Flathead Indian Reservation, located in western Montana on the Flathead River, is home to the Bitterroot Salish, Kootenai, and Pend d'Oreilles Tribes - also known as theConfederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Nation...
, Flathead Indian Reservation, Montana - Historic Buildings Infested with Formosan Termites, Gulf Coast States, LA, FL, TX, MS, AL, GA
- Montezuma CastleMontezuma Castle (Hotel)The Montezuma Castle is a , 400 room Queen Anne-style hotel building erected just northwest of the city of Las Vegas, New Mexico in 1886...
, Montezuma, New Mexico - Stillwater BridgeStillwater Bridge (Salmon River, New York)Stillwater Bridge is a historic Pratt through Truss bridge located at Stillwater in Oswego County, New York. It is a two span bridge constructed in 1913 and spans the Salmon River. It was constructed by the Penn Bridge Company of Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania....
, Stillwater, Minnesota - Vicksburg Campaign Trail, MS, LA
- Wa'ahila Ridge, Honolulu, Hawaii
1996 Places
- Adobe Churches of New Mexico, Statewide, New Mexico
- East Broad Top RailroadEast Broad Top RailroadThe East Broad Top Railroad and Coal Company is a for-profit heritage railroad headquartered in Rockhill Furnace, Pennsylvania, north of Interstate 76 and south of U.S. Route 22, the William Penn Highway. The railroad operates excursion trains on a seasonal schedule.-History:The East Broad Top...
, Rockhill Furnace, Pennsylvania - East End Historic DistrictEast End Historic District (Newburgh, New York)The East End Historic District in Newburgh, New York, USA is the lower portion of what the state and city recognize as a single historic district along with the Montgomery-Grand-Liberty Streets Historic District...
, Newburgh, New York - Harry S. Truman Historic DistrictHarry S. Truman Historic DistrictThe Harry S. Truman Historic District, in Independence, Missouri is closely associated with US President Harry S. Truman and contains the residence where he lived for most of his time in Missouri as well as the Truman Presidential Library....
, Independence, Missouri - Historic Black Churches of the South, Southern States, MD, VA, WV, NC, SC, GA, FL, LA, AL, MS
- Historic Structures in Glacier National Park, Glacier National Park, Montana
- Knight FoundryKnight FoundryKnight Foundry, also known as Knight's Foundry and Shops, is a cast iron foundry and machine shop in Sutter Creek, California. It was established in 1873 to supply heavy equipment and repair facilities to the gold mines and timber industry of the Mother Lode. Samuel N. Knight developed a high...
, Sutter Creek, California - Little Rock Central High School, Little Rock, Arkansas
- Petoskey, Petoskey, Michigan
- Sotterley Plantation, Hollywood, Maryland
- Uptown TheatreUptown Theatre (Chicago)The Uptown Theatre, also known as the Balaban and Katz Uptown Theatre, is a massive, ornate movie palace in the Uptown neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. Designed by Rapp and Rapp and constructed in 1925, it the last of the "big three" movie palaces built by the Balaban & Katz theatre chain run by...
, Chicago, Illinois - Wentworth-by-the-Sea Hotel, Newcastle, New Hampshire
1995 Places
- Archaeological Treasures of the Colorado PlateauColorado PlateauThe Colorado Plateau, also called the Colorado Plateau Province, is a physiographic region of the Intermontane Plateaus, roughly centered on the Four Corners region of the southwestern United States. The province covers an area of 337,000 km2 within western Colorado, northwestern New Mexico,...
, Statewide, Colorado - Ashley River Historic DistrictAshley River Historic DistrictAshley River Historic District is a historic district near Charleston, South Carolina and North Charleston.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.The SC DAH summary is here....
, South Carolina - Bronx River ParkwayBronx River ParkwayThe Bronx River Parkway is a long parkway in downstate New York. It is named for the nearby Bronx River, which it parallels. The southern terminus of the parkway is at Story Avenue near Bruckner Expressway in the Bronx neighborhood of Soundview...
, New York - Farish Street Historic District, Jackson, Mississippi
- Historic Boston Theaters, Boston, Massachusetts
- Ossabaw IslandOssabaw IslandOssabaw Island is one of the Sea Islands located on the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of the U.S. state of Georgia approximately twenty miles by water south from the historic downtown of the city of Savannah. One of the largest of Georgia's barrier islands, Ossabaw contains of wooded uplands with...
, Ossabaw Island, Georgia - South PassSouth PassSouth Pass is two mountain passes on the Continental Divide in the Rocky Mountains in southwestern Wyoming. The passes are located in a broad low region, 35 miles broad, between the Wind River Range to the north and the Oregon Buttes and Great Divide Basin to the south, in southwestern Fremont...
, South Pass, Wyoming - Tugboat Hoga, Oakland, California
- Village of East Aurora, East Aurora, New York
- Waikiki War Memorial Natatorium, Honolulu, Hawaii
- Fair Park's Texas Centennial BuildingsFair ParkDallas Fair Park is a recreational and educational complex located in Dallas, Texas . The complex is registered as a Dallas Landmark, National Historic Landmark and is home to nine museums, six performance facilities, a lagoon, and the largest Ferris wheel in North America...
, Dallas, Texas
1994 Places
- Fair Park's Texas Centennial BuildingsFair ParkDallas Fair Park is a recreational and educational complex located in Dallas, Texas . The complex is registered as a Dallas Landmark, National Historic Landmark and is home to nine museums, six performance facilities, a lagoon, and the largest Ferris wheel in North America...
, Dallas, Texas - Cape CodCape CodCape Cod, often referred to locally as simply the Cape, is a cape in the easternmost portion of the state of Massachusetts, in the Northeastern United States...
, Massachusetts - Frank Lloyd WrightFrank Lloyd WrightFrank Lloyd Wright was an American architect, interior designer, writer and educator, who designed more than 1,000 structures and completed 500 works. Wright believed in designing structures which were in harmony with humanity and its environment, a philosophy he called organic architecture...
's TaliesinTaliesin (studio)Taliesin , near Spring Green, Wisconsin, was the summer home of American architect Frank Lloyd Wright. Wright began the building in 1911 after leaving his first wife, Catherine Tobin, and his Oak Park, Illinois, home and studio in 1909. The impetus behind Wright's departure was his affair with...
, Spring Green, Wisconsin - Historic Northern Virginia Piedmont, Virginia Piemont, Virginia
- Manuelito Archaeological Complex, Gallup vicinity, New Mexico
- NatchezNatchez (boat)Natchez has been the name of several steamboats, and four naval vessels, each named after the city of Natchez, Mississippi or the Natchez people. The current one has been in operation since 1975. The previous Natchez were all operated in the nineteenth century, most by Captain Thomas P. Leathers...
, Natchez, Mississippi - Oldest Surviving McDonald's, Downey, California
- The Cornices (and Buildings of Harlem), Harlem, New York
- The Old Mint, San Francisco, California
- U.S.S. ConstellationUSS Constellation (1854)USS Constellation constructed in 1854 is a sloop-of-war and the second United States Navy ship to carry this famous name. According to the US Naval Registry the original frigate was disassembled on 25 June 1853 in Gosport Navy Yard in Norfolk, Virginia, and the sloop-of-war was constructed in the...
, Baltimore, Maryland
1993 Places
- Virginia City, MontanaVirginia City, MontanaVirginia City is a town in and the county seat of Madison County, Montana, United States. In 1961, the town and the surrounding area was designated a National Historic Landmark District, the Virginia City Historic District...
- Eight Historic Dallas Neighborhoods, Dallas, TexasTexasTexas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
- Brandy Station Battlefield, Fredericksburg, VirginiaFredericksburg, VirginiaFredericksburg is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia located south of Washington, D.C., and north of Richmond. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 24,286...
- Downtown New Orleans, New Orleans, LouisianaNew Orleans, LouisianaNew Orleans is a major United States port and the largest city and metropolitan area in the state of Louisiana. The New Orleans metropolitan area has a population of 1,235,650 as of 2009, the 46th largest in the USA. The New Orleans – Metairie – Bogalusa combined statistical area has a population...
- Prehistoric Serpent MoundSerpent MoundThe Great Serpent Mound is a -long, three-foot-high prehistoric effigy mound located on a plateau of the Serpent Mound crater along Ohio Brush Creek in Adams County, Ohio. Maintained within a park by the Ohio Historical Society, it has been designated a National Historic Landmark by the United...
, Locust Grove, Adams County, Ohio - Schooner C.A. ThayerC.A. Thayer (1895)The C.A. Thayer is a schooner built in 1895 near Eureka, California. The schooner is now preserved at the San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park...
, San Francisco, California - State of VermontVermontVermont is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state ranks 43rd in land area, , and 45th in total area. Its population according to the 2010 census, 630,337, is the second smallest in the country, larger only than Wyoming. It is the only New England...
- Sweetgrass Hills, Montana
- Thomas Edison's Invention Factory, West Orange, New JerseyWest Orange, New JerseyWest Orange is a township in central Essex County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township population was 46,207...
- Town of Ste. Genevieve, MissouriSte. Genevieve, MissouriSte. Genevieve is a city in and the county seat of Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri, United States. The population was 11,654 at the 2000 census...
1992 Places
- Virginia City, MontanaVirginia City, MontanaVirginia City is a town in and the county seat of Madison County, Montana, United States. In 1961, the town and the surrounding area was designated a National Historic Landmark District, the Virginia City Historic District...
- Eight Historic Dallas Neighborhoods, Dallas, TexasTexasTexas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
- Ellis Island National Monument, New York Harbor, New York, Harlem New York
- Gettysburg National Military ParkGettysburg National Military ParkThe Gettysburg National Military Park is an administrative unit of the National Park Service's northeast region and a subunit of federal properties of Adams County, Pennsylvania, with the same name, including the Gettysburg National Cemetery...
, Gettysburg, PennsylvaniaGettysburg, PennsylvaniaGettysburg is a borough that is the county seat, part of the Gettysburg Battlefield, and the eponym for the 1863 Battle of Gettysburg. The town hosts visitors to the Gettysburg National Military Park and has 3 institutions of higher learning: Lutheran Theological Seminary, Gettysburg College, and... - Louisiana's Historic River RoadRiver Road, LouisianaRiver Road in Louisiana is considered to be the most famous 'River Road' in the United States of America. This fabled road extends for about from Baton Rouge to New Orleans as it runs next to the Mississippi River....
, LouisianaLouisianaLouisiana is a state located in the southern region of the United States of America. Its capital is Baton Rouge and largest city is New Orleans. Louisiana is the only state in the U.S. with political subdivisions termed parishes, which are local governments equivalent to counties... - Sweet AuburnSweet AuburnThe Sweet Auburn Historic District is a historic African-American neighborhood along Auburn Avenue in Atlanta, Georgia. The name Sweet Auburn was coined by John Wesley Dobbs, referring to the "richest Negro street in the world". The Sweet Auburn district includes:*the Martin Luther King, Jr...
, Atlanta, GeorgiaAtlanta, GeorgiaAtlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. According to the 2010 census, Atlanta's population is 420,003. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to 5,268,860 people and is the ninth largest metropolitan area in... - West Baden Springs HotelWest Baden Springs HotelThe West Baden Springs Hotel is a historic landmark hotel in the town of West Baden Springs in Orange County, Indiana, United States, known for its vast domed atrium. It is currently part of the French Lick Resort...
, West Baden Springs, IndianaWest Baden Springs, IndianaWest Baden Springs is a town in French Lick Township, Orange County, Indiana, United States. The population was 574 at the 2010 census. It is the birthplace of NBA legend Larry Bird.-Geography:West Baden Springs is located at .... - Independence National Historical ParkIndependence National Historical ParkIndependence National Historical Park is a United States National Historical Park in Philadelphia that preserves several sites associated with the American Revolution and the nation's founding history. Administered by the National Park Service, the park comprises much of the downtown historic...
, Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaPennsylvaniaThe Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to... - MontpelierMontpelier (James Madison)Montpelier was a large tobacco plantation and estate of the prominent Madison family of Virginia planters, including James Madison, fourth President of the United States. The manor house of Montpelier is four miles south of Orange, Virginia, and the estate currently covers some...
, Orange, VirginiaOrange, VirginiaOrange is a town in Orange County, Virginia, United States. The population was 4,721 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Orange County... - Tiger Stadium, Detroit, MichiganDetroit, MichiganDetroit is the major city among the primary cultural, financial, and transportation centers in the Metro Detroit area, a region of 5.2 million people. As the seat of Wayne County, the city of Detroit is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan and serves as a major port on the Detroit River...