America's 11 Most Endangered Places or America's 11 Most Endangered Historic Places is a list of places in the

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that the National Trust for Historic Preservation considers the most endangered. It aims to inspire Americans to preserve examples of architectural and cultural heritage that could be "relegated to the dustbins of history" without intervention. 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. However, there have been notable losses, such as 2 Columbus Circle, which underwent significant renovations, and the original

Guthrie Theater The Guthrie Theater, founded in 1963, is a center for theater performance, production, education, and professional training in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The concept of the theater was born in 1959 in a series of discussions between Sir Tyrone Gut ...

, demolition of which was completed in early 2007. First released in 1987, the number of sites included on the list has varied, with the most recent lists settling on 11.

2022 Places

On May 4, 2022, the National Trust announced its annual list of 11 most endangered historic places: * Brooks-Park Home and Studios, East Hampton, New York * Brown Chapel AME Church, Selma, Alabama * Camp Naco, Naco, Arizona * Chicano/a/x Community Murals of Colorado * The Deborah Chapel, Hartford, Connecticut * Francisco Q. Sanchez Elementary School, Humåtak, Guam * Jamestown, Virginia * Minidoka National Historic Site, Jerome, Idaho * Olivewood Cemetery, Houston, Texas *

Palmer Memorial Institute The Alice Freeman Palmer Memorial Institute, better known as Palmer Memorial Institute, was a school for upper class African Americans. It was founded in 1902 by Dr. Charlotte Hawkins Brown at Sedalia, North Carolina near Greensboro. Palmer Me ...

, Sedalia, North Carolina * Picture Cave, Warren County, Missouri

2021 Places

On June 3, 2021, the National Trust announced its annual list of 11 most endangered places: * Selma to Montgomery March Camp Sites, Selma, Alabama * Trujillo Adobe,

Riverside, California Riverside is a city in and the county seat of Riverside County, California, United States, in the Inland Empire metropolitan area. It is named for its location beside the Santa Ana River. It is the most populous city in the Inland Empire an ...

* Summit Tunnels 6 & 7 and Summit Camp Site, Truckee, California * Georgia B. Williams Nursing Home, Camilla, Georgia * Morningstar Tabernacle No.88 Order of Moses Cemetery and Hall, Cabin John, Maryland *

Boston Harbor Islands Boston (), officially the City of Boston, is the state capital and most populous city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as well as the cultural and financial center of the New England region of the United States. It is the 24th- most p ...

, Boston, Massachusetts * Sarah E. Ray House,

Detroit, Michigan Detroit ( , ; , ) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is also the largest U.S. city on the United States–Canada border, and the seat of government of Wayne County. The City of Detroit had a population of 639,111 at ...

* The Riverside Hotel, Clarksdale, Mississippi * Threatt Filling Station and Family Farm, Luther, Oklahoma *

Oljato Trading Post Oljato Trading Post was a trading post located on the western edge of Oljato–Monument Valley, Utah. The site was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 20, 1980. In 2021, it was named by the National Trust for Historic Preser ...

San Juan County, Utah San Juan County ( ) is a county in the southeastern portion of the U.S. state of Utah. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 14,746. Its county seat is Monticello, while its most populous city is Blanding. The Utah State ...

* Pine Grove Elementary School,

Cumberland, Virginia Cumberland is a census-designated place (CDP) in and the county seat of Cumberland County, Virginia, United States. Cumberland lies along U.S. Route 60 U.S. Route 60 is a major east–west United States highway, traveling from southwestern ...

2020 places

On September 24, 2020, the National Trust announced its annual list of 11 most endangered places: * Alazan-Apache Courts,

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* Hall of Waters, Excelsior Springs, Missouri * Harada House,

* National Negro Opera Company House,

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Pittsburgh ( ) is a city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States, and the county seat of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Allegheny County. It is the most populous city in both Allegheny County and Wester ...

* Ponce Historic Zone,

Ponce, Puerto Rico Ponce (, , , ) is both a city and a municipality on the southern coast of Puerto Rico. The city is the seat of the municipal government. Ponce, Puerto Rico's most populated city outside the San Juan metropolitan area, was founded on 12 August 1 ...

* Rassawek,

Columbia, Virginia Columbia, formerly known as Point of Fork, is an unincorporated community and census designated place in Fluvanna County, Virginia, United States, at the confluence of the James and Rivanna rivers. Following a referendum, Columbia was dissolved ...

* Roberts Temple Church of God in Christ,

Chicago, Illinois (''City in a Garden''); I Will , image_map = , map_caption = Interactive Map of Chicago , coordinates = , coordinates_footnotes = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name ...

* Sun-n-Sand Motor Hotel,

Jackson, Mississippi Jackson, officially the City of Jackson, is the capital of and the most populous city in the U.S. state of Mississippi. The city is also one of two county seats of Hinds County, along with Raymond. The city had a population of 153,701 at t ...

* Terrace Plaza Hotel,

Cincinnati, Ohio Cincinnati ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Hamilton County. Settled in 1788, the city is located at the northern side of the confluence of the Licking and Ohio rivers, the latter of which marks the state line w ...

* West Berkeley Shellmound and Village Site,

Berkeley, California Berkeley ( ) is a city on the eastern shore of San Francisco Bay in northern Alameda County, California, United States. It is named after the 18th-century Irish bishop and philosopher George Berkeley. It borders the cities of Oakland and E ...

* Yates Memorial Hospital, Ketchikan, Alaska

2019 places

On May 30, 2019, the National Trust announced its annual list of 11 most endangered places: * Ancestral Places of Southeast Utah * Bismarck-Mandan Rail Bridge in

Bismarck, North Dakota Bismarck () is the capital of the U.S. state of North Dakota and the county seat of Burleigh County. It is the state's second-most populous city, after Fargo. The city's population was 73,622 in the 2020 census, while its metropolitan popul ...

* The Excelsior Club in

Charlotte, North Carolina Charlotte ( ) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of North Carolina. Located in the Piedmont region, it is the county seat of Mecklenburg County. The population was 874,579 at the 2020 census, making Charlotte the 16th-most popu ...

* Hacienda Los Torres in

Lares, Puerto Rico Lares (, ) is a mountain town and municipality of Puerto Rico's central-western area. Lares is located north of Maricao and Yauco; south of Camuy, east of San Sebastián and Las Marias; and west of Hatillo, Utuado and Adjuntas. Lares is spre ...

, NRHP-listed * Industrial Trust Company Building (aka "Superman Building") in

Providence, Rhode Island Providence is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Rhode Island. One of the oldest cities in New England, it was founded in 1636 by Roger Williams, a Reformed Baptist theologian and religious exile from the Massachusetts ...

* James R. Thompson Center in

Chicago (''City in a Garden''); I Will , image_map = , map_caption = Interactive Map of Chicago , coordinates = , coordinates_footnotes = , subdivision_type = List of sovereign states, Count ...

* Mount Vernon Arsenal and Searcy Hospital in Mount Vernon, Alabama, NRHP-listed * Nashville’s Music Row in

Nashville, Tennessee Nashville is the capital city of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the seat of Davidson County. With a population of 689,447 at the 2020 U.S. census, Nashville is the most populous city in the state, 21st most-populous city in the U.S., and ...

* National Mall Tidal Basin in Washington, D.C. * Tenth Street Historic District in

Dallas, Texas Dallas () is the third largest city in Texas and the largest city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States at 7.5 million people. It is the largest city in and seat of Dallas County ...

* Willert Park Courts in

Buffalo, New York Buffalo is the second-largest city in the U.S. state of New York (behind only New York City) and the seat of Erie County. It is at the eastern end of Lake Erie, at the head of the Niagara River, and is across the Canadian border from Sou ...

2018 places

In June 2018, the National Trust announced its list of 11 most endangered places, along with 1 extra site on 'watch status': *Annapolis City Dock Area in

Annapolis, Maryland Annapolis ( ) is the capital city of the U.S. state of Maryland and the county seat of, and only incorporated city in, Anne Arundel County. Situated on the Chesapeake Bay at the mouth of the Severn River, south of Baltimore and about east ...

Ashley River Historic District Ashley River Historic District is a historic district located west of the Ashley in the South Carolina Lowcountry near Charleston, South Carolina, United States. The Historic District includes land from five municipalities, almost equally split ...

Charleston County, South Carolina Charleston County is located in the U.S. state of South Carolina along the Atlantic coast. As of the 2020 census, its population was 408,235, making it the third most populous county in South Carolina (behind Greenville and Richland counties). ...

* Dr. Susan LaFlesche Picotte Memorial Hospital in Walthill, Nebraska *Hurricane-Damaged Historic Resources of Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands * Isaiah T. Montgomery House in Mound Bayou, Mississippi * Larimer Square in

Denver, Colorado Denver () is a consolidated city and county, the capital, and most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. Its population was 715,522 at the 2020 census, a 19.22% increase since 2010. It is the 19th-most populous city in the Unit ...

* Mary and Eliza Freeman Houses in

Bridgeport, Connecticut Bridgeport is the most populous city and a major port in the U.S. state of Connecticut. With a population of 148,654 in 2020, it is also the fifth-most populous in New England. Located in eastern Fairfield County at the mouth of the Pequo ...

* Mount Vernon and Piscataway National Park in

Mount Vernon, Virginia Mount Vernon is a census-designated place (CDP) and unincorporated community in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. The population was 12,416 at the 2010 census. Primarily due to its historical significance and natural recreation and beaut ...

and Accokeek, Maryland * Route 66 * Wallace E. Pratt House (Ship on the Desert) in

Salt Flat, Texas Salt Flat is a ghost town in northeastern Hudspeth County, Texas, United States. It lies along the concurrent U.S. Routes 62 and 180 north of the Census-designated place (CDP) of Sierra Blanca, the county seat of Hudspeth County. Its elevation ...

* Walkout Schools of

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(including James A. Garfield High School, Theodore Roosevelt High School, Abraham Lincoln High School, Belmont High School, and El Sereno Middle School) *Four Towns of Vermont's Upper Valley -- Royalton, Sharon, Strafford and Tunbridge, Vermont

2017 places

For 2017, the National Trust for Historic Preservation marked the 30th anniversary of the "America's Most Endangered Places" program by releasing a list of 11 "Success Stories"—sites that were named to the "Most Endangered" list that were the focus of successful preservation efforts: * Antietam National Battlefield in Sharpsburg, Maryland (listed 1988) * Penn School (now Penn Center) in Frogmore, South Carolina (listed 1990) *"Historic Boston Theaters" in Boston, Massachusetts (collectively referring to the Boston Opera House, the Paramount Theatre, and Modern Theatre) (listed 1995) * Little Rock Central High School in

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(listed 1996) * Cathedral of St. Vibiana in

(listed 1997) * Governors Island National Monument in

New York, New York New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the List of United States cities by population, most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the L ...

(listed 1998) * Angel Island Immigration Station in

San Francisco, California San Francisco (; Spanish for " Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the fourth most populous in California and 17t ...

(listed 1999) * Traveler's Rest in Lolo, Montana (listed 1999) *

President Lincoln's Cottage at the Soldiers' Home President Lincoln and Soldiers’ Home National Monument, sometimes shortened to President Lincoln's Cottage, is a national monument on the grounds of the Soldiers' Home, known today as the Armed Forces Retirement Home. It is located near Broo ...

in Washington, D.C. (listed 2000) *

Nine Mile Canyon Ninemile Canyon (also Nine Mile Canyon) is a canyon, approximately long, located in Carbon and Duchesne counties in eastern Utah, United States. Promoted as "the world's longest art gallery", the canyon is known for its extensive rock art, mos ...

Utah Utah ( , ) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. Utah is a landlocked U.S. state bordered to its east by Colorado, to its northeast by Wyoming, to its north by Idaho, to its south by Arizona, and to its ...

(listed 2004) * Statler Hilton Hotel in

(listed 2008)

2016 places

In June 2016, the National Trust announced its list of 11 most endangered places: * Lions Municipal Golf Course in Austin, Texas * Azikiwe–Nkrumah Hall at Lincoln University in Lincoln University, Pennsylvania *

Bears Ears The Bears Ears are a pair of buttes located in San Juan County in southeastern Utah, United States. They are protected as part of and the namesake of the Bears Ears National Monument, managed by the Bureau of Land Management and United States F ...

in southeastern Utah * Charleston Naval Hospital District in North Charleston, South Carolina *''

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'' in Houma, Louisiana. *

Chihuahuita Chihuahuita (or Little Chihuahua) is a neighborhood in El Paso, Texas. It has also been known as the "First Ward." It is considered the oldest neighborhood in the city. It has also suffered through extreme poverty in its history. It is currently ...

and

El Segundo Barrio El Segundo Barrio (Spanish for "the Second Neighborhood", and also known as South El Paso) is a historic Hispanic neighborhood in El Paso, Texas. It is one of the oldest neighborhoods in El Paso. It was one of the main ports of entry into the Uni ...

neighborhoods in

El Paso, Texas El Paso (; "the pass") is a city in and the seat of El Paso County in the western corner of the U.S. state of Texas. The 2020 population of the city from the U.S. Census Bureau was 678,815, making it the 23rd-largest city in the U.S., the ...

*Historic Downtown Flemington, New Jersey * James River in James City County, Virginia * Mitchell Park Domes in Milwaukee, Wisconsin * San Francisco Embarcadero in San Francisco, California * Sunshine Mile in Tucson, Arizona

2015 places

The June 2015 announced places are: * A.G. Gaston Motel, in Birmingham, Alabama, once "served as a 'war room' for leaders of the Civil Rights Movement" *

Carrollton Courthouse The Carrollton Courthouse (also Carrollton Court House) is a historic building in the Carrollton neighborhood of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the United States. Built in 1855, it originally served as a courthouse before being utilized by several pub ...

in Carrollton, New Orleans * The Factory in West Hollywood, California * Chautauqua Amphitheater, Chautauqua, New York * East Point Historic Civic Block, East Point, Georgia * Fort Worth Stockyards, Fort Worth, Texas * Grand Canyon, Arizona * Little Havana, Miami * Oak Flat, Superior, Arizona * Old U.S. Mint, San Francisco * South Street Seaport, New York

2014 places

In June 2014, the National Trust announced its list of 11 most endangered places to be: *

Battle Mountain Sanitarium The Battle Mountain Sanitarium was a division of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers (NHDVS) located in Hot Springs, South Dakota. Established by law in 1902 and opened in 1907, it was unique among the facilities of the NHDVS, a prec ...

, Hot Springs, South Dakota * Bay Harbor's East Island, Dade County, Florida * Chattanooga State Office Building,

Chattanooga, Tennessee Chattanooga ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Hamilton County, Tennessee, United States. Located along the Tennessee River bordering Georgia, it also extends into Marion County on its western end. With a population of 181,099 in 2020 ...

* Frank Lloyd Wright's Spring House, Tallahassee, Florida * Historic Wintersburg,

Huntington Beach, California Huntington Beach is a seaside city in Orange County in Southern California, located southeast of Downtown Los Angeles. The city is named after American businessman Henry E. Huntington. The population was 198,711 during the 2020 census, mak ...

* Mokuaikaua, Kailua Village in Kona, Hawaii *

Music Hall Music hall is a type of British theatrical entertainment that was popular from the early Victorian era, beginning around 1850. It faded away after 1918 as the halls rebranded their entertainment as variety. Perceptions of a distinction in Br ...

(subsequently saved) * Palladium Building, St. Louis, Missouri * Shockoe Bottom,

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* The Palisades, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey * Union Terminal,

(subsequently saved)

2013 places

In June 2013, the National Trust announced its list of 11 most endangered places to be: * Abyssinian Meeting House, Portland, Maine * Astrodome,

Houston, Texas Houston (; ) is the most populous city in Texas, the most populous city in the Southern United States, the fourth-most populous city in the United States, and the sixth-most populous city in North America, with a population of 2,304,580 i ...

(added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2014) *

Chinatown House The Chinatown House is an historic building in Rancho Cucamonga, California. It is one of the last surviving examples of historic Chinese worker housing in the region. Built in 1919 Events January * January 1 ** The Czechoslovak L ...

, Rancho Cucamonga, California * Gay Head Lighthouse, Aquinnah, Massachusetts *Historic Rural Schoolhouses of

Montana Montana () is a state in the Mountain West division of the Western United States. It is bordered by Idaho to the west, North Dakota and South Dakota to the east, Wyoming to the south, and the Canadian provinces of Alberta, British Columb ...

(statewide) * James River, James City County, Virginia * Kake Cannery, Kake, Alaska *Mountain View Black Officers' Club, Fort Huachuca, Arizona * San Jose Church, Old San Juan,

San Juan, Puerto Rico San Juan (, , ; Spanish for "Saint John") is the capital city and most populous municipality in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of the United States. As of the 2020 census, it is the 57th-largest city under the ...

Village of Mariemont The Mariemont Historic District is a National Historic Landmark District encompassing most of the municipality of Mariemont, Ohio, USA. Mariemont was planned and developed in the 1920s by philanthropist Mary Emery and landscape architect John ...

* Worldport Terminal at John F. Kennedy International Airport, Jamaica, Queens, New York (subsequently demolished)

2012 places

In June 2012, the National Trust announced its list of 11 most endangered places to be: * Bridges of Yosemite Valley,

Yosemite Village, California Yosemite Valley (''Yosemite'', Miwok for "killer") is a census-designated place (CDP) in Mariposa County, California, United States. It consists of the developed area of Yosemite Village and the other areas of the Yosemite Valley in Yosemite N ...

* Ellis Island hospital complex,

New York Harbor New York Harbor is at the mouth of the Hudson River where it empties into New York Bay near the East River tidal estuary, and then into the Atlantic Ocean on the east coast of the United States. It is one of the largest natural harbors in ...

, New York and

New Jersey New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York; on the east, southeast, and south by the Atlantic Ocean; on the west by the Delawa ...

*Historic U.S. post office buildings (nationwide) * Joe Frazier's Gym,

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the sixth-largest city in the U.S., the second-largest city in both the Northeast megalopolis and Mid-Atlantic regions after New York City. Since ...

(added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2013) * Malcolm X – Ella Little-Collins House, Roxbury, Boston,

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Princeton Battlefield The Princeton Battlefield in Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey, United States, is where American and British troops fought each other on January 3, 1777 in the Battle of Princeton during the American Revolutionary War. The battle ended when t ...

Princeton, New Jersey Princeton is a municipality with a borough form of government in Mercer County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It was established on January 1, 2013, through the consolidation of the Borough of Princeton and Princeton Township, both of w ...

* Sweet Auburn Historic District,

Atlanta, Georgia Atlanta ( ) is the capital city, capital and List of municipalities in Georgia (U.S. state), most populous city of the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. It is the county seat, seat of Fulton County, Georgia, Fulton County, the mos ...

Terminal Island Terminal Island, historically known as Isla Raza de Buena Gente, is a largely artificial island located in Los Angeles County, California, between the neighborhoods of Wilmington and San Pedro in the city of Los Angeles, and the city of Long ...

, Port of Los Angeles, California *Texas courthouses,

Texas Texas (, ; Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2020, it is the second-largest U.S. state by ...

(statewide) *

Elkhorn Ranch The Elkhorn Ranch was established by Theodore Roosevelt on the banks of the Little Missouri River 35 miles north of Medora, North Dakota in the summer of 1884. Roosevelt hired Bill SewallEdward Wiggin in his ''History of Aroostook'' (1886) tells ...

, Billings County, North Dakota * Village of Zoar, Ohio

2011 places

* Bear Butte, Meade County, South Dakota * Belmead-on-the-James, Powhatan County, Virginia * China Alley, Hanford, California * Fort Gaines, Dauphin Island, Alabama * Greater Chaco Landscape, San Juan County and

McKinley County McKinley County is a county in the northwestern section of the U.S. state of New Mexico. As of the 2020 United States Census, its population was 71,367. Its county seat is Gallup. The county was created in 1901 and named for President William ...

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, U.S. * Isaac Manchester Farm,

Avella, Pennsylvania Avella is a census-designated place in Independence Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2010 census the population was 804 residents. It is located at 40.27° north & 80.45° west. Demographics History The ...

* John Coltrane Home, Dix Hills, New York * National Soldiers Home,

Milwaukee, Wisconsin Milwaukee ( ), officially the City of Milwaukee, is both the most populous and most densely populated city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the county seat of Milwaukee County. With a population of 577,222 at the 2020 census, Milwaukee i ...

Pillsbury A-Mill The Pillsbury A-Mill is a former flour mill located on the east bank of the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It was the world's largest flour mill for 40 years. and Completed in 1881, it was owned by the Pillsbury Company and op ...

Minneapolis, Minnesota Minneapolis () is the largest city in Minnesota, United States, and the county seat of Hennepin County. The city is abundant in water, with thirteen lakes, wetlands, the Mississippi River, creeks and waterfalls. Minneapolis has its origi ...

* Prentice Women's Hospital,

Chicago (''City in a Garden''); I Will , image_map = , map_caption = Interactive Map of Chicago , coordinates = , coordinates_footnotes = , subdivision_type = List of sovereign states, Count ...

Illinois Illinois ( ) is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its largest metropolitan areas include the Chicago metropolitan area, and the Metro East section, of Greater St. Louis. Other smaller metropolitan areas include, Peoria and Rock ...

(demolished in 2014) * Sites Imperiled by State Actions, Nationwide

2010 places

*America's State Parks & State-Owned Historic Sites * Black Mountain,

Kentucky Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north; West Virginia and Virginia ...

* Hinchliffe Stadium, Paterson, New Jersey *Industrial Arts Building,

Lincoln, Nebraska Lincoln is the capital city of the U.S. state of Nebraska and the county seat of Lancaster County. The city covers with a population of 292,657 in 2021. It is the second-most populous city in Nebraska and the 73rd-largest in the United ...

* Juana Briones House,

Palo Alto, California Palo Alto (; Spanish for "tall stick") is a charter city in the northwestern corner of Santa Clara County, California, United States, in the San Francisco Bay Area, named after a coastal redwood tree known as El Palo Alto. The city was es ...

(demolished in 2011) * Merritt Parkway, Fairfield County, Connecticut * Metropolitan AME Church, Washington, D.C. *Pågat,

Guam Guam (; ch, Guåhan ) is an organized, unincorporated territory of the United States in the Micronesia subregion of the western Pacific Ocean. It is the westernmost point and territory of the United States (reckoned from the geographic cent ...

* Saugatuck Dunes, Laketown Township, Allegan County, Michigan *

Threefoot Building The Threefoot Building (sometimes referred to as simply "The Threefoot") is a historic office building located in downtown Meridian, Mississippi named after the Threefoot family who owned an operated a business in downtown Meridian during the late ...

, Meridian, Mississippi *

Wilderness Battlefield The Battle of the Wilderness was fought on May 5–7, 1864, during the American Civil War. It was the first battle of Lieutenant general (United States), Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant's 1864 Virginia Overland Campaign against General (C ...

, Spotsylvania County and Orange County,

Virginia Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States, between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains. The geography and climate of the Commonwealth are ...

2009 places

* Ames Shovel Shops, Easton, Massachusetts *Cast-Iron Architecture of Galveston, Texas *

Century Plaza Hotel The Fairmont Century Plaza is a landmark 19-story luxury hotel in Los Angeles. Located in Century City, the hotel forms a sweeping crescent design fronting the Avenue of the Stars, adjacent to the twin Century Plaza Towers and the 2000 Avenue o ...

Dorchester Academy Dorchester Academy was a school for African-Americans located just outside Midway, Georgia. Operating from 1869 to 1940, its campus, of which only the 1935 Dorchester Academy Boys' Dormitory survives, was the primary site of the Southern Christia ...

, Midway, Georgia * Human Services Center, Yankton, South Dakota * Lana'i City, Maui, Hawaii * Memorial Bridge, Portsmouth, New Hampshire &

Kittery, Maine Kittery is a town in York County, Maine, United States. Home to the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard on Seavey's Island, Kittery includes Badger's Island, the seaside district of Kittery Point, and part of the Isles of Shoals. The southernmost tow ...

(original closed and demolished in 2012; new bridge opened on same site in 2013) * Miami Marine Stadium,

Miami, Florida Miami ( ), officially the City of Miami, known as "the 305", "The Magic City", and "Gateway to the Americas", is a coastal metropolis and the county seat of Miami-Dade County in South Florida, United States. With a population of 442,241 at ...

* Mount Taylor, Grants, New Mexico *

The Manhattan Project The Manhattan Project was a research and development undertaking during World War II that produced the first nuclear weapons. It was led by the United States with the support of the United Kingdom and Canada. From 1942 to 1946, the project ...

's Enola Gay Hangar at

Wendover Air Force Base Wendover Air Force Base is a former United States Air Force base in Utah now known as Wendover Airport. During World War II, it was a training base for B-17 and B-24 bomber crews. It was the training site of the 509th Composite Group, the ...

Unity Temple Unity 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 ...

Oak Park, Illinois Oak Park is a village in Cook County, Illinois, adjacent to Chicago. It is the 29th-most populous municipality in Illinois with a population of 54,583 as of the 2020 U.S. Census estimate. Oak Park was first settled in 1835 and later incorporated ...

2008 places

Bonnet House The Bonnet House (also known as the Bartlett Estate) is a historic home in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States. It is located at 900 Birch Road. On July 5, 1984, it was added to the United States, U.S. National Regi ...

Fort Lauderdale, Florida Fort Lauderdale () is a coastal city located in the U.S. state of Florida, north of Miami along the Atlantic Ocean. It is the county seat of and largest city in Broward County, Florida, Broward County with a population of 182,760 at the 2020 Unit ...

* Boyd Theatre,

(demolished in 2015) * California State Parks,

California California is a state in the Western United States, located along the Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the most populous U.S. state and the 3rd largest by area. It is also the m ...

* Charity Hospital and the surrounding neighborhood,

New Orleans, Louisiana New Orleans ( , ,New Orleans

* Great Falls Portage,

Great Falls, Montana Great Falls is the third most populous city in the U.S. state of Montana and the county seat of Cascade County. The population was 60,442 according to the 2020 census. The city covers an area of and is the principal city of the Great Falls, M ...

* Hangar One, Moffett Federal Airfield,

Santa Clara County, California Santa Clara County, officially the County of Santa Clara, is the sixth-most populous county in the U.S. state of California, with a population of 1,936,259, as of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census. Santa Clara County and neighboring Sa ...

* Michigan Avenue Streetwall,

Chicago (''City in a Garden''); I Will , image_map = , map_caption = Interactive Map of Chicago , coordinates = , coordinates_footnotes = , subdivision_type = List of sovereign states, Count ...

*Neighborhood of the Lower East Side,

*Neighborhood of

Peace Bridge The 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 Buffalo, New York, in the United States to Fo ...

* The Statler Hilton Hotel,

* Sumner Elementary School,

Topeka, Kansas Topeka ( ; Kansa: ; iow, Dópikˀe, script=Latn or ) is the capital city of the U.S. state of Kansas and the seat of Shawnee County. It is along the Kansas River in the central part of Shawnee County, in northeast Kansas, in the Central U ...

Vizcaya Museum and Gardens The Vizcaya Museum and Gardens, previously known as Villa Vizcaya, 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 neighbo ...

2007 places

The 2007 places named to the list were:America's 11 Most Endangered Historic Places—Past Listings
National Trust for Historic Preservation. *

Brooklyn Brooklyn () is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Kings County, in the U.S. state of New York. Kings County is the most populous county in the State of New York, and the second-most densely populated county in the United States, be ...

's Industrial Waterfront,

(from the Brooklyn Army Terminal in Sunset Park to Greenpoint Terminal Market site) * El Camino Real Historic Trail,

H.H. Richardson Henry Hobson Richardson, FAIA (September 29, 1838 – April 27, 1886) was an American architect, best known for his work in a style that became known as Richardsonian Romanesque. Along with Louis Sullivan and Frank Lloyd Wright, Richardson is one ...

House,

Brookline, Massachusetts Brookline is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, in the United States, and part of the Boston metropolitan area. Brookline borders six of Boston's neighborhoods: Brighton, Allston, Fenway–Kenmore, Mission Hill, Jamaica Plain, and ...

* Hialeah Park Race Course, Hialeah, Florida *Historic Places in

Transmission Line In electrical engineering, a transmission line is a specialized cable or other structure designed to conduct electromagnetic waves in a contained manner. The term applies when the conductors are long enough that the wave nature of the transmi ...

Corridors *Historic Route 66 Motels,

*Historic Structures in Mark Twain National Forest, 29 counties in

Missouri Missouri is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking 21st in land area, it is bordered by eight states (tied for the most with Tennessee): Iowa to the north, Illinois, Kentucky and Tennessee to the east, Arkansas t ...

* Minidoka Internment Camp, Hunt, Idaho * Philip Simmons Workshop and Home,

Charleston, South Carolina Charleston is the largest city in the U.S. state of South Carolina, the county seat of Charleston County, and the principal city in the Charleston–North Charleston metropolitan area. The city lies just south of the geographical midpoint o ...

Piñon Canyon Maneuver Site The Piñon Canyon Maneuver Site (also Pinon and Pinyon) is a 235,896 acre (955 km2) U.S. Army base in southeastern Colorado. The Piñon Canyon Maneuver Site (PCMS) is a training site for Fort Carson. In 2003, the U.S. Army announced a plan t ...

Colorado Colorado (, other variants) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains, as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the ...

* Stewart's Point Rancheria, Sonoma County, California

2006 places

* Arts and Industries Building of the

Smithsonian Institution The Smithsonian Institution ( ), or simply the Smithsonian, is a group of museums and education and research centers, the largest such complex in the world, created by the U.S. government "for the increase and diffusion of knowledge". Found ...

, Washington, D.C. * Blair Mountain Battlefield, Logan County, West Virginia * Doo Wop Motels of

Wildwood, New Jersey Wildwood is a city in Cape May County in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is part of the Ocean City metropolitan statistical area and is a popular summer resort destination along the Jersey Shore. As of the 2020 U.S. census, the city's year-r ...

* Fort Snelling Upper Post, Hennepin County, Minnesota *Historic Communities and Landmarks of the

Mississippi Mississippi () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States, bordered to the north by Tennessee; to the east by Alabama; to the south by the Gulf of Mexico; to the southwest by Louisiana; and to the northwest by Arkansas. Miss ...

Coast *Historic Neighborhoods of

New Orleans New Orleans ( , ,New Orleans

New Orleans, Louisiana New Orleans ( , ,New Orleans

* Kenilworth, Illinois * Kootenai Lodge,

Bigfork, Montana Bigfork is a census-designated place (CDP) in Flathead County, Montana, United States. It is within Montana's Rocky Mountains. The population was 4,270 at the 2010 census, up from 1,421 in 2000. History Some say the name "Bigfork" is derived ...

* Mission San Miguel Arcángel, San Miguel, California * Over-the-Rhine Neighborhood,

* World Trade Center Vesey Street Staircase,

2005 places

* Daniel Webster Farm,

Franklin, New Hampshire Franklin is a city in Merrimack County, New Hampshire, United States. At the 2020 census, the population was 8,741, the least of New Hampshire's 13 cities. Franklin includes the village of West Franklin. History Situated at the confluence of t ...

* The Journey Through Hallowed Ground Corridor,

Maryland Maryland ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It shares borders with Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware and the Atlantic Ocean t ...

Pennsylvania Pennsylvania (; ( Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, ...

and

* Belleview Biltmore Hotel, Belleair, Florida (largely demolished in 2015) *Camp Security,

York County, Pennsylvania York County ( Pennsylvania Dutch: Yarrick Kaundi) is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 456,438. Its county seat is York. The county was created on August 19, 1749, from part of Lancaster ...

Eleutherian College Eleutherian College, which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993 and declared a National Historic Landmark in 1997, was founded as Eleutherian Institute in 1848 by a group of local anti-slavery Baptists at Lancaster in ...

, Madison, Indiana * Ennis-Brown House,

* Finca Vigía: Ernest Hemingway House, San Francisco de Paula,

Cuba Cuba ( , ), officially the Republic of Cuba ( es, República de Cuba, links=no ), is an island country comprising the island of Cuba, as well as Isla de la Juventud and several minor archipelagos. Cuba is located where the northern Caribb ...

*Historic Buildings of Downtown Detroit,

Detroit Detroit ( , ; , ) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is also the largest U.S. city on the United States–Canada border, and the seat of government of Wayne County. The City of Detroit had a population of 639,111 at t ...

Michigan Michigan () is a state in the Great Lakes region of the upper Midwestern United States. With a population of nearly 10.12 million and an area of nearly , Michigan is the 10th-largest state by population, the 11th-largest by area, and t ...

*Historic Catholic Churches of Greater Boston, Boston, Massachusetts * King Island,

Alaska Alaska ( ; russian: Аляска, Alyaska; ale, Alax̂sxax̂; ; ems, Alas'kaaq; Yup'ik: ''Alaskaq''; tli, Anáaski) is a state located in the Western United States on the northwest extremity of North America. A semi-exclave of the U ...

* National Landscape Conservation System, Western States

2004 places

* 2 Columbus Circle,

* Bethlehem Steel Plant,

Bethlehem, Pennsylvania Bethlehem is a city in Northampton and Lehigh Counties in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2020 census, Bethlehem had a total population of 75,781. Of this, 55,639 were in Northampton County and 1 ...

* Elkmont Historic District,

Elkmont, Tennessee Elkmont 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 ...

*George Kraigher House, Brownsville, Texas * Gullah/Geechee Coast,

South Carolina )''Animis opibusque parati'' ( for, , Latin, Prepared in mind and resources, links=no) , anthem = " Carolina";" South Carolina On My Mind" , Former = Province of South Carolina , seat = Columbia , LargestCity = Charleston , LargestMetro = ...

and Georgia *Historic Cook County Hospital,

Chicago (''City in a Garden''); I Will , image_map = , map_caption = Interactive Map of Chicago , coordinates = , coordinates_footnotes = , subdivision_type = List of sovereign states, Count ...

* Madison-Lenox Hotel,

(demolished in 2005) *

Ridgewood Ranch Ridgewood 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 the racehorse Seabiscuit. History Situated in a low mountain valley below Ridgewo ...

, Home of Seabiscuit, Willits, California * State of Vermont,

Vermont Vermont () is a U.S. state, state in the northeast New England region of the United States. Vermont is bordered by the states of Massachusetts to the south, New Hampshire to the east, and New York (state), New York to the west, and the Provin ...

* Tobacco Barns of Southern Maryland,

2003 places

* Amelia Earhart Bridge, Atchison, Kansas * Bathhouse Row, at Hot Springs National Park,

Arkansas Arkansas ( ) is a landlocked state in the South Central United States. It is bordered by Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Louisiana to the south, and Texas and Oklahoma to the west. Its name is from the O ...

*East Side School and Middle School, Decorah, Iowa * Little Manila,

Stockton, California Stockton is a city in and the county seat of San Joaquin County in the Central Valley of the U.S. state of California. Stockton was founded by Carlos Maria Weber in 1849 after he acquired Rancho Campo de los Franceses. The city is named after R ...

* Michigan Boulevard Garden Apartments,

Chicago (''City in a Garden''); I Will , image_map = , map_caption = Interactive Map of Chicago , coordinates = , coordinates_footnotes = , subdivision_type = List of sovereign states, Count ...

* Minute Man National Historical Park and Environs,

Concord Concord may refer to: Meaning "agreement" * Pact or treaty, frequently between nations (indicating a condition of harmony) * Harmony, in music * Agreement (linguistics), a change in the form of a word depending on grammatical features of other ...

, Lincoln and

Lexington, Massachusetts Lexington is a suburban town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. It is 10 miles (16 km) from Downtown Boston. The population was 34,454 as of the 2020 census. The area was originally inhabited by Native Americans, and was fir ...

*Ocmulgee Old Fields Traditional Cultural Property, Macon, Georgia * TWA Terminal at John F. Kennedy International Airport, Jamaica, Queens, New York * United States Marine Hospital,

Louisville, Kentucky Louisville ( , , ) is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Kentucky and the 28th most-populous city in the United States. Louisville is the historical seat and, since 2003, the nominal seat of Jefferson County, on the Indiana border ...

*Urban Houses of Worship (nationwide) * Zuñi Salt Lake and Sanctuary Zone,

2002 places

* Chesapeake Bay Skipjacks, Statewide Maryland * Gold Dome Bank, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma *

, Minneapolis, Minnesota * Hackensack Water Works, 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, NE, ND, SD * Pompey's Pillar,

Billings, Montana Billings is the largest city in the U.S. state of Montana, with a population of 117,116 as of the 2020 census. Located in the south-central portion of the state, it is the seat of Yellowstone County and the principal city of the Billings Met ...

* Rosenwald Schools, Southern and Southwestern States, MD, VA, WV, NC, SC, GA, FL, LA, AL, MS, TX, AR, NM, OK *

St. Elizabeths Hospital St. Elizabeths Hospital is a psychiatric hospital in Southeast, Washington, D.C. operated by the District of Columbia Department of Behavioral Health. It opened in 1855 under the name Government Hospital for the Insane, the first federally ope ...

, Washington, D.C. *Teardowns in Historic Neighborhoods, Nationwide

2001 places

* Bok Kai Temple, Marysville, California * Carter G. Woodson House, Washington, D.C. *CIGNA Campus, Bloomfield, Connecticut * Ford Island at Pearl Harbor,

Honolulu, Hawaii Honolulu (; ) is the capital and largest city of the U.S. state of Hawaii, which is in the Pacific Ocean. It is an unincorporated county seat of the consolidated City and County of Honolulu, situated along the southeast coast of the island ...

*Historic American Movie Theaters, Nationwide * Jackson Ward,

Richmond, Virginia (Thus do we reach the stars) , image_map = , mapsize = 250 px , map_caption = Location within Virginia , pushpin_map = Virginia#USA , pushpin_label = Richmond , pushpin_m ...

*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,

*Telluride Valley Floor, Telluride, Colorado

2000 places

*Eisenhower VA Medical Center, Leavenworth, Kansas * Fifth & Forbes Historic Retail Area,

*Historic Neighborhood Schools, Nationwide * Hudson River Valley, Statewide, New York * Lincoln cottage, Washington, D.C. *

Nantucket Nantucket () is an island about south from Cape Cod. Together with the small islands of Tuckernuck and Muskeget, it constitutes the Town and County of Nantucket, a combined county/town government that is part of the U.S. state of Massachuse ...

Nantucket, Massachusetts Nantucket () is an island about south from Cape Cod. Together with the small islands of Tuckernuck and Muskeget, it constitutes the Town and County of Nantucket, a combined county/town government that is part of the U.S. state of Massachus ...

* Okeechobee Battlefield,

Okeechobee, Florida Okeechobee ( ) is a city in south-central Florida and is the county seat of Okeechobee County, Florida, United States. As of the 2020 United States Census, the city's population was 5,254. It is the county seat of Okeechobee County. The Lake ...

*Red Mountain Mining District,

Santa Anita Racetrack Santa Anita Park is a Thoroughbred racetrack in Arcadia, California, United States. It offers some of the prominent horse racing events in the United States during early fall, winter and in spring. The track is home to numerous prestigious races ...

Arcadia, California Arcadia is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States, located about northeast of downtown Los Angeles in the San Gabriel Valley and at the base of the San Gabriel Mountains. It contains a series of adjacent parks consisting of t ...

Valley Forge National Historical Park Valley Forge National Historical Park is the site of the third winter encampment of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, taking place from December 19, 1777, to June 19, 1778. The National Park Service preserves the site a ...

, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania *

Wheelock Academy Wheelock 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. The school closed in 1955 and the only remaining Choctaw school, ...

Millerton, Oklahoma Millerton is a town in McCurtain County, Oklahoma, McCurtain County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 359 at the United States Census, 2000, 2000 census. The oldest church building in Oklahoma, Wheelock Church, is located near Millerto ...

1999 places

The 1999 list was: *"The Corner of Main and Main" (nationwide) * Angel Island Immigration Station,

*Country Estates of River Road,

*"Four National Historic Landmark Hospitals" in New York (statewide) — specifically, the

Utica State Hospital Utica may refer to: Places *Utica, Tunisia, ancient city founded by Phoenicians * Útica, a village in Cundinamarca, Colombia * Port Perry/Utica Field Aerodrome, Canada United States *Utica, New York * Utica Mansion, in Angels Camp, California * ...

, Hudson River State Hospital, former Buffalo State Hospital, and

New York State Inebriate Asylum The New York State Inebriate Asylum, later known as Binghamton State Hospital, was the first institution designed and constructed to treat alcoholism as a mental disorder in the United States. Located in Binghamton, NY, its imposing Gothic Revival ...

look at New York's endangered historic places Associated Press (June 6, 2012). * Hulett Ore Unloaders, Whiskey Island,

Cleveland, Ohio Cleveland ( ), officially the City of Cleveland, is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Cuyahoga County. Located in the northeastern part of the state, it is situated along the southern shore of Lake Erie, across the U.S ...

Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Lancaster County (; Pennsylvania Dutch: Lengeschder Kaundi), sometimes nicknamed the Garden Spot of America or Pennsylvania Dutch Country, is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It is located in the south central part of Pennsylvania ...

* Pullman Historic District,

Chicago (''City in a Garden''); I Will , image_map = , map_caption = Interactive Map of Chicago , coordinates = , coordinates_footnotes = , subdivision_type = List of sovereign states, Count ...

Richard H. Allen Memorial Auditorium Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Old Frankish and is a compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'stron ...

at Sheldon Jackson College, Sitka, Alaska *San Diego Arts & Warehouse District,

San Diego, California San Diego ( , ; ) is a city on the Pacific Ocean coast of Southern California located immediately adjacent to the Mexico–United States border. With a 2020 population of 1,386,932, it is the eighth most populous city in the United Stat ...

* Traveler's Rest, Missoula County, Montana *West Side of Downtown Baltimore,

Baltimore, Maryland Baltimore ( , locally: or ) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Maryland, fourth most populous city in the Mid-Atlantic, and the 30th most populous city in the United States with a population of 585,708 in 2020. Baltimore wa ...

1998 places

The 1998 list was: *

Black Hawk Black Hawk and Blackhawk may refer to: Animals * Black Hawk (horse), a Morgan horse that lived from 1833 to 1856 * Common black hawk, ''Buteogallus anthracinus'' * Cuban black hawk, ''Buteogallus gundlachii'' * Great black hawk, ''Buteogallus urub ...

and

Central City, Colorado The historic City of Central, commonly known as Central City, is a home rule municipality located in Gilpin and Clear Creek counties, Colorado, United States. Central City is the county seat and the most populous municipality of Gilpin County ...

Cannery Row Cannery Row is the waterfront street bordering the city of Pacific Grove, but officially in the New Monterey section of Monterey, California. It was the site of a number of now-defunct sardine canning factories. The last cannery closed in 1973 ...

, Monterey, California * Chancellorsville Battlefield, Fredericksburg, Virginia * Governors Island,

* Great Bowdoin Mill, Topsham, Maine *Historic Courthouses of Texas,

(statewide) * Historically Black Colleges & Universities (

Southern Southern may refer to: Businesses * China Southern Airlines, airline based in Guangzhou, China * Southern Airways, defunct US airline * Southern Air, air cargo transportation company based in Norwalk, Connecticut, US * Southern Airways Express, M ...

states: Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi) *

Mapes Hotel Mapes Hotel was a hotel and casino located in Downtown 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 ...

Reno, Nevada Reno ( ) is a city in the northwest section of the U.S. state of Nevada, along the Nevada-California border, about north from Lake Tahoe, known as "The Biggest Little City in the World". Known for its casino and tourism industry, Reno is th ...

(subsequently demolished) * Mesa Verde National Park,

* Michigan's Historic Lighthouses, exemplified by DeTour Reef Light,

(statewide) * Monocacy Aqueduct, Frederick County, Maryland

1997 places

The 1997 list was: * Bridge of Lions,

St. Augustine, Florida St. Augustine ( ; es, San Agustín ) is a city in the Southeastern United States and the county seat of St. Johns County on the Atlantic coast of northeastern Florida. Founded in 1565 by Spanish explorers, it is the oldest continuously inhabi ...

* Cathedral of St. Vibiana,

* Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C. * Cranston Street Armory,

Flathead Indian Reservation The 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 the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Nation. Th ...

Lake A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a basin, surrounded by land, and distinct from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake. Lakes lie on land and are not part of the ocean, although, like the much large ...

Sanders Sanders may refer to: People Surname * Sanders (surname) * Bernie Sanders, US presidential candidate and senator * Sarah Huckabee Sanders, former White House press secretary and daughter of Mike Huckabee * Colonel Sanders, founder of KFC (Kentuc ...

, Missoula, and Flathead, Montana *Historic Buildings Infested with Formosan Termites, Gulf Coast states (Louisiana, Florida, Texas, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia) * Montezuma Castle,

Montezuma, New Mexico Montezuma is an unincorporated community in San Miguel County, New Mexico, United States. It is located approximately five miles northwest of the city of Las Vegas. The town was best known for many years for its natural hot springs, and was in fa ...

* Stillwater Bridge, Stillwater, Minnesota * Vicksburg Campaign Trail,

and

Louisiana Louisiana , group=pronunciation (French: ''La Louisiane'') is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It is the 20th-smallest by area and the 25th most populous of the 50 U.S. states. Louisiana is bord ...

* Wa'ahila Ridge,

1996 places

The 1996 list was: *Adobe Churches of New Mexico, Statewide New Mexico *

East Broad Top Railroad The East Broad Top Railroad (EBT) is a narrow gauge historic and heritage railroad headquartered in Rockhill Furnace, Pennsylvania. Operating from 1871 to 1956, it is one of the nation's oldest and best-preserved narrow-gauge railroads ...

Rockhill Furnace, Pennsylvania Rockhill or Rockhill Furnace is a borough in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 371 at the 2010 census, down from 414 at the 2000 census. It is the site of the East Broad Top Railroad and the Rockhill Trolley Mu ...

* East End Historic District, Newburgh, New York * Harry S. Truman Historic District,

Independence, Missouri Independence is the fifth-largest city in Missouri and the county seat of Jackson County, Missouri, Jackson County. Independence is a satellite city of Kansas City, Missouri, and is the largest suburb on the Missouri side of the Kansas City metro ...

*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 Foundry Knight 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 ...

Sutter Creek, California Sutter Creek (formerly spelled Sutter's Creek and Suttercreek; formerly named Suttersville) is a city in Amador County, California, United States. The population was 2,501 at the 2010 census, up from 2,303 at the 2000 census. It is accessible vi ...

* Little Rock Central High School,

Little Rock, Arkansas ( The "Little Rock") , government_type = Council-manager , leader_title = Mayor , leader_name = Frank Scott Jr. , leader_party = D , leader_title2 = Council , leader_name2 ...

* Petoskey, Petoskey, Michigan * Sotterley Plantation,

Hollywood, Maryland Hollywood is an unincorporated community located within St. Mary's County, Maryland, United States. It was named in 1867, when a storeowner at Thompson's General Store near the Uniontown section of Hollywood required a name for the post office ins ...

* Uptown Theatre,

Chicago (''City in a Garden''); I Will , image_map = , map_caption = Interactive Map of Chicago , coordinates = , coordinates_footnotes = , subdivision_type = List of sovereign states, Count ...

* Wentworth-by-the-Sea Hotel, New Castle, New Hampshire

1995 places

The 1995 list was: *Archaeological Treasures of the Colorado Plateau, Statewide Colorado *

Ashley River (South Carolina) The Ashley River is a blackwater and tidal river in South Carolina, rising from the Wassamassaw and Great Cypress Swamps in western Berkeley County. It consolidates its main channel about five miles west of Summerville, widening into a ti ...

Bronx River Parkway The Bronx River Parkway (sometimes abbreviated as the Bronx Parkway) is a long parkway in downstate New York in the United States. It is named for the nearby Bronx River, which it parallels. The southern terminus of the parkway is at Story Aven ...

, Bronx, New York * Fair Park's Texas Centennial Buildings,

Farish Street Neighborhood Historic District Farish Street Neighborhood Historic District is a historic neighborhood in Jackson, Mississippi, known as a hub for Black-owned businesses up until the 1970s. Named after a family that lived and had businesses on that street for four generations, ...

*Historic Boston Theaters, Boston, Massachusetts * Ossabaw Island, Ossabaw Island, Georgia * South Pass, South Pass, Wyoming * Tugboat ''Hoga'',

Oakland, California Oakland is the largest city and the county seat of Alameda County, California, United States. A major West Coast port, Oakland is the largest city in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area, the third largest city overall in the ...

* Village of East Aurora, East Aurora, New York * Waikiki Natatorium War Memorial,

1994 places

The 1994 list was: *

Cape Cod, Massachusetts Cape Cod is a peninsula extending into the Atlantic Ocean from the southeastern corner of mainland Massachusetts, in the northeastern United States. Its historic, maritime character and ample beaches attract heavy tourism during the summer mon ...

*Cornices (and Buildings of Harlem),

Harlem, New York Harlem is a neighborhood in Upper Manhattan, New York City. It is bounded roughly by the Hudson River on the west; the Harlem River and 155th Street on the north; Fifth Avenue on the east; and Central Park North on the south. The greater H ...

* Fair Park's Texas Centennial Buildings,

Frank Lloyd Wright Frank Lloyd Wright (June 8, 1867 – April 9, 1959) was an American architect, designer, writer, and educator. He designed more than 1,000 structures over a creative period of 70 years. Wright played a key role in the architectural movements o ...

Taliesin Taliesin ( , ; 6th century AD) was an early Brittonic poet of Sub-Roman Britain whose work has possibly survived in a Middle Welsh manuscript, the ''Book of Taliesin''. Taliesin was a renowned bard who is believed to have sung at the court ...

, Spring Green, Wisconsin *Historic Northern Virginia Piedmont, Virginia Piemont,

Manuelito Archaeological Complex The Manuelito Complex, also known as Manuelito Canyon Historic District, is a complex of archaeological sites in central western New Mexico. Located in and around Manuelito Canyon, roughly midway between Gallup, New Mexico and Lupton, Arizona, it ...

, Gallup vicinity,

* Natchez,

Natchez, Mississippi Natchez ( ) is the county seat of and only city in Adams County, Mississippi, United States. Natchez has a total population of 14,520 (as of the 2020 census). Located on the Mississippi River across from Vidalia in Concordia Parish, Louisiana, ...

* Oldest Surviving McDonald's, Downey, California *

Old San Francisco Mint The Old San Francisco Mint (also Old United States Mint or simply Old Mint, nicknamed The Granite Lady) is a building that served as the location of the San Francisco branch of the United States Mint from 1874 until 1937. The building is one o ...

* U.S.S. ''Constellation'',

* Virginia City, Montana

1993 places

The 1993 list was: * Brandy Station Battlefield, Fredericksburg, Virginia *Downtown New Orleans,

New Orleans, Louisiana New Orleans ( , ,New Orleans

*Eight Historic Dallas Neighborhoods,

Dallas Dallas () is the third largest city in Texas and the largest city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States at 7.5 million people. It is the largest city in and seat of Dallas County ...

, Texas * Schooner ''C.A. Thayer'',

* Prehistoric Serpent Mound, Locust Grove, Adams County, Ohio * South Pasadena, California * State of Vermont * Sweetgrass Hills, Montana * Thomas Edison's Invention Factory, West Orange, New Jersey * Town of Ste. Genevieve, Missouri * Virginia City, Montana

1992 places

The 1992 list was: * Virginia City, Montana *Eight Historic Dallas Neighborhoods,

* Ellis Island National Monument, New York Harbor, New York, Harlem New York * Gettysburg National Military Park,

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Gettysburg (; non-locally ) is a borough and the county seat of Adams County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. The Battle of Gettysburg (1863) and President Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address are named for this town. Gettysburg is home to ...

* Louisiana's Historic River Road,

Sweet Auburn Sweetness is a basic taste most commonly perceived when eating foods rich in sugars. Sweet tastes are generally regarded as pleasurable. In addition to sugars like sucrose, many other chemical compounds are sweet, including aldehydes, ketones ...

* West Baden Springs Hotel, West Baden Springs, Indiana * Independence National Historical Park,

Philadelphia Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the sixth-largest city in the U.S., the second-largest city in both the Northeast megalopolis and Mid-Atlantic regions after New York City. Since ...

* Montpelier, Orange, Virginia * Tiger Stadium,

(demolished 2008-09)

1991 places

The 1991 list was: * Antietam National Battlefield Park, Sharpsburg, Maryland *

Fort Frederica A fortification is a military construction or building designed for the defense of territories in warfare, and is also used to establish rule in a region during peacetime. The term is derived from Latin ''fortis'' ("strong") and ''facere'' ...

, St. Simons Island, Georgia * Franklin Post Office, Franklin, Tennessee * Independence National Historical Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania * Kennecott Mines, Kennecott, Alaska * Montpelier, Orange, Virginia * Penn School, Frogmore, South Carolina * South Pasadena, California * Southeast Light, Block Island, Rhode Island * Tiger Stadium, Detroit, Michigan * Walden Pond and Woods, Concord and Lincoln, Massachusetts

1990 places

The 1990 list was: * Antietam National Battlefield Park, Sharpsburg, Maryland * Columbus Landing Site, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands * Deadwood Historic District, Deadwood, South Dakota *

, St. Simons Island, Georgia * Kennecott Mines, Kennecott, Alaska * Penn School, Frogmore, South Carolina * Roycroft Inn and Campus, East Aurora, New York * South Pasadena, California * Southeast Light,

Block Island Block Island is an island in the U.S. state of Rhode Island located in Block Island Sound approximately south of the mainland and east of Montauk Point, Long Island, New York, named after Dutch explorer Adriaen Block. It is part of Washingto ...

, Rhode Island * Walden Pond and Woods, Concord and Lincoln, Massachusetts * West Mesa Petroglyphs, Albuquerque, New Mexico

1989 places

The 1989 list was: * Antietam National Battlefield Park, Sharpsburg, Maryland * Cedar Creek Battlefield and Belle Grove Plantation, Middletown, Virginia * Columbus Landing Site, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands * Deadwood Historic District, Deadwood, South Dakota *

, St. Simons Island, Georgia *

Old Deerfield Historic District Historic Deerfield is a museum dedicated to the heritage and preservation of Deerfield, Massachusetts, and history of the Connecticut River Valley. Its historic houses, museums, and programs provide visitors with an understanding of New Engl ...

, Deerfield, Massachusetts * Old Kaskaskia Village, Kaskaskia, Illinois * Roycroft Inn and Campus, East Aurora, New York * South Pasadena, California * Vieux Carre Historic District, New Orleans, Louisiana * West Mesa Petroglyphs, Albuquerque, New Mexico

1988 places

The 1988 list was: * Antietam National Battlefield Park, Sharpsburg, Maryland * Cedar Creek Battlefield and Belle Grove Plantation, Middletown, Virginia * Columbus Landing Site, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands * Custer Battlefield National Monument & Reno-Benteen Battlefield Memorial, Montana * Manassas National Battlefield Historic District, Manassas, Virginia *

, Deerfield, Massachusetts * Old Kaskaskia Village, Kaskaskia, Illinois *

Snee Farm The Charles Pinckney National Historic Site is a unit of the United States National Park Service, preserving a portion of Charles Pinckney's Snee Farm plantation and country retreat. The site is located at 1254 Long Point Road, Mount Pleasan ...

, Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina * Vieux Carre Historic District, New Orleans, Louisiana * Waterford Historic District, Waterford, Virginia * West Mesa Petroglyphs, Albuquerque, New Mexico

References

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External links

America's 11 Most Endangered Historic Places: Archive
Historic preservation in the United States Nature conservation in the United States National Trust for Historic Preservation Lists of buildings and structures