Miami Marine Stadium, FL
The 1963 stadium is both a South Florida landmark and an icon of modern design. Learn More
Century Plaza Hotel, Los Angeles, CA
Despite a recent facelift, the hotel's owners intend to raze the 19-story, mid-century, curved hotel and replace it with two 600 foot towers. Learn More
Human Services Center, Yankton, S.D.
Once regarded as a model institution of its kind, this campus comprises a collection of neoclassical, Art Deco and Italianate buildings that have stood vacant for years. Learn More
Unity Temple, Oak Park, IL
Frank Lloyd Wright's Unity Temple is widely acknowledged as a masterpiece of twentieth century architecture. Years of water infiltration have compromised the structure. Learn More
Cast-Iron Architecture of Galveston, TX
Widespread flooding caused by Hurricane Ike damaged the elaborate cast-iron storefronts in the Strand/Mechanic National Historic Landmark District. Learn More
Ames Shovel Shops, Easton, MA
An intact Massachusetts industrial village is threatened by a plan to demolish several of the site's historic buildings. Learn More
Lāna'i City, HI
Known as "Pineapple Isle," Lanai City has one attraction no other Hawaiian island can claim: an intact 1920's plantationtown. Learn More
Mount Taylor, Grants, NM
Mount Taylor, with an elevation of nearly 12,000 feet, is startingly beautiful and a sacred place for as many as 30 Native American tribes. Learn More
The Manhattan Project's Enola Gay Hangar, Wendover Airfield, UT
The hangar that housed the Enola Gay is, along with other Manhattan Project sites, in a critical state of disrepair. Learn More
Dorchester Academy, Midway, GA
Founded in 1868 as a school for freed slaves, Dorchester Academy later gained prominence as a center for voter registration drives during the civil rights movement. Learn More
Memorial Bridge, Portsmouth NH to Kittery, ME
For more than 85 years, Memorial Bridge, the first major lift bridge in the eastern US, has been a sturdy and dramatic landmark, connecting two historic coastal towns. Learn More
America's 11 Most Endangered Historic Places
This year marks the 22nd annual list of America’s 11 Most Endangered Historic Places. Since 1988, the National Trust for Historic Preservation has used this list as a powerful alarm to raise awareness of the serious threats facing the nation’s greatest treasures. It has become one of the most effective tools in the fight to save the country’s irreplaceable architectural, cultural and natural heritage.
The list, which has identified 211 sites through 2009, has been so successful in galvanizing preservation efforts across the country and rallying resources to save one-of-a-kind landmarks that, in over two decades, only six sites have been lost. Dozens of sites have been saved through the tireless work of the National Trust, our regional offices, statewide and local partners, and preservation organizations across the country. Many more sites are considered “favorable” and are on the path to a positive solution. Still others remain threatened and the National Trust and its partners continue in their efforts to protect these important endangered places.
Take Action
- Send a letter to Mayor Manuel A. Diaz in support of Miami Marine Stadium.
- Petition the New Mexico Cultural Review Committee to add Mount Taylor to the State Register of Cultural Properties.
- Write to Maine Governor John Baldacci to encourage the rehabilitation of Memorial Bridge.
- Petition South Dakota Governor Michael Rounds to protect the historic Human Services Center.
Latest News
- Blair Mountain (2006): The State of West Virginia, on behalf of petitioning landowners, has requested the delisting of Blair Mountain. The criteria are stringent for delisting a historic place, and it remains to be seen whether or not the State's claims will stand. Learn more »
- Minidoka National Historic Site (2007): In addition to threats from a proposed factory farm, Minidoka is also threatened by a plan to construct a portion of a 500‑mile, 500 kilovolt power line across or immediately adjacent to the National Park site. Learn more »
- Waikiki War Memorial Natatorium (1995): The Waikiki War Memorial Natatorium may lose its 100-meter saltwater pool. Learn more »
- Historic Route 66 Motels (2007): In an effort to bolster tourism and local interest, plans for Route 66 revitalization are underway. Learn more »
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Feature Story
In 2000, President Lincoln’s Cottage in Washington, DC was listed on the America’s 11 Most Endangered Historic Places list. President Lincoln spent a quarter of his presidency at the Cottage where he met with colleagues, contemplated the Civil War, and drafted the Emancipation Proclamation. In early 2008, after a seven year restoration, the Cottage, a National Trust Historic Site, and the Robert H. Smith Visitor Education Center, a LEED Gold Certified building, opened to the public. In celebration of Lincoln’s Bicentennial, a new sculpture of the President was unveiled in February 2009. Learn more »
Sustainability
By losing places like the ones on this year’s 11 Most list, we are not only losing our heritage, we are perpetuating climate change. The energy embodied in the Century Plaza Hotel, for example, is the equivalent of 167,000 barrels of oil. If it were to be demolished and landfilled, the energy locked up in it would be totally wasted. Learn more »
