America's Most Endangered Places

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America's Most Endangered Places or America's Most Endangered Historic Places is a list of places in the United States that the National Trust for Historic Preservation considers the most endangered.

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, 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.

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2016 places

In June 2016, the National Trust announced its list of 11 most endangered places to be:

• Lions Municipal Golf Course in Austin, Texas.
• Azikiwe-Nkrumah Hall at Lincoln University in Lincoln, Pennsylvania.
• Bears Ears in southeastern Utah.
• Charleston Naval Hospital District in North Charleston, South Carolina.
• Delta Queen in Houma, Louisiana.
• Chihuahuita and El Segundo Barrio neighborhoods in El Paso, Texas.
• Historic Downtown Flemington in 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.

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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 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

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2014 places

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

• Battle Mountain Sanitarium, Hot Springs, South Dakota
• Bay Harbor's East Island, Dade County, Florida
• Chattanooga State Office Building, Chattanooga, Tennessee
• Frank Lloyd Wright's Spring House, Tallahassee, Florida
• Historic Wintersburg, Huntington Beach, California
• Mokuaikaua, Kailua Village in Kona, Hawaii
• Music Hall, Cincinnati, Ohio (subsequently saved)
• Palladium Building, St. Louis, Missouri
• Shockoe Bottom, Richmond, Virginia
• The Palisades, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
• Union Terminal, Cincinnati, Ohio (subsequently saved)

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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 (added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2014)
• Chinatown House, Rancho Cucamonga, California
• Gay Head Lighthouse, Aquinnah, Massachusetts
• Historic Rural Schoolhouses of Montana, Montana (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
• Village of Mariemont, Cincinnati, Ohio
• Worldport Terminal at John F. Kennedy International Airport, Jamaica, Queens, New York (subsequently demolished)

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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
• Ellis Island hospital complex, New York Harbor, New York and New Jersey
• Historic U.S. post office buildings (nationwide)
• Joe Frazier's Gym, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2013)
• Malcolm X - Ella Little-Collins House, Roxbury, Boston, Massachusetts
• Princeton Battlefield, Princeton, New Jersey
• Sweet Auburn Historic District, Atlanta, Georgia
• Terminal Island, Port of Los Angeles, California
• Texas courthouses, Texas (statewide)
• Elkhorn Ranch, Billings County, North Dakota
• Village of Zoar, Ohio

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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, New Mexico, U.S.
• Isaac Manchester Farm, Avella, Pennsylvania
• John Coltrane Home, Dix Hills, New York
• National Soldiers Home, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
• Pillsbury A-Mill, Minneapolis, Minnesota
• Prentice Women's Hospital, Chicago, Illinois (demolished in 2014)
• Sites Imperiled by State Actions, Nationwide

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2010 places

• America's State Parks & State-Owned Historic Sites
• Black Mountain, Kentucky
• Hinchliffe Stadium, Paterson, New Jersey
• Industrial Arts Building, Lincoln, Nebraska
• Juana Briones House, Palo Alto, California (demolished in 2011)
• Merritt Parkway, Fairfield County, Connecticut
• Metropolitan AME Church, Washington, D.C.
• Pågat, Guam
• Saugatuck Dunes, Laketown Township, Allegan County, Michigan
• Threefoot Building, Meridian, Mississippi
• Wilderness Battlefield, Spotsylvania County and Orange County, Virginia

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2009 places

• Century Plaza Hotel, Los Angeles, California
• Miami Marine Stadium, Miami, Florida
• Mount Taylor, Grants, New Mexico
• Unity Temple, Oak Park, Illinois
• Dorchester Academy, Midway, Georgia
• The Manhattan Project's Enola Gay Hangar at Wendover Air Force Base, Utah
• Ames Shovel Shops, Easton, Massachusetts
• Human Services Center, Yankton, South Dakota
• Memorial Bridge, Portsmouth, New Hampshire & Kittery, Maine
• Cast-Iron Architecture of Galveston, Texas
• Lana'i City, Maui, Hawaii

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2008 places

• Bonnet House, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
• Boyd Theatre, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (demolished in 2015)
• California State Parks, California
• Charity Hospital and the surrounding neighborhood, New Orleans, Louisiana
• Great Falls Portage, Great Falls, Montana
• Hangar One, Moffett Federal Airfield, Santa Clara County, California
• Michigan Avenue Streetwall, Chicago, Illinois
• Neighborhood of the Lower East Side, New York, New York
• Neighborhood of Peace Bridge, Buffalo, New York
• The Statler Hilton Hotel, Dallas, Texas
• Sumner Elementary School, Topeka, Kansas
• Vizcaya Museum and Gardens, Miami, Florida

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2007 places

• Brooklyn's Industrial Waterfront, New York, New York
• El Camino Real Historic Trail, New Mexico
• H.H. Richardson House, Brookline, Massachusetts
• Hialeah Park Race Course, Hialeah, Florida
• Historic Places in Transmission Line Corridors
• Historic Route 66 Motels, Illinois to California
• Historic Structures in Mark Twain National Forest, 29 counties in Missouri
• Minidoka Internment Camp, Hunt, Idaho
• Philip Simmons Workshop and Home, Charleston, South Carolina
• Piñon Canyon Maneuver Site, Colorado
• Stewart's Point Rancheria, Sonoma County, California

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2006 places

• Arts and Industries Building of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
• Blair Mountain Battlefield, Logan County, West Virginia
• Doo Wop Motels of Wildwood, New Jersey
• Fort Snelling Upper Post, Hennepin County, Minnesota
• Historic Communities and Landmarks of the Mississippi Coast
• Historic Neighborhoods of New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana
• Kenilworth, Illinois
• Kootenai Lodge, Bigfork, Montana
• Mission San Miguel Arcángel, San Miguel, California
• Over-the-Rhine Neighborhood, Cincinnati, Ohio
• World Trade Center Vesey Street Staircase, New York, New York

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2005 places

• Daniel Webster Farm, Franklin, New Hampshire
• The Journey Through Hallowed Ground Corridor, Maryland, Pennsylvania and Virginia
• Belleview Biltmore Hotel, Belleair, Florida
• Camp Security, York County, Pennsylvania
• Eleutherian College, Madison, Indiana
• Ennis-Brown House, Los Angeles, California
• Finca Vigía: Ernest Hemingway House, San Francisco de Paula, Cuba
• Historic Buildings of Downtown Detroit, Detroit, Michigan
• Historic Catholic Churches of Greater Boston, Boston, Massachusetts
• King Island, Alaska
• National Landscape Conservation System, Western States

2004 places

• 2 Columbus Circle, New York, New York
• Bethlehem Steel Plant, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
• Elkmont Historic District, Elkmont, Tennessee
• George Kraigher House, Brownsville, Texas
• Gullah/Geechee Coast, South Carolina and Georgia
• Historic Cook County Hospital, Chicago, Illinois
• Madison-Lenox Hotel, Detroit, Michigan (demolished in 2005)
• Nine Mile Canyon, Utah
• Ridgewood Ranch, Home of Seabiscuit, Willits, California
• State of Vermont, Vermont
• Tobacco Barns of Southern Maryland, Maryland

2003 places

• Amelia Earhart Bridge, Atchison, Kansas
• Bathhouse Row, at Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas
• East Side School and Middle School, Decorah, Iowa
• Little Manila, Stockton, California
• Michigan Boulevard Garden Apartments, Chicago, Illinois
• Minute Man National Historical Park and Environs, Concord, Lincoln and Lexington, Massachusetts
• 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
• Urban Houses of Worship (nationwide)
• Zuni Salt Lake and Sanctuary Zone, New Mexico

2002 places

• Chesapeake Bay Skipjacks, Statewide Maryland
• Gold Dome Bank, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
• Guthrie Theater, 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
• Rosenwald Schools, Southern and Southwestern States, MD, VA, WV, NC, SC, GA, FL, LA, AL, MS, TX, AR, NM, OK
• St. Elizabeths Hospital, 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
• Historic American Movie Theaters, Nationwide
• Jackson Ward, 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 Area, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• Historic Neighborhood Schools, Nationwide
• Hudson River Valley, Statewide, New York
• Lincoln cottage, Washington, D.C.
• Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts
• Okeechobee Battlefield, Okeechobee, Florida
• Red Mountain Mining District, Colorado
• Santa Anita Racetrack, Arcadia, California
• Valley Forge National Historical Park, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania
• Wheelock Academy, Millerton, Oklahoma

1999 places

• "The Corner of Main and Main" (nationwide)
• Angel Island Immigration Station, San Francisco, California
• Country Estates of River Road, Louisville, Kentucky
• Four National Historic Landmark Hospitals, New York (statewide)
• Hulett Ore Unloaders, Whiskey Island, Cleveland, Ohio
• Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
• Pullman Historic District, Chicago, Illinois
• Richard H. Allen Memorial Auditorium at Sheldon Jackson College, Sitka, Alaska
• San Diego Arts & Warehouse District, San Diego, California
• Traveler's Rest, Missoula County, Montana
• West Side of Downtown Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland

1998 places

• Black Hawk and Central City, Colorado
• Cannery Row, Monterey, California
• Chancellorsville Battlefield, Fredericksburg, Virginia
• Governors Island, New York, New York
• Great Bowdoin Mill, Topsham, Maine
• Historic Courthouses of Texas, Texas (statewide)
• Historically Black Colleges & Universities (Southern states: Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi)
• Mapes Hotel, Reno, Nevada (subsequently demolished)
• Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado
• Michigan's Historic Lighthouses, exemplified by DeTour Reef Light, Michigan (statewide)
• Monocacy Aqueduct, Frederick County, Maryland

1997 places

• Bridge of Lions, St. Augustine, Florida
• Cathedral of St. Vibiana, Los Angeles, California
• Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
• Cranston Street Armory, Providence, Rhode Island
• Flathead Indian Reservation, Lake, Sanders, Missoula, and Flathead, Montana
• Historic Buildings Infested with Formosan Termites, Gulf Coast states (Louisiana, Florida, Texas, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia)
• Montezuma Castle, Montezuma, New Mexico
• Stillwater Bridge, Stillwater, Minnesota
• Vicksburg Campaign Trail, Missouri and Louisiana
• Wa'ahila Ridge, Honolulu, Hawaii

1996 places

• Adobe Churches of New Mexico, Statewide New Mexico
• East Broad Top Railroad, Rockhill Furnace, Pennsylvania
• East End Historic District, Newburgh, New York
• Harry S. Truman Historic District, 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 Foundry, Sutter Creek, California
• Little Rock Central High School, Little Rock, Arkansas
• Petoskey, Petoskey, Michigan
• Sotterley Plantation, Hollywood, Maryland
• Uptown Theatre, Chicago, Illinois
• Wentworth-by-the-Sea Hotel, New Castle, New Hampshire

1995 places

• Archaeological Treasures of the Colorado Plateau, Statewide Colorado
• Ashley River Historic District, Ashley River (South Carolina)
• Bronx River Parkway, Bronx, New York
• Farish Street Neighborhood Historic District, Jackson, Mississippi
• Historic Boston Theaters, Boston, Massachusetts
• Ossabaw Island, Ossabaw Island, Georgia
• South Pass, South Pass, Wyoming
• Tugboat Hoga, Oakland, California
• Village of East Aurora, East Aurora, New York
• Waikiki Natatorium War Memorial, Honolulu, Hawaii
• Fair Park's Texas Centennial Buildings, Dallas, Texas

1994 places

• Fair Park's Texas Centennial Buildings, Dallas, Texas
• Cape Cod, Massachusetts
• Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin, Spring Green, Wisconsin
• Historic Northern Virginia Piedmont, Virginia Piemont, Virginia
• Manuelito Archaeological Complex, Gallup vicinity, New Mexico
• Natchez, 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. Constellation, Baltimore, Maryland

1993 places

• Virginia City, Montana
• Eight Historic Dallas Neighborhoods, Dallas, Texas
• Brandy Station Battlefield, Fredericksburg, Virginia
• Downtown New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana
• Prehistoric Serpent Mound, Locust Grove, Adams County, Ohio
• Schooner C.A. Thayer, San Francisco, California
• State of Vermont
• Sweetgrass Hills, Montana
• Thomas Edison's Invention Factory, West Orange, New Jersey
• Town of Ste. Genevieve, Missouri

1992 places

• Virginia City, Montana
• Eight Historic Dallas Neighborhoods, Dallas, Texas
• Ellis Island National Monument, New York Harbor, New York, Harlem New York
• Gettysburg National Military Park, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
• Louisiana's Historic River Road, Louisiana
• Sweet Auburn, Atlanta, Georgia
• West Baden Springs Hotel, West Baden Springs, Indiana
• Independence National Historical Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Montpelier, Orange, Virginia
• Tiger Stadium, Detroit, Michigan (demolished 2008-09)

1991 places

• Antietam National Battlefield Park, Sharpsburg, Maryland
• Fort Frederica, 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

• Antietam National Battlefield Park, Sharpsburg, Maryland
• Columbus Landing Site, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands
• Deadwood Historic District, Deadwood, South Dakota
• Fort Frederica, 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, Rhode Island
• Walden Pond and Woods, Concord and Lincoln, Massachusetts
• West Mesa Petroglyphs, Albuquerque, New Mexico

1989 places

• 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
• Fort Frederica, St. Simons Island, Georgia
• Old Deerfield Historic District, 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

• 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
• Old Deerfield Historic District, Deerfield, Massachusetts
• Old Kaskaskia Village, Kaskaskia, Illinois
• Snee Farm, Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina
• Vieux Carre Historic District, New Orleans, Louisiana
• Waterford Historic District, Waterford, Virginia
• West Mesa Petroglyphs, Albuquerque, New Mexico

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