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.
The June 2015 announced places are:
A.G. Gatson 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
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
Palladium Building, St. Louis, Missouri
Shockoe Bottom, Richmond, Virginia
The Palisades, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Union Terminal, Cincinnati, Ohio (subsequently saved)
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)
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
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, USA
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
"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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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)
