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 OrleansThe Factory in West Hollywood, CaliforniaChautauqua Amphitheater, Chautauqua, New YorkEast Point Historic Civic Block, East Point, GeorgiaFort Worth Stockyards, Fort Worth, TexasGrand Canyon, ArizonaLittle Havana, MiamiOak Flat, Superior, ArizonaOld U.S. Mint, San FranciscoSouth Street Seaport, New YorkIn June 2014, the National Trust announced its list of 11 most endangered places to be:
Battle Mountain Sanitarium, Hot Springs, South DakotaBay Harbor's East Island, Dade County, FloridaChattanooga State Office Building, Chattanooga, TennesseeFrank Lloyd Wright's Spring House, Tallahassee, FloridaHistoric Wintersburg, Huntington Beach, CaliforniaMokuaikaua, Kailua Village in Kona, HawaiiMusic Hall, Cincinnati, OhioPalladium Building, St. Louis, MissouriShockoe Bottom, Richmond, VirginiaThe Palisades, Englewood Cliffs, New JerseyUnion 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, MaineAstrodome, Houston, Texas (added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2014)Chinatown House, Rancho Cucamonga, CaliforniaGay Head Lighthouse, Aquinnah, MassachusettsHistoric Rural Schoolhouses of Montana, Montana (statewide)James River, James City County, VirginiaKake Cannery, Kake, AlaskaMountain View Black Officers' Club, Fort Huachuca, ArizonaSan Jose Church, Old San Juan, San Juan, Puerto RicoVillage of Mariemont, Cincinnati, OhioWorldport 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, CaliforniaEllis Island hospital complex, New York Harbor, New York and New JerseyHistoric 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, MassachusettsPrinceton Battlefield, Princeton, New JerseySweet Auburn Historic District, Atlanta, GeorgiaTerminal Island, Port of Los Angeles, CaliforniaTexas courthouses, Texas (statewide)Elkhorn Ranch, Billings County, North DakotaVillage of Zoar, OhioBear Butte, Meade County, South DakotaBelmead-on-the-James, Powhatan County, VirginiaChina Alley, Hanford, CaliforniaFort Gaines, Dauphin Island, AlabamaGreater Chaco Landscape, San Juan County and McKinley County, New Mexico, USAIsaac Manchester Farm, Avella, PennsylvaniaJohn Coltrane Home, Dix Hills, New YorkNational Soldiers Home, Milwaukee, WisconsinPillsbury A-Mill, Minneapolis, MinnesotaPrentice Women’s Hospital, Chicago, Illinois (demolished in 2014)Sites Imperiled by State Actions, NationwideAmerica's State Parks & State-Owned Historic SitesBlack Mountain, KentuckyHinchliffe Stadium, Paterson, New JerseyIndustrial Arts Building, Lincoln, NebraskaJuana Briones House, Palo Alto, CaliforniaMerritt Parkway, Fairfield County, ConnecticutMetropolitan AME Church, Washington, D.C.Pågat, GuamSaugatuck Dunes, Laketown Township, Allegan County, MichiganThreefoot Building, Meridian, MississippiWilderness Battlefield, Spotsylvania County and Orange County, VirginiaCentury Plaza Hotel, Los Angeles, CaliforniaMiami Marine Stadium, Miami, FloridaMount Taylor, Grants, New MexicoUnity Temple, Oak Park, IllinoisDorchester Academy, Midway, GeorgiaThe Manhattan Project's Enola Gay Hangar at Wendover Air Force Base, UtahAmes Shovel Shops, Easton, MassachusettsHuman Services Center, Yankton, South DakotaMemorial Bridge, Portsmouth, New Hampshire & Kittery, MaineCast-Iron Architecture of Galveston, TexasLana'i City, Maui, HawaiiBonnet House, Fort Lauderdale, FloridaBoyd Theatre, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (demolished in 2015)California State Parks, CaliforniaCharity Hospital and the surrounding neighborhood, New Orleans, LouisianaGreat Falls Portage, Great Falls, MontanaHangar One, Moffett Federal Airfield, Santa Clara County, CaliforniaMichigan Avenue Streetwall, Chicago, IllinoisNeighborhood of the Lower East Side, New York, New YorkNeighborhood of Peace Bridge, Buffalo, New YorkThe Statler Hilton Hotel, Dallas, TexasSumner Elementary School, Topeka, KansasVizcaya Museum and Gardens, Miami, FloridaBrooklyn's Industrial Waterfront, New York, New YorkEl Camino Real Historic Trail, New MexicoH.H. Richardson House, Brookline, MassachusettsHialeah Park Race Course, Hialeah, FloridaHistoric Places in Transmission Line CorridorsHistoric Route 66 Motels, Illinois to CaliforniaHistoric Structures in Mark Twain National Forest, 29 counties in MissouriMinidoka Internment Camp, Hunt, IdahoPhilip Simmons Workshop and Home, Charleston, South CarolinaPiñon Canyon Maneuver Site, ColoradoStewart's Point Rancheria, Sonoma County, CaliforniaArts and Industries Building of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.Blair Mountain Battlefield, Logan County, West VirginiaDoo Wop Motels of Wildwood, New JerseyFort Snelling Upper Post, Hennepin County, MinnesotaHistoric Communities and Landmarks of the Mississippi CoastHistoric Neighborhoods of New Orleans, New Orleans, LouisianaKenilworth, IllinoisKootenai Lodge, Bigfork, MontanaMission San Miguel Arcángel, San Miguel, CaliforniaOver-the-Rhine Neighborhood, Cincinnati, OhioWorld Trade Center Vesey Street Staircase, New York, New YorkDaniel Webster Farm, Franklin, New HampshireThe Journey Through Hallowed Ground Corridor, Maryland, Pennsylvania and VirginiaBelleview Biltmore Hotel, Belleair, FloridaCamp Security, York County, PennsylvaniaEleutherian College, Madison, IndianaEnnis-Brown House, Los Angeles, CaliforniaFinca Vigía: Ernest Hemingway House, San Francisco de Paula, CubaHistoric Buildings of Downtown Detroit, Detroit, MichiganHistoric Catholic Churches of Greater Boston, Boston, MassachusettsKing Island, AlaskaNational Landscape Conservation System, Western States2 Columbus Circle, New York, New YorkBethlehem Steel Plant, Bethlehem, PennsylvaniaElkmont Historic District, Elkmont, TennesseeGeorge Kraigher House, Brownsville, TexasGullah/Geechee Coast, South Carolina and GeorgiaHistoric Cook County Hospital, Chicago, IllinoisMadison-Lenox Hotel, Detroit, Michigan (demolished in 2005)Nine Mile Canyon, UtahRidgewood Ranch, Home of Seabiscuit, Willits, CaliforniaState of Vermont, VermontTobacco Barns of Southern Maryland, MarylandAmelia Earhart Bridge, Atchison, KansasBathhouse Row, at Hot Springs National Park, ArkansasEast Side School and Middle School, Decorah, IowaLittle Manila, Stockton, CaliforniaMichigan Boulevard Garden Apartments, Chicago, IllinoisMinute Man National Historical Park and Environs, Concord, Lincoln and Lexington, MassachusettsOcmulgee Old Fields Traditional Cultural Property, Macon, GeorgiaTWA Terminal at John F. Kennedy International Airport, Jamaica, Queens, New YorkUnited States Marine Hospital, Louisville, KentuckyUrban Houses of Worship (nationwide)Zuni Salt Lake and Sanctuary Zone, New MexicoChesapeake Bay Skipjacks, Statewide MarylandGold Dome Bank, Oklahoma City, OklahomaGuthrie Theater, Minneapolis, MinnesotaHackensack Water Works, Oradell, New JerseyHistoric Bridges of Indiana, Statewide, IndianaKw'st'an Sacred Sites at Indian Pass, Indian Pass, CaliforniaMissouri River Cultural and Sacred Sites, Midwestern States, MO, MT, KS, NE, ND, SDPompey's Pillar, Billings, MontanaRosenwald Schools, Southern and Southwestern States, MD, VA, WV, NC, SC, GA, FL, LA, AL, MS, TX, AR, NM, OKSt. Elizabeths Hospital, Washington, D.C.Teardowns in Historic Neighborhoods, NationwideBok Kai Temple, Marysville, CaliforniaCarter G. Woodson House, Washington, D.C.CIGNA Campus, Bloomfield, ConnecticutFord Island at Pearl Harbor, Honolulu, HawaiiHistoric American Movie Theaters, NationwideJackson Ward, Richmond, VirginiaLos Caminos del Rio Heritage Corridor, Lower Rio Grande Valley, TexasMiller-Purdue Barn, Upland, IndianaPrairie Churches of North Dakota, Statewide North DakotaStevens Creek Settlements, Lincoln, NebraskaTelluride Valley Floor, Telluride, ColoradoEisenhower VA Medical Center, Leavenworth, KansasFifth & Forbes Historic Retail Area, Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaHistoric Neighborhood Schools, NationwideHudson River Valley, Statewide, New YorkLincoln cottage, Washington, D.C.Nantucket, Nantucket, MassachusettsOkeechobee Battlefield, Okeechobee, FloridaRed Mountain Mining District, ColoradoSanta Anita Racetrack, Arcadia, CaliforniaValley Forge National Historical Park, Valley Forge, PennsylvaniaWheelock Academy, Millerton, Oklahoma"The Corner of Main and Main" (nationwide)Angel Island Immigration Station, San Francisco, CaliforniaCountry Estates of River Road, Louisville, KentuckyFour National Historic Landmark Hospitals, New York (statewide)Hulett Ore Unloaders, Whiskey Island, Cleveland, OhioLancaster County, PennsylvaniaPullman Historic District, Chicago, IllinoisRichard H. Allen Memorial Auditorium at Sheldon Jackson College, Sitka, AlaskaSan Diego Arts & Warehouse District, San Diego, CaliforniaTraveler's Rest, Missoula County, MontanaWest Side of Downtown Baltimore, Baltimore, MarylandBlack Hawk and Central City, ColoradoCannery Row, Monterey, CaliforniaChancellorsville Battlefield, Fredericksburg, VirginiaGovernors Island, New York, New YorkGreat Bowdoin Mill, Topsham, MaineHistoric 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, ColoradoMichigan's Historic Lighthouses, exemplified by DeTour Reef Light, Michigan (statewide)Monocacy Aqueduct, Frederick County, MarylandBridge of Lions, St. Augustine, FloridaCathedral of St. Vibiana, Los Angeles, CaliforniaCongressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.Cranston Street Armory, Providence, Rhode IslandFlathead Indian Reservation, Lake, Sanders, Missoula, and Flathead, MontanaHistoric Buildings Infested with Formosan Termites, Gulf Coast states (Louisiana, Florida, Texas, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia)Montezuma Castle, Montezuma, New MexicoStillwater Bridge, Stillwater, MinnesotaVicksburg Campaign Trail, Missouri and LouisianaWa'ahila Ridge, Honolulu, HawaiiAdobe Churches of New Mexico, Statewide New MexicoEast Broad Top Railroad, Rockhill Furnace, PennsylvaniaEast End Historic District, Newburgh, New YorkHarry S. Truman Historic District, Independence, MissouriHistoric Black Churches of the South, Southern States, MD, VA, WV, NC, SC, GA, FL, LA, AL, MSHistoric Structures in Glacier National Park, Glacier National Park, MontanaKnight Foundry, Sutter Creek, CaliforniaLittle Rock Central High School, Little Rock, ArkansasPetoskey, Petoskey, MichiganSotterley Plantation, Hollywood, MarylandUptown Theatre, Chicago, IllinoisWentworth-by-the-Sea Hotel, New Castle, New HampshireArchaeological Treasures of the Colorado Plateau, Statewide ColoradoAshley River Historic District, Ashley River (South Carolina)Bronx River Parkway, Bronx, New YorkFarish Street Neighborhood Historic District, Jackson, MississippiHistoric Boston Theaters, Boston, MassachusettsOssabaw Island, Ossabaw Island, GeorgiaSouth Pass, South Pass, WyomingTugboat Hoga, Oakland, CaliforniaVillage of East Aurora, East Aurora, New YorkWaikiki Natatorium War Memorial, Honolulu, HawaiiFair Park's Texas Centennial Buildings, Dallas, TexasFair Park's Texas Centennial Buildings, Dallas, TexasCape Cod, MassachusettsFrank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin, Spring Green, WisconsinHistoric Northern Virginia Piedmont, Virginia Piemont, VirginiaManuelito Archaeological Complex, Gallup vicinity, New MexicoNatchez, Natchez, MississippiOldest Surviving McDonald's, Downey, CaliforniaThe Cornices (and Buildings of Harlem), Harlem, New YorkThe Old Mint, San Francisco, CaliforniaU.S.S. Constellation, Baltimore, MarylandVirginia City, MontanaEight Historic Dallas Neighborhoods, Dallas, TexasBrandy Station Battlefield, Fredericksburg, VirginiaDowntown New Orleans, New Orleans, LouisianaPrehistoric Serpent Mound, Locust Grove, Adams County, OhioSchooner C.A. Thayer, San Francisco, CaliforniaState of VermontSweetgrass Hills, MontanaThomas Edison's Invention Factory, West Orange, New JerseyTown of Ste. Genevieve, MissouriVirginia City, MontanaEight Historic Dallas Neighborhoods, Dallas, TexasEllis Island National Monument, New York Harbor, New York, Harlem New YorkGettysburg National Military Park, Gettysburg, PennsylvaniaLouisiana's Historic River Road, LouisianaSweet Auburn, Atlanta, GeorgiaWest Baden Springs Hotel, West Baden Springs, IndianaIndependence National Historical Park, Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaMontpelier, Orange, VirginiaTiger Stadium, Detroit, Michigan (demolished 2008-09)