Most Endangered Historic Places in the U.S. Named

Travel Blog  •  Ben Keene  •  07.25.07 | 2:24 PM ET

The Washington D.C.-based nonprofit group the National Trust for Historic Preservation recently released its 20th annual list of the 11 Most Endangered Historic Places in the U.S. They are:

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
Seven different states

Historic Route 66 Motels
From California to Illinois

Historic Structures in Mark Twain National Forest
Missouri

Minidoka Internment Camp
Hunt, Idaho

Philip Simmons Workshop and Home
Charleston, South Carolina

Pinon Canyon
Colorado

Stewart’s Point Rancheria
Sonoma County, California


The National Trust for Historic Preservation has been working for decades to encourage more visitors to seek out America’s historic hotels, distinctive destinations and endangered places. “The sites on this year’s list of America’s 11 Most Endangered Historic Places embody the diversity and complexity of America’s story, and the variety of threats that endanger it,” said Richard Moe, president of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, on the group’s Web site. “The places on this year’s list span the continent and encompass the breadth of the American experience. Each one is enormously important to our understanding of who we are as a nation and a people.”

Tags: History Travel, North America, United States, News and Briefs

Ben Keene has appeared on National Public Radio, Peter Greenberg Worldwide Radio as well as other nationally syndicated programs to discuss geographic literacy and his work updating a bestselling world atlas. Formerly a touring musician, he has written for Transitions Abroad and inTravel.


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