This article provides a List of threatened historic sites in the United States. A site is deemed historic if it has been listed on the
National Register of Historic Places or an official State or Local landmark list. While there are many historic places in the U.S. that are not listed in an official government listing of landmarks, the purpose of this article is to report threats only to government-listed landmarks. A site is deemed threatened for this article if there is verifiable information that it is threatened. Documentation may include:
credible reports in publications, including news articles
listing on various watch organizations' lists
United States sites which are both historic and threatened
The upper post area of
Fort Snelling, a
National Historic Landmark in
Minneapolis–St. Paul, Minnesota, is listed with a threat level of "emergency" by the National Historic Landmarks Program and was named as one of America's 11 Most Endangered Historic Places. While the original fort buildings dating back to the 1820s have been reconstructed and are operated as a historic site by the
Minnesota Historical Society, newer buildings built after the 1880s are deteriorating rapidly.[5][6]
The
SS United States, a passenger liner built in 1952 for the
United States Lines. She captured the
Blue Riband on her maiden voyage in 1952—with the fastest eastbound and westbound transatlantic crossings record of three days, twelve hours, and twelve minutes. To this day she holds both the fastest westbound and eastbound transit records. The ship's fate is unknown and has been in disregard for many years since her retirement in 1969.
The
Beckley Courthouse Square Historic District, listed on the
National Register of Historic Places in
Beckley, West Virginia, was added to the list of most endangered historical resources in West Virginia by the Preservation Alliance of West Virginia (PAWV). The 2015 nomination resulted from a declaration by the State Historic Preservation Office that the district could be removed from the national register as the result of the inappropriate alteration of contributing structures. The PAWV declared in its assessment that the threat was the result of the nonfeasance of the city landmarks commission.[9][10]
World Monuments Fund covers a top 100 list worldwide, several of which in the United States. For example, following Hurricane Katrina, it lists New Orleans as a whole, which includes many NRHP sites. Of the NRHPs in New Orleans, some in low-lying areas were damaged by Katrina and remain threatened while others in the
French Quarter and elsewhere were not and are not.
^"Fort Jackson". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Archived from
the original on 2011-03-08. Retrieved 2008-02-01.
^"Fort St. Philip". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Archived from
the original on 2011-03-08. Retrieved 2008-02-01.
^The National Park Service reports "A draft Environmental Impact Statement has been released for the Highwood Generating Station. The station is a 250-megawatt, Circulating Fluidized Bed, coal-fired power plant with 6-megawatt of wind generation. Sections of the water intake and wastewater lines, overhead electric transmission lines, and the rail spur are proposed to be constructed within the NHL boundaries. Because this NHLs integrity is based on visual landscape qualities, the facilities planned present a high likelihood of negatively impacting the significant historic scene."
^"Great Falls Portage". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Archived from
the original on 2011-06-06. Retrieved 2007-10-24.
This article provides a List of threatened historic sites in the United States. A site is deemed historic if it has been listed on the
National Register of Historic Places or an official State or Local landmark list. While there are many historic places in the U.S. that are not listed in an official government listing of landmarks, the purpose of this article is to report threats only to government-listed landmarks. A site is deemed threatened for this article if there is verifiable information that it is threatened. Documentation may include:
credible reports in publications, including news articles
listing on various watch organizations' lists
United States sites which are both historic and threatened
The upper post area of
Fort Snelling, a
National Historic Landmark in
Minneapolis–St. Paul, Minnesota, is listed with a threat level of "emergency" by the National Historic Landmarks Program and was named as one of America's 11 Most Endangered Historic Places. While the original fort buildings dating back to the 1820s have been reconstructed and are operated as a historic site by the
Minnesota Historical Society, newer buildings built after the 1880s are deteriorating rapidly.[5][6]
The
SS United States, a passenger liner built in 1952 for the
United States Lines. She captured the
Blue Riband on her maiden voyage in 1952—with the fastest eastbound and westbound transatlantic crossings record of three days, twelve hours, and twelve minutes. To this day she holds both the fastest westbound and eastbound transit records. The ship's fate is unknown and has been in disregard for many years since her retirement in 1969.
The
Beckley Courthouse Square Historic District, listed on the
National Register of Historic Places in
Beckley, West Virginia, was added to the list of most endangered historical resources in West Virginia by the Preservation Alliance of West Virginia (PAWV). The 2015 nomination resulted from a declaration by the State Historic Preservation Office that the district could be removed from the national register as the result of the inappropriate alteration of contributing structures. The PAWV declared in its assessment that the threat was the result of the nonfeasance of the city landmarks commission.[9][10]
World Monuments Fund covers a top 100 list worldwide, several of which in the United States. For example, following Hurricane Katrina, it lists New Orleans as a whole, which includes many NRHP sites. Of the NRHPs in New Orleans, some in low-lying areas were damaged by Katrina and remain threatened while others in the
French Quarter and elsewhere were not and are not.
^"Fort Jackson". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Archived from
the original on 2011-03-08. Retrieved 2008-02-01.
^"Fort St. Philip". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Archived from
the original on 2011-03-08. Retrieved 2008-02-01.
^The National Park Service reports "A draft Environmental Impact Statement has been released for the Highwood Generating Station. The station is a 250-megawatt, Circulating Fluidized Bed, coal-fired power plant with 6-megawatt of wind generation. Sections of the water intake and wastewater lines, overhead electric transmission lines, and the rail spur are proposed to be constructed within the NHL boundaries. Because this NHLs integrity is based on visual landscape qualities, the facilities planned present a high likelihood of negatively impacting the significant historic scene."
^"Great Falls Portage". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Archived from
the original on 2011-06-06. Retrieved 2007-10-24.