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07-05-2025
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These Are America's 11 Most Endangered Places for 2025, According to the National Trust
The National Trust for Historic Preservation has published its list of the most endangered places in America for 2025, highlighting historic and significant sites across the country in danger of being lost forever. For 38 years now, the National Trust has been issuing the list in effort to build awareness, successfully gaining support for more than 350 sites through community-led preservation. Thanks to their efforts, only a handful have been lost to date. This year's list features a wide range of sites including towns in the southern region of the nation that were hit by Hurricane Helene and other tropical storms last fall, as well as significant Indigenous heritage landmarks and noteworthy lodges and hotels throughout the country. Here, a closer look at every site on the National Trust's list of America's 11 most endangered historic places for 2025. Cedar Key, Florida Photo credit: Photo by Pat Bonish - Bonish Studio, Cedar Key The small archipelago located in Florida's Gulf Coast is at risk due to rising sea levels and increased severe storm events. Many of the historic wood frame homes, the waterfront area, the post office, and city hall were damaged during Hurricane Helene in September of 2024. Community leaders are working to create preservation-sensitive resilience plans that could help save the historic structures and landmarks. Additional support will help ensure that Cedar Key continues to recover and thrive in the future. French Broad and Swannanoa River Corridors, Western North Carolina Photo credit: Drew Wallace Asheville and countless other towns along the French Broad and Swannanoa River corridors have transformed the region into an arts and culture mecca over the last few decades. The area was devastated after Hurricane Helene when the rivers reached record-breaking levels and flooded the communities. While recovery efforts are underway, much of the River Arts District, Biltmore Village in Asheville, and other surrounding towns are still reeling from the damage and need support to rebuild. Hotel Casa Blanca, Idlewild, Michigan Photo credit: Ronella McGregory The Hotel Casa Blanca, located in Idlewild, Michigan, was the go-to lodging destination for Black travelers and leaders during segregation. The historic African American resort community attracted thousands of visitors during the 1950s, with major performers like Louis Armstrong and Aretha Franklin hosting shows at the hotel. However, after integration, the town's popularity declined, and the hotel has been abandoned for over 30 years. Local leaders believe support and funding could usher in a new chapter for Hotel Casa Blanca and the community. May Hicks Curtis House, Flagstaff, Arizona Photo credit: Photo courtesy NTHP May Hicks Curtis sewed the first Arizona state flag in 1911, earning her the nickname 'Betsy Ross' of Arizona. Curtis devoted her life to improving her community by getting involved in countless organizations, including Flagstaff's Women's Club and the Arizona Historical Society. Her home, which serves as a historic landmark, is at risk as a new development is being built on the lot, and the house needs to be moved to prevent demolition. The City of Flagstaff is looking for support to save, relocate, and renovate the house for the community. Mystery Castle, Phoenix, Arizona Photo credit: Robert Graham Boyce Luther Gulley spent over 10 years building the Mystery Castle for his daughter Mary Lou. After its completion, Mary Lou and her mother preserved the property and operated it as a tourist attraction for decades. After their deaths, a small local foundation was entrusted to preserve the structure, but a lack of funds and break-ins have resulted in the deterioration of the landmark. Local preservationists and leaders are starting a grassroots movement to save the castle and are looking to raise funds to restore it. Oregon Caves Chateau, Cave Junction, Oregon Photo credit: Harley Cowan The Oregon Caves Chateau is a architectural marvel within the Oregon Caves National Monument and Preserve, complete with the most extensive public collection of historic Monterey furniture in the United States and a stream running through the dining room. Once a popular lodging and resting spot, the Chateau now is looking to raise funds to provide structural upgrades that will allow it to reopen for guests in the future. Oregon Caves Chateau, Cave Junction, Oregon Photo credit: Harley Cowan The Oregon Caves Chateau is a architectural marvel within the Oregon Caves National Monument and Preserve, complete with the most extensive public collection of historic Monterey furniture in the United States and a stream running through the dining room. Once a popular lodging and resting spot, the Chateau now is looking to raise funds to provide structural upgrades that will allow it to reopen for guests in the future. Pamunkey Indian Reservation, King William County, Virginia Photo credit: Ronaldo Lopez, VCU Rice Rivers Center The Pamunkey people have lived in Tsennacommacah (now known as the Pamunkey Indian Reservation) for at least 15,000 years. The sovereign tribal nation has never ceded its peninsula on the Pamunkey River, but the tribal lands are now at risk with rising sea levels and storms causing major flooding. The tribe is looking for funding to conduct archaeological research, preserve historic resources, expand relief efforts, and prepare for possible relocation in the future. San Juan Hotel, San Juan, Texas Photo credit: Gabriel Ozuna The San Juan Hotel has a complicated history in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas, but it stands as one of the most recognized landmarks—and one of the last remaining historic buildings in the community. Local leaders are looking to rehabilitate the San Juan Hotel to become a site of truth-telling and reconciliation for the Mexican American community. Terminal Island Japanese American Tuna Street Buildings, Los Angeles, California Photo credit: Tim Yuji Yamamoto Only two buildings remain on Terminal Island's Tuna Street, which was once the bustling main street and cultural hub of the Japanese American fishing community that lived there. Much of the community was forcibly removed and incarcerated during World War II. Today, many of their descendants and survivors are fighting to save the buildings from demolition. The community is advocating for the buildings to be preserved and used in a way that honors their ancestors. Terminal Island Japanese American Tuna Street Buildings, Los Angeles, California Photo credit: Tim Yuji Yamamoto Only two buildings remain on Terminal Island's Tuna Street, which was once the bustling main street and cultural hub of the Japanese American fishing community that lived there. Much of the community was forcibly removed and incarcerated during World War II. Today, many of their descendants and survivors are fighting to save the buildings from demolition. The community is advocating for the buildings to be preserved and used in a way that honors their ancestors. The Turtle, Niagara Falls, New York Photo credit: University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries Designed by Arapaho architect Dennis Sun Rhode in 1981, the Turtle, known as the Native American Center for the Living Arts, stands as a symbol of cultural reclamation and celebration of Native American arts, culture, and languages. The center closed in 1996 due to financial challenges before being bought by a developer nearly 30 years ago, who shared plans to demolish the structure. The Friends of the Niagara Turtle coalition is working to reopen the cultural center, and they are looking for partnerships and funding. The Wellington, Pine Hill, New York Photo credit: Paul Warchol Dating back to the late 1800s, The Wellington is one of the last surviving examples of large-scale wood-frame resorts in the Catskill region of New York. Years of deterioration have put the structure at risk of collapse. Community members have banded together to purchase the building, with plans to renovate it and turn it into a food market, cafe, and affordable housing. You Might Also Like
New York Times
27-01-2025
- Business
- New York Times
Asheville's Big Attraction, Its Food Scene, Tries to Hit Reset
Earlier this month, Drew Wallace started paying the cooks, bussers and the rest of the 20 or so employees of his restaurant the Bull and Beggar, in Asheville, N.C., for the first time since two feet of river water flooded its dining room in September. 'It's a really victorious feeling,' Mr. Wallace said, his feet planted on a floor that had recently been buried under several inches of fine brick-colored silt. He seemed a little surprised as the words came out of his mouth. 'It's strange to say, 'I can't wait for payroll to kick back in.'' Payroll is one of the biggest expenses in operating a restaurant, but it can't be funded unless there's a restaurant to operate. In that sense, the Bull and Beggar is among the lucky ones. If it starts serving dinner again on Jan. 31, as Mr. Wallace hopes, it will be one of the first restaurants in Asheville to reopen after taking on water on Sept. 27, when Hurricane Helene tore through western North Carolina. President Trump's visit to Asheville on Friday brought a fresh round of media attention to Helene's devastation in the state, estimated at $60 billion. The storm washed away buildings near the French Broad and Swannanoa Rivers. It also toppled what Stu Helm, who has led culinary tours of the city since 2016, likes to call the 'three-legged bar stool' of Asheville's tight-knit food community: 'the growers, the makers and the eaters.' While the lights are back on in most of the city's bars and restaurants, those in the low-lying River Arts District and Biltmore Village neighborhoods are still dark. Bottle Riot, a wine bar next door to the Bull and Beggar, closed permanently, along with El Patio de Guajiro, the four-month-old brick-and-mortar site of a beloved Cuban food truck. Dozens of other trucks, bars, smokehouses, breweries and bakeries are gone. Gourmand, a nearby farm-to-table restaurant — the phrase is almost redundant in Asheville — was knocked off its foundation weeks before it was scheduled to open. The owners now aim to have it up and running next year. Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
