List of threatened historic sites in the United States
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 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.
Barton Academy, a Greek Revival school building in Mobile, Alabama. It was built 1836–39 to the designs of architects James H. Dakin, Charles B. Dakin, and James Gallier. First listed on the Alabama Historical Commission's "Places in Peril" in 2005 due to the threat of demolition by neglect, it was re-listed in 2009.
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. 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.
Organizations which note threatened status
National Park Service of the United States monitors the status of National Historic Landmark sites, many of which are privately owned.
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.