Mount Vernon and the Annapolis City Dock area made this year's list of the 11 most endangered historic places in the U.S., put out by the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
11. Annapolis City Dock Area, Annapolis, Maryland
The National Trust said that a current proposal to rezone portions of the Colonial Annapolis Historic District could threaten the area’s heritage tourism economy.
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10. Ashley River Historic District, Charleston, South Carolina
The National Trust for Historic Preservation said the Ashley River Historic District in Charleston, South Carolina, which includes places like Middleton Place and Drayton Hall, seen above, “exemplifies the Palmetto State’s layered cultural heritage.” The group said tt is currently being threatened by zoning changes and possible new construction developments.
(File. AP Photo/Paula Illingworth)
File. AP Photo/Paula Illingworth
9. Dr. Susan LaFlesche Picotte Memorial Hospital, Omaha Indian Reservation, Nebraska
The Dr. Susan LaFlesche Picotte Memorial Hospital was named after the first Native American licensed to practice medicine in the United States, and may be the first hospital constructed for any Indian reservation without federal funding. The National Trust warns it is currently unoccupied and facing an uncertain future.
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Courtesy National Park Service
8. Hurricane-Damage Historic Resources, Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands
In this June 18, 2018 photo shows an aerial photo of the Viequez neighborhood, east of San Juan, Puerto Rico. The hurricane damage put Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands in historic preservation danger on account of the widespread damage to the areas.
Thousands of people across Puerto Rico are still living in damaged homes, protected by blue plastic tarps, nine months since Hurricane Maria devastated the island. A new storm season has started but many people lack the resources to rebuild and do not qualify for assistance or not enough to cover the damage to their homes.
(AP Photo/Dennis M. Rivera)
AP Photo/Dennis M. Rivera
7. Isaiah T. Montgomery House, Mound Bayou, Mississippi
Mound Bayou, one of the earliest all-black municipalities, was established by former slave Isaiah T. Montgomery following the Civil War. The trust said the historic home needs to be stabilized and rehabilitated.
(Courtesy Missippippi Department of Archives and History)
Courtesy Missippippi Department of Archives and History
6. Larimer Square, Denver, Colorado
The trust said a development proposal calling for partial demolition of several buildings, the potential construction of two towers, and weakening the groundbreaking ordinance that has long protected the famous square.
(File. AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)
File. AP Photo/Ed Andrieski
5. Mary and Eliza Freeman Houses, Bridgeport, Connecticut
The homes, erected in 1848 just as Connecticut outlawed slavery in its borders, are the last remnants of the city’s once-thriving “Little Liberia” neighborhood of free black residents. The Trust warns the homes are now deteriorating and could fall apart without restoration.
(File. AP Photo/Douglas Healey)
File. AP Photo/Douglas Healey
4. Mount Vernon and Piscataway National Park
The Trust warns that a proposed gas compressor station proposed by Dominion Energy across the Potomac River from Mount Vernon could impact the view from George Washington’s former home.
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3. Route 66, Illinois, Missouri, Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Arizona and California
The National Trust said legislation to designate Route 66 a permanent National Historic Trail would bring national recognition and economic development to sites along the route, the legislation must be passed by the U.S. Senate and signed by President Trump before the end of the year, or else a vital preservation opportunity might be lost.
(File. AP Photo/Matt York)
File. AP Photo/Matt York
2. Ship on the Desert, Salt Flat, Texas
“This striking early Modernist house has suffered from deferred maintenance and is not currently open to the public,” the National Trust for Historic Preservation said.
(Courtesy National Park Service)
Courtesy National Park Service
1. Walkout Schools of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
This March 1968 photo provided by the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center shows protesters during the Theodore Roosevelt High School walkout. Participants walked out over dropout rates, paddle beatings for speaking Spanish and other issues.
James A. Garfield High School, Theodore Roosevelt High School, Abraham Lincoln High School, Belmont High School and El Sereno Middle School (formerly Woodrow Wilson High School) all participated, and the National Trust said some of the schools are now in danger of being demolished.
(Devra Weber/La Raza Photograph collection/UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center via AP)
President George Washington home at Mount Vernon in Virginia(Getty Images/iStockphoto/BackyardProduction)
President George Washington home at Mount Vernon in Virginia(Getty Images/iStockphoto/BackyardProduction)
WASHINGTON — The D.C. area is home to some of America’s most beautiful and significant historic places but historic status does not guarantee safety for all of these areas, especially in the face of recent legislation.
Dominion Energy has proposed building a gas compressor station directly adjacent to Piscataway National Park, across the Potomac River from Mount Vernon, which could impact the view from George Washington’s former home.
Mount Vernon president and CEO Doug Bradburn told WTOP’s partner NBC Washington that the views are being threatened.
“Dominion Energy can move their compressor station,” Bradburn said. “We can’t move Mount Vernon.”
Dominion Power spokesperson Karl Neddenien told WTOP’s partner NBC Washington that the compressor station will be three miles away in wooded area, and not visible from Mount Vernon.
Development on the site is already underway, and Dominion said it has no plan to move.
The second endangered place is the City Dock Area in Annapolis, Maryland.
The National Trust’s list said that a current proposal to rezone portions of the Colonial Annapolis Historic District could threaten tourism and quality of life for locals. The National Trust’s website said the proposal undermines current laws and could permanently damage the area’s charm.
