October 21, 2005
11 Most Endangered List
The National Trust of Historic Preservation is now accepting nominations for their 2006 America's 11 Most Endangered Historic Places list. Each year, the National Trust issues this list to identify and raise awareness of historic sites at risk from neglect, deterioration, lack of maintenance, insufficient funds, inappropriate development or insensitive public policy.
Since 1988, the list has been one of the most successful tools in the fight to save America's irreplaceable architectural, cultural, and natural heritage. The nomination form is available in the PDF File Cabinet at https://forum.nationaltrust.org.
The National Trust's 2005 list recognized the threatened Frank Lloyd Wright designed Ennis-Brown House in Hollywood, which was the only California property specifically recognized. Other resources listed included: the National Landscape Conservation System in 12 Western states, encompassing dozens of national monuments, historic trails, and thousand-year-old archaeological sites; native structures on Alaska's King Island; and a 175-mile-long swath of Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania - the presidential homes, African-American historic sites, Civil War battlefields, and scenic roads and rivers - that make up the "Journey Through Hallowed Ground" Corridor.
A listing of all 11 Endangered Places from 2005, including detailed information on the history of each resource and their impending threats, is available online at the National Trust's website at: http://www.nationaltrust.org/11Most/2005/index.html
For more information on the Ennis-Brown House, be sure to check out PreserveLA's prior coverage of this issue.
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