National Trust for Historic Preservation

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The National Trust for Historic Preservation is an American member-supported organization which was founded in 1949 to support preservation of historic buildings and neighborhoods through a range of programs and activities.

Its mission statement states:

"The National Trust for Historic Preservation provides leadership, education and advocacy to save America's diverse historic places and revitalize our communities."

Each year since 1988, the National Trust for Historic Preservation lists "America's Most Endangered Places" in an effort to protect America's architectural, cultural, and natural heritage. In recent years this list has included:

2 Columbus Circle, New York, New York
Belleview Biltmore Hotel, Belleair, Florida
Camp Security, York County, Pennsylvania
Daniel Webster Farm, Franklin, New Hampshire
Eleutherian College, Madison, Indiana
Ennis-Brown House, Los Angeles, California
Finca Vigía: Ernest Hemingway House, San Francisco de Paula, Cuba
Historic Buildings of downtown Detroit, Michigan
Historic Catholic Churches of Greater Boston, Massachusetts
King Island, Alaska
National Landscape Conservation System (NLCS), Western States
President Lincoln and Soldiers' Home National Monument Washington DC
“The Journey Through Hallowed Ground” Corridor, Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania

[edit] National Trust Sites

The National Trust for Historic Preservation operates a fairly small number of sites in its own right, either owning and operating the sites or operating in partnership with other preservation organizations. These sites currently include:

The African Meeting House and Abiel Smith School, Boston, Massachusetts
Belle Grove Plantation, Middletown, Virginia
Brucemore, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Chesterwood, Stockbridge, Massachusetts
Cliveden, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Cooper-Molera Adobe, Monterey, California
Decatur House, Washington, DC
Drayton Hall, Charleston, South Carolina
Farnsworth House, Plano, Illinois
Filoli, Woodside, California
Gaylord Building, Lockport, Illinois
Glass House, New Canaan, Connecticut
Kykuit, Tarrytown, New York
Lincoln Cottage, Washington, DC
Lower East Side Tenement National Historic Site, New York, New York
Lyndhurst, Tarrytown, New York
James Madison's Montpelier, Montpelier Station, Virginia
Oatlands Plantation, Leesburg, Virginia
Pope-Leighey House, Alexandria, Virginia
Frederick C. Robie House, Chicago, Illinois
Shadows-on-the-Teche, New Iberia, Louisiana
Touro Synagogue, Newport, Rhode Island
Woodlawn Plantation, Alexandria, Virginia
Woodrow Wilson House, Washington, DC
Frank Lloyd Wright's Home and Studio, Oak Park, Illinois

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

National Trust for Historic Preservation
Preservation Magazine Online Archive Search the magazine's back issues (2006-1992)
Preservation News Vol. 1 (1961) - Vol. 35 no. 1 (Feb/March 1995). Monthly publication of the Preservation Press of the National Trust for Historic Preservation of the United States.