RoadDog's RoadLog Blog: Being my travels down those great two lane highways of this nation as well as news I learn about them from media sources. Since I'm also very interested in historic preservation, there will be a lot of that as well.
The Shamrock Court Motel in Sullivan, Missouri. It can be yours for $125,000. Lots of possibilities. Actually, now you're too late. Missouri's Roamin' Rich bought it.
Saturday, June 16, 2007
America's Eleven--No It's Not a New Movie
Kind of sounds like a new movie, you know, like Ocean's 13, but these are the Big Eleven. These are the National Trust for Historic Preservation's list of eleven most endangered sites which was just released this past Thursday.
1. Brooklyn's Industrial Waterfront- New York City
2. El Camino Real Historic Trail- New Mexico- The earliest Euro-American trade route and considered to be the largest and most important artifacts from the Spanish Colonial era in the US- threatened by the $225 million Spaceport.
3. H. H. Richardson House- Brookline, Mass- last home and studio of this significant 19th century architect- credited with designing Boston's Trinity Church.
4. Hialeah Park Race Course- Hialeah, Fl- "drop dead" gorgeous 1925 race track with stunning Mediterranean architecture and the famous pink flamingoes- threatened by development.
5. Historic Places Along Transmission Line Corridor- mostly Mid-Atlantic states- preservationist are battling these 150 feet tall, 75 feet wide towers that will destroy historic sites once constructed.
6. Historic Route 66 Motels- from Illinois to California- I have been discussing this a lot in previous postings, including another one for today.
7. Historic Structures in Missouri's Mark Twain National Forest- Established by FDR in 1939- 1.5 million acres. Intact 19th century frontier homesteads all the way to New Deal sites.
8. Mindoka Internment Camp- Idaho-from 1942-1945 thousands of Nikei, Japanese-Americans, imprisoned here. At one time consisted of over 600 buildings. This site gets few visitors and is threatened by the development of a massive animal operation nearby.
9. Phillip Sims Workshop and Home- Charleston, SC- master blacksmith who created much of the fancy and beautiful ironwork you see on Charleston's old homes.
10. Pinon Canyon- Southeast Co.- archeological site spanning 11,500 years- the US army wants to expand its Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site.
11. Stewart Point Rancheria- Sonoma Co., Ca- an Indian site
You can get more informationat www.nationaltrust.org
Keep on Down that Two Lane Highway. --RoadDog
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