Most Endangered Sites in the Cape Fear, NC, Area

Of course, one job of all roadies is to try to preserve as much of the significant old stuff as possible.

The Historic Wilmington Foundation has released their list of most-endangered sites for 2008.

This was released this past May, which is preservation month.

On the list: 1. Shallotte Point Community-- a small old-timey coastal fishing community
2. Moore's Chapel AME Zion Church
3. Snipes Academy in Wilmington-- art-deco structure
4. North End of Wilmington's Central Business District
5. Northeast corner of the block at 17th and Castle streets in Wilmington
6. Wrightsville Beach-- The Glenn Hotel which preserves the character of Wrightsville during the early 20th century. One of the last architectural links to that time.
7. Rosenwald Schools-- Pender County. In the early 1900s Julius Rosenwald of Chicago, who made his fortune with Sears & Roebuck, had 500 schools built for black children across 15 states. Pender County has several of them, but they are falling apart.
8. Wilmington's Humble Historical Homes
9. Brunswick County, NC-- one of the fastest-growing regions, but the county's historic and cultural resources have not been surveyed or inventoried.

www.historicwilmington.org

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