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.

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

America's Eleven Most Endangered Historical Sites-- Part 2

THREEFOOT BUILDING-- MERIDIAN, MISSISSIPPI--16 stories of art deco completed 1929. About 20 % has always been vacant and tower in disrepair, broken windows and facade terra cotta has fallen.

JUANA BRIONES HOUSE-- PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA-- A woman of many talents and a landowner back when women just didn't own land in the 1840s. Vacant and deteriorating. Owners have applied for demolition permit.

METROPOLITAN AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH-- WASHINGTON, DC-- From the 1880s, near the White House. In desperate need of repairs, stabilization and updating.

WILDERNESS BATTLEFIELD-- ORANGE AND SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTIES, VIRGINIA-- Wal Mart building a 140,000 square foot store on the edge of the battlefield. This has been quite a news story for the last two years.

Of course, as a Civil War buff, I'm "agin'" it.

Preserving the Old Stuff, One Thing at a Time. --RoadDog

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