MONTGOMERY-Some of Alabama’s greatest places of historical and
architectural significance are at risk! Neglect, redevelopment
pressures, and disregard for the importance of historic
preservation threaten to rob Alabamians of distinctive
buildings and their settings, depriving citizens and visitors of
irreplaceable elements of the state’s cultural heritage.
Each year since 1994, the Alabama Historical
Commission and the Alabama Trust for Historic Preservation
have published a list of the state’s most endangered historic
places in an effort to publicize the urgent need for action
to save important private homes, public buildings, bridges,
and other parts of the built environment. Over those two
decades, many structures have been saved, but many others
have been lost. In fact, this year’s list includes two places
that have been listed before—one that continues to languish
in neglect, worse for the wear and tear of intervening years,
and one that has benefitted from recent restoration but now
needs a new steward.
The 2014 list of Alabama Places in Peril includes two
public buildings, a grand antebellum home and a modest
twentieth-century bungalow, an old mill complex, and one
of the best-known streetscapes in the state.
For information about Places in Peril, and to help with
their preservation, please contact the Alabama Trust for
Historic Preservation by mail at Alabama Trust for Historic
Preservation, UWA Station 45, Livingston, AL, 35470, call
(205) 652-3497 or email alabamatrust@athp.org. Visit our
website at www.alabamatrust.info.
MEDIA RELEASE/RHONDA DAVIS, VICE PRESIDENT/ALABAMA TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION
