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Town, University "Divided" Over Historic Downtown Buildings

Tue, 05/21/2013 - 8:38am
Locals fear Waynesburg University may raze two 80-year-old buildings.

Threatened: Los Angeles Craftsman Bungalow

Tue, 05/21/2013 - 8:17am
The owner of a 1913 house wants to tear it down to make way for a mansion.

The Rise and Fall of Halcyon Hall

Mon, 05/20/2013 - 3:00pm
For over a hundred years, the Queen Anne-influenced gables and shingled turrets of Halcyon Hall have risen above the tree line in Millbrook, N.Y., a tranquil hamlet known for its vineyards and horse farms.

The Little Refinery that Can

Mon, 05/20/2013 - 1:51pm
The town of Lusk is located in eastern Wyoming, not far from the Nebraska and South Dakota state lines. In this "little town with big possibilities" stands C&H Oil refinery—12,000 miles from the home of its owner, Zahir Khalid.

The Black Gables

Mon, 05/20/2013 - 1:18pm
Driving south from downtown Miami on Highway One, just before taking a right into the elegant city of Coral Gables, one passes a triangle of tranquil and decidedly more modest streets on the opposite side of the road.

Texas Homestead Museum Adds Nature Trail

Mon, 05/20/2013 - 1:11pm
The Lawrence Homestead's new nature trail is attracting more students.

Tacoma Travesty

Mon, 05/20/2013 - 11:28am
On April 15, an early-morning blaze damaged the 1914 pagoda at Point Defiance Park in Tacoma, Wash.

Warehouse in Seattle's Pioneer Square Spared

Fri, 05/17/2013 - 3:01pm
The state will stabilize, rather than demolish, the 1910 building that houses artists' studios.

Winans-Crippen House Still Stands

Fri, 05/17/2013 - 2:25pm
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Volunteers Restore African American Cemetery in Kentucky

Thu, 05/16/2013 - 2:17pm
A small group is restoring a forgotten cemetery outside Louisville.

Volunteers Help 1873 Depot

Thu, 05/16/2013 - 2:17pm
Once slated for demolition, the Hopewell Depot in upstate New York is on its way to reopening as a visitors center for a rail trail.

Vacant in Mobile

Thu, 05/16/2013 - 2:12pm
The 11-story high-rise has only one occupant.

Students Organize to Save Historic Hall

Thu, 05/16/2013 - 2:03pm
This fall, students at the University of Georgia will move into Rutherford Hall for the one of the last times. The university, located in Athens, requires additional student housing, and is considering demolishing a historic red-brick dormitory built in 1939, and constructing a new facility in its place.

Struggling to Save Hangar One

Thu, 05/16/2013 - 2:02pm
2008 11 Most Endangered Site Remains Imperiled

Small Wonder

Thu, 05/16/2013 - 9:39am
Every centenarian deserves a celebration, and the wooden tug Delaware is no exception. For the vessel's 100th birthday next year, the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum will give the floating exhibition a fitting gift: a makeover that will restore her 1912 appearance.

Six Historic Houses Relocated to Hawaii Dairy

Thu, 05/16/2013 - 9:26am
Navy housing takes on a new use at an Oahu dairy.

Saving Schools in Billings

Thu, 05/16/2013 - 8:50am
Billings, Mont., is looking forward by looking back at its historic schools—thanks in large part to the efforts of resident and activist Kathy Aragon.

Saving History in New Jersey

Thu, 05/16/2013 - 8:50am
Two hundred thirty-five years after George Washington crossed the Delaware River and triumphed in the Battle of Trenton, another battle is raging nearby.

Saving Brewster Meeting House

Thu, 05/16/2013 - 8:49am
Cranberry bogs, salt marshes, and stone fences dot the landscape around the historic town of Brewster on Cape Cod. And atop a prominent knoll in the center of town stands the Brewster Meeting House, a Greek Revival structure constructed in 1834 that houses First Parish Church.

San Antonio Fights for Pink House

Wed, 05/15/2013 - 11:16am
Now Sanchez, director of the Esperanza Peace & Justice Center and its West Side Historic Preservation Group, is fighting to save one of few historic buildings left in the area.