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The National Trust for Historic Preservation is an American member-supported organization which was founded in 1949 to support preservation of historic buildings and neighborhoods through a range of programs and activities.
Its mission statement states:
- "The National Trust for Historic Preservation provides leadership, education and advocacy to save America's diverse historic places and revitalize our communities."
Each year since 1988, the National Trust for Historic Preservation lists "America's Most Endangered Places" in an effort to protect America's architectural, cultural, and natural heritage. In recent years this list has included:
- 2 Columbus Circle, New York, NY
- Belleview Biltmore Hotel, Belleair, FL
- Camp Security, York County, PA
- Daniel Webster Farm, Franklin, NH
- Eleutherian College, Madison, Ind
- Ennis-Brown House, Los Angeles, Calif
- Finca Vigía: Ernest Hemingway House, San Francisco de Paula, Cuba
- Historic Buildings of Downtown Detroit, Detroit, Mich
- Historic Catholic Churches of Greater Boston, Mass
- King Island, Alaska
- National Landscape Conservation System (NLCS), Western States
- “The Journey Through Hallowed Ground” Corridor, VA, MD, PA
National Trust Sites
The National Trust for Historic Preservation operates a fairly small number of sites in its own right, either owning and operating the sites or operating in partnership with other preservation organizations. These sites currently include:
- The African Meeting House and Abiel Smith School, Boston, Massachusetts
- Belle Grove Plantation, Middletown, Virginia
- Brucemore, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
- Chesterwood, Stockbridge, Massachusetts
- Cliveden, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Cooper-Molera Adobe, Monterey, California
- Decatur House, Washington, DC
- Drayton Hall, Charleston, South Carolina
- Farnsworth House, Plano, Illinois
- Filoli, Woodside, California
- Gaylord Building, Lockport, Illinois
- Glass House, New Canaan, Connecticut
- Kykuit, Tarrytown, New York
- Lincoln Cottage, Washington, DC
- Lower East Side Tenement Museum, New York, New York
- Lyndhurst, Tarrytown, New York
- James Madison's Montpelier, Montpelier Station, Virginia
- Oatlands, Leesburg, Virginia
- Pope-Leighey House, Alexandria, Virginia
- Frederick C. Robie House, Chicago, Illinois
- Shadows-on-the-Teche, New Iberia, Louisiana
- Touro Synagogue, Newport, Rhode Island
- Woodlawn Plantation, Alexandria, Virginia
- Woodrow Wilson House, Washington, DC
- Frank Lloyd Wright's Home and Studio, Oak Park, Illinois
See also
There are other National Trusts worldwide.
External link
Conservation in the United States | National trusts | Historic preservation
"National Trust for Historic Preservation"