The Missouri Alliance for Historic Preservation (Missouri Preservation) has announced a call for nominations for its historic Places in Peril list for 2019.
According to a news release, Missouri Preservation is a statewide nonprofit historic preservation advocacy organization aimed at preserving place and community for future generations of Missourians. The first of its Most Endangered announcements, as it was originally known, was made in 2000.
Instituted as a media campaign, the list aims to bring attention to endangered historic resources throughout Missouri. Nominations are reviewed and ranked by a committee of Missouri Preservation’s governing board. This year’s announcement will be made on September 13.
The reasons that a property might be endangered are many, including fire, neglect, abandonment, development pressures or insensitive proposed alterations. Properties do not need to be listed on any national, state or local list of recognized historic places to be considered for listing.
Numerous sites have been included on the Places in Peril list over the past 18 years; and as a result, many have been saved. Success stories include the Katy Bridge in Boonville, the Henry Blosser House in Malta Bend, the Campbell Chapel AME Church in Glasgow in the KMMO listening area.
This year’s nominations are due by August 15. Nomination forms are available on Missouri Preservation’s website, www.preservemo.org.
For more information, you can call Missouri Preservation at (660) 882-5946.