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His istoric Preserv rvation— Appreciating th the Weird

Steven Hoffman, PhD. Coordinator, Historic Preservation Program Southeast Missouri State University President, Missouri Main Street Connection

Historic ic Pres eservatio ion—Appreciatin ing the the Wei eird

• That’s historic? You’ve got to be joking! Challenge your understanding
• f what it means to be historic and learn about some of the more

unusual properties that have been designated. Join us on a journey highlighting the different, the distinctive, and the just plain weird properties that have been listed in the National Register of Historic Places in Missouri and across the country and expand your understanding of what makes a property historic.

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“Historic” versus “Old” What does it mean to be “historic”?

• The National Register…
• What is it really?
• How does a property get listed in the register?

The National Register of Historic Places is the official list

• f the Nation's historic places worthy of preservation.

Authorized by the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, the National Park Service's National Register of Historic Places is part of a national program to coordinate and support public and private efforts to identify, evaluate, and protect America's historic and archeological resources.

http://www.nps.gov/nr/

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Significance and Integrity

• Significance (does it meet the criteria?)
• Criteria A: Events/history
• Criteria B: Person
• Criteria C: Architecture
• Criteria D: Information
• (mostly archeology)

Integrity

• Location
• Design
• Setting
• Materials
• Workmanship
• Feeling
• Association

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Criteria Considerations

• Religious Properties
• Moved Properties
• Birthplace or Grave
• Cemeteries
• Reconstructed Properties
• Commemorative Properties
• Less than 50 years old

Levels of Significance

• National
• State
• Local

Wainwright Building

• St. Louis

Our Lady of Sorrows Shrine Starkenburg Court of Common Pleas Cape Girardeau

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What are some of the most “historic” properties you can think of?

Cogburn Dipping Vat Black Spring, AR Listed in National Register of Historic Places on 6/7/06

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Prairie Grove Telephone Airlight Outdoor Telephone Booth Prairie Grove, AR Listed in National Register of Historic Places on 11/9/15 Union Station School Paducah, KY Listed in National Register of Historic Places on 8/19/11

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Big Pump Originally Maryville, MO Moved to King City, MO Listed in National Register of Historic Places on 9/18/80 Removed from National Register

• n 12/19/94

Howard-Ralston Eucalyptus Tree Rows Burlingame, CA Listed in National Register of Historic Places on 3/15/12

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Lake Nixon Little Rock, AR Listed in National Register of Historic Places on 6/5/17 Cleveland Court Apartments Montgomery, AL Listed in National Register of Historic Places on 10/29/01

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Grove Court Apartments Montgomery, AL Built 1942, Determined eligible for listing in NRHP by Alabama SHPO Riverside Plaza Minneapolis, MN Listed in National Register of Historic Places on 12/28/10

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Raymond M. Hilliard Center Historic District (aka Raymond Hilliard Homes) Chicago, IL Listed in National Register of Historic Places on 9/13/99 The American National Bank of Amarillo and SPS Tower Amarillo, TX Listed in National Register of Historic Places

• n 3/6/19

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American Republic Insurance Company Headquarters Building Des Moines, IA Listed in National Register of Historic Places on 12/22/15 Ross Grain Elevator Des Moines, IA Listed in National Register of Historic Places on 6/20/18

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First Broiler House Georgetown, DE Listed in National Register of Historic Places on 7/2/74 McDonalds Store #433 Sign Pine Bluff, AR Listed in National Register of Historic Places on 8/21/06

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Iron Post New Albin, IA Listed in National Register of Historic Places on 9/29/76 Leffingwell Camp Site Flaxman Island, AK Listed in National Register of Historic Places on 6/21/71 Designated National Historic Landmark

• n 6/2/78

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Boone Viaduct Boone, IA (vicinity) Listed in National Register of Historic Places on 11/17/78 Experimental Breeder Reactor No. 1 Arco, ID Listed in National Register of Historic Places on 10/15/66 Designated National Historic Landmark

• n 12/21/65

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Fresno Sanitary Landfill Fresno, CA (vicinity) Listed in National Register of Historic Places on 8/7/01 Listed as a National Historic Landmark

• n 8/7/01

Portland Brownstone Quarries Portland, CT Listed in National Register of Historic Places on 5/16/2000 Designated National Historic Landmark

• n 5/16/2000

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Man Mound Bariboo, WI Listed in National Register of Historic Places on 11/30/78 Designated National Historic Landmark

• n 10/31/16

Register Cliff Guernsey, WY Listed in National Register of Historic Places on 4/30/70

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Lucy, the Margate Elephant Margate, NJ Listed in National Register of Historic Places on 8/12/71 Listed as a National Historic Landmark

• n 5/11/76

Not Yet

Cadillac Ranch Amarillo, TX (vicinity) Not Yet Listed in National Register of Historic Places Created 1974

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Carhenge Alliance, NE (vicinity) Not Yet Listed in National Register of Historic Places Created 1987 Boathenge Columbia, MO (vicinity) Not Yet Listed in National Register of Historic Places Created 1993

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Henry’s Rabbit Ranch Staunton, IL (vicinity) (Route 66) Not Yet Listed in National Register of Historic Places Created sometime after 1999 Bunnyhenge Newport Beach, CA Not Yet Listed in National Register of Historic Places Created 2013

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Brooks Catsup Bottle Water Tower Collinsville, IL Listed in National Register of Historic Places in August 2002 Grand Avenue Water Tower

• St. Louis, MO

Listed in National Register of Historic Places on 4/20/70 Bissell Street Water Tower

• St. Louis, MO

Listed in National Register of Historic Places on 6/5/70

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Court Avenue Bellefontaine, OH Listed in National Register of Historic Places on 2/24/74 Cape Girardeau Court of Common Pleas Cape Girardeau, MO Listed in National Register

• f Historic Places on

10/25/10

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B&B Carousell Coney Island, NY Listed in National Register of Historic Places on 2/23/16 Leap-the-Dips Altoona, PA Listed in National Register of Historic Places on 3/15/91 Designated a National Historic Landmark on 6/19/96

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Kennywood Park

• W. Mifflin, PA

Listed in National Register of Historic Places on 2/27/87 Designated a National Historic Landmark District on 10/9/60 Proctor Mountain Ski Lift Sun Valley, ID Listed in National Register of Historic Places on 1/20/80

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Clemens Field Hannibal, MO Listed in National Register of Historic Places on 8/26/08 Riverside Speedway West Memphis, AR Listed in National Register of Historic Places on 1/21/10

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Snake Alley Burlington, IA Listed in National Register of Historic Places on 9/6/74 Walnut Ridge Army Airfield Access Road College City, AR Listed in National Register of Historic Places on 6/7/16

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Carlsbad Irrigation District Carlsbad, NM (vicinity) Listed in National Register of Historic Places on 10/15/66 Designated National Historic Landmark

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Marked Tree Lock and Siphons Marked Tree, AR (vicinity) Listed in National Register of Historic Places on 5/2/88

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Gould Jones Reservoir Jasper, AR Listed in National Register of Historic Places on 8/24/98 Old Settler’s Irrigation Ditch Rosston, OK (vicinity) Listed in National Register of Historic Places on 7/27/83

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Arkansas Research Test Station Caddo Gap, AR (vicinity) Listed in National Register of Historic Places on 9/21/17 A.M. Bohnert Rice Plantation Pump #2 Engine Gillett, AR Listed in National Register of Historic Places on 9/23/10

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Crossroads Fire Tower Hamburg, AR (vicinity) Listed in National Register of Historic Places on 3/2/06 Look See Tree Coleman, AR Listed in National Register of Historic Places on 1/23/08

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Lake Catherine State Park Prisoner of War Structures Hot Springs, AR (vicinity) Listed in National Register of Historic Places on 1/24/17 Concrete Log Bridge Conway, AR (vicinity) Listed in National Register of Historic Places on 5/28/92

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Magruder Plots of Oklahoma State University Stillwater, OK Listed in National Register of Historic Places on 8/29/79 Sanborn Field and Erosion Plots Columbia, MO Listed in National Register of Historic Places on 10/15/66 Designated National Historic Landmark on 7/19/64

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Questions?

Steven Hoffman, PhD. Coordinator, Historic Preservation Program Southeast Missouri State University President, Missouri Main Street Connection shoffman@semo.edu

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