List of Oregon's Most Endangered Places
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Oregon's Most Endangered Places is a list established in 2011, compiled by the American historic preservation non-profit Restore Oregon (formerly the Historic Preservation League of Oregon), that raises awareness of Oregon's "historic treasures in need of the advocacy and support to save them from demise".{{Cite web|url=http://www.culturaltrust.org/content/susan-kayward-petersen-rock-garden-central-oregon|title=Susan Kayward, Petersen Rock Garden, Central Oregon|publisher=Oregon Cultural Trust|accessdate=May 29, 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120806002330/http://www.culturaltrust.org/content/susan-kayward-petersen-rock-garden-central-oregon|archivedate=August 6, 2012}}
Beginning in 2015, new sites were listed while some previously listed sites remained on the list. After 2020, Restore Oregon did not compile a yearly list. Many of the sites are also listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).
Listings
The League's first list of endangered places was released in 2011 and included ten sites.{{Cite web|url=http://www.historicpreservationleague.org/endangeredPastLists.php|title=Oregon's Most Endangered Places – Past Lists|accessdate=June 6, 2013|publisher=Historic Preservation League of Oregon (HPLO)|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130618223800/http://www.historicpreservationleague.org/endangeredPastLists.php|archive-date=June 18, 2013|url-status=dead}}
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! bgcolor="#efefef"|Year ! bgcolor="#efefef"|Site ! bgcolor="#efefef"|Location ! bgcolor="#efefef"|NRHP ! bgcolor="#efefef" width=100px class=unsortable|Image ! bgcolor="#efefef" class=unsortable|Ref. ! bgcolor="#efefef"|Fate ! bgcolor="#efefef"|Notes |
align=center|2011
| Baker City Middle School | | |Gutted by fire in May 2024. Demolished in July 2024.{{cite news |url= https://elkhornmediagroup.com/baker-city-locals-lament-the-loss-of-historic-central-school-building/ |title= Baker City locals Lament the Loss of Historic Central School Building |author= Hathaway, Joe |date= May 24, 2024 |publisher= Elkhorn Media Group |access-date= March 18, 2025}}{{cite news |url= https://elkhornmediagroup.com/historic-central-school-building-in-baker-city-set-to-be-demolished/ |title= Historic Central School Building in Baker City Set to be Demolished |author= Hathaway, Joe |date= July 1, 2024 |publisher= Elkhorn Media Group |access-date= March 18, 2025}} | |
align=center|2011
| Eugene | align=center|Yes (delisted) | 100px | Destroyed by fire in 2015. | |
align=center|2011
| align=center|Yes | | Demolished in 2012. | Part of the NRHP-listed Cochran-Rice Farm Complex. |
align=center|2011
| Coos Bay | align=center|Yes | 100px | Restored; Won DeMuro Award in 2016.{{cite web |url= https://restoreoregon.org/2020/09/24/most-endangered-places-alumni-update-the-egyptian-theatre/ |title= Most Endangered Places: Alumni Update – The Egyptian Theatre |date= September 24, 2020 |access-date= March 18, 2025 |publisher= Restore Oregon}} | |
align=center|2011
| align=center|Yes | 100px | |
align=center|2011
| Josiah Burnett House aka The Lucy House | | | Now part of the Philip Foster Farm complex (not part of the original NRHP nomination) |
align=center|2011
| Kirk Whited Farmstead | Redmond | align=center|Being considered | | | Listed due to annexation into the city. House made of lava field stones. |
align=center|2011
| Redmond | align=center|Yes | 100px | Listed on the NRHP in 2013. |
align=center|2011
| Tillamook Bay Lifesaving Station | Barview | align=center|Determined eligible in 2015 | | | |
align=center|2011
| align=center|Yes | | | 1848 barn documented in the HABS. Part of the Watson-Price Farmstead. |
align=center|2012
| align=center|Yes | |Threatened with demolition in 2023.{{cite news |url= https://kobi5.com/news/the-butte-creek-mill-foundation-is-about-to-demolish-their-old-ice-house-205828/ |title= The Butte Creek Mill Foundation is About to Demolish Their Old Ice House |author= Sharma, Diksha |date= March 24, 2023 |access-date= March 18, 2025 |publisher= KOBI}} | Now part of the Butte Creek Mill complex (listed in 2018) |
align=center|2012
| Portland | align=center|Delisted in 2008 | 100px | align=center|{{Cite web|url=http://www.historicpreservationleague.org/mep_Carousel.php|title=Jantzen Beach Carousel|accessdate=June 6, 2013|publisher=HPLO|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121216081936/http://www.historicpreservationleague.org/mep_Carousel.php|archivedate=December 16, 2012}} | In storage since 2012. Relocated in 2023 to the National Neon Sign Museum in The Dalles. Being restored for a planned 2028 unveiling. | Relisted for 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020 |
align=center|2012
| align=center|Yes | 100px | Under restoration. | Relisted for 2016. Part of the South Main Street Commercial Historic District. |
align=center|2012
| Rosemont Farm Smokehouse | Yamhill | | | Restoration began in 2013.{{cite web |url= https://www.arciform.com/2013/06/17/progress-on-the-smokehouse-restoration |title= Progress on the Smokehouse Restoration |date= June 17, 2013 |access-date= March 18, 2025 |publisher= Arciform}} | |
align=center|2012
| Skidmore/Old Town Historic District | Portland | align=center|Yes | 100px | Various restoration projects, including historically compatible infill (230 Ash–DeMuro Award 2020: PAE Building–DeMuro Award 2022). | Also a National Historic Landmark District. |
align=center|2012
| St. Francis Hotel | Albany | align=center|Yes | | Under restoration. | Part of the Albany Downtown Commercial Historic District. |
align=center|2012
| Uppertown Net Shed | Astoria | | 100px | align=center|{{Cite web|url=http://www.historicpreservationleague.org/mep_NetShed.php|title=Uppertown Net Loft|accessdate=June 6, 2013|publisher=HPLO|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130215014705/http://www.historicpreservationleague.org/mep_NetShed.php|archive-date=February 15, 2013|url-status=dead}} | | Relisted for 2016 and 2017. Aka Uppertown Net Loft, "Big Red". |
align=center|2012
| Corbett | align=center|Yes | 100px | Under restoration.{{cite web |url= https://www.thehealingorder.com/coming-2025 |title= Our New Location |date= 5 June 2023 |publisher= The Healing Order |access-date= March 19, 2025}} | |
align=center|2012
| align=center|Yes | 100px | Under restoration.{{cite news |url= https://www.westlinntidings.com/news/repairs-to-begin-at-willamette-falls-locks-this-month/article_a0938788-615b-11ee-bd64-8b980792fd74.html |title= Repairs to Begin at Willamette Falls Locks This Month |author= Bartholomew, Holly |date= October 2, 2023 |newspaper= West Linn Tidings |access-date= March 19, 2025}} | |
align=center|2013
| Antelope | align=center|Yes; Listed in 2016 | 100px | |
align=center|2013
| Astoria | align=center|Yes; Listed in 2014 | 100px | Clean up of chemical contamination was completed in 2022. | Also a federal EPA Superfund site. |
align=center|2013
| align=center|Yes | File:Tillamook Air Museum (Tillamook County, Oregon scenic images) (tilD0089).jpg | Structural assessment done. Funds being sought. | |
align=center|2013
| Salem | align=center|Yes | 100px | Restored. | Part of the Oregon State Hospital Historic District. |
align=center|2013
| Knotts-Owens Barn | | | Assessment completed. Grants received. | Part of the City of Corvallis' Owens Farm Natural Area. |
align=center|2013
| Portland | align=center|Yes | Awaiting restoration. | |
align=center|2013
| Oregon Trail Pioneer Farmsteads | Various Willamette Valley structures built between 1841 and 1865. | align=center|May be individually listed. | | Various. | May be part of the Settlement-era Dwellings, Barns and Farm Groups of the Willamette Valley, Oregon, 1841-circa 1865 MPD (Multiple Property Document). 255 surviving homes, barns, and outbuildings from this era remained in 2013. |
align=center|2013
| Pioneer Mothers Memorial Cabin | Champoeg | | File:Pioneer Mothers Memorial Cabin Museum.JPG | Moved from Champoeg and restored. | Now located at the Newell Pioneer Village museum. |
align=center|2013
| Weston | align=center|Yes | File:Saling House - Weston Oregon.jpg | Stabilized. Pending restoration.{{cite web |url= https://ishamsalinghouse.com/ |title= Home |publisher= Isham Saling House |access-date= March 19, 2025}} | |
align=center|2013
| The Dalles Chinatown Site | align=center|Yes | | Potential archaeological sites threatened. | Part of The Dalles Commercial Historic District. |
align=center|2015
| First Congregational Church Bell Tower | Portland | align=center|Yes | 100px | |
align=center|2015
| Eastern Oregon University Grand Staircase | align=center|Yes | File:EOU Grand Staircase.jpg | Restored | Relisted for 2016 and 2017. Part of Inlow Hall. |
align=center|2015
| Gray Building | Portland | | | Demolished c. 2017. | Relisted for 2016 and 2017. c. 1900 Black historic site. Housed various soul food restaurants including the Burger Barn. |
align=center|2015
| Mildred Kanipe House | Oakland | | File:Mildred Kanipe Memorial County Park - DPLA - d84524807264cccaf6546251d77222f4.jpg | | Relisted for 2016 and 2017. Part of Mildred Kanipe Memorial County Park. |
align=center|2015
| align=center|Yes | | Part of the Shipley-Cook Farmstead. |
align=center|2015
| Smith Straw Barn | | | | Aka Martin Powers Barn. 1896 barn donated to ODOT for a wayside in 1991 and never maintained. |
align=center|2015
| Portland | align=center|Yes | | | Relisted for 2016, 2017 and 2018. Part of the Portland New Chinatown/Japantown Historic District |
align=center|2016
| Roseburg | align=center|Yes | | align=center|{{Cite news|url= https://www.oregonlive.com/hg/2015/11/endangered_places_restore_oreg.html |title= 15 Endangered Places Get Help From Restore Oregon (photos) |newspaper= The Oregonian |date= November 15, 2015 |access-date= February 14, 2025}} | | |
align=center|2016
| align=center|Yes | | Under restoration. | Relisted for 2017. Documented in the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS). |
align=center|2016
| align=center|Yes | | Destroyed by fire in 2021. | |
align=center|2016
| | | | 1911 Belletable House restored. |
align=center|2016
| Sumpter Valley Railroad Depot | align=center|Yes | | As of 2017 assessed and funds being sought. | Relisted for 2017 and 2018. Aka the Dewitt Museum. |
align=center|2016
| Oregon Caves Chateau & Historic District | Cave Junction | align=center|Yes | 100px | Chateau is under restoration. | Relisted for 2017. |
align=center|2016
| align=center|Yes | | | Relisted for 2017, 2018 and 2019 |
align=center|2016
| Concord School | | | Planning and funding underway. | Relisted for 2017 and 2018. Acquired by the North Clackamas Parks & Recreation District in 2018. |
align=center|2017
| Medford | align=center|Yes | | align=center|{{cite news |url= https://www.oregonlive.com/travel/2016/11/oregons_14_most_endangered_pla.html |title= Oregon's 14 Most 'Endangered' Places for 2017 |newspaper= The Oregonian |date= November 12, 2016 |access-date= February 14, 2025}} | | Relisted for 2018 and 2019 |
align=center|2017
| M & N Building | Astoria | | | Restored; Won DeMuro Award in 2019 | Aka the Mary & Nellie (Flavel) Building. |
align=center|2017
| Vale | align=center|Yes | File:Vale Downtown (Malheur County, Oregon scenic images) (malD0067).jpg | | Relisted for 2018 and 2019 |
align=center|2018
| Astoria Ferry (Tourist No. 2) | Astoria | align=center|Yes | | align=center|{{cite news |url= https://www.oregonlive.com/travel/2017/11/oregons_12_most_endangered_pla.html |title= Oregon's 12 Most Endangered Places for 2018 |date= November 11, 2017 |author= Hale, Jamie |newspaper= The Oregonian |access-date= February 14, 2025}} | Partially sank and was demolished in 2022. | Relisted for 2019 |
align=center|2018
| Eagle Point | align=center|Yes | | align=center|{{cite news |url= https://www.oregonlive.com/travel/2017/11/oregons_12_most_endangered_pla.html |title= Oregon's 12 Most Endangered Places for 2018 |date= November 11, 2017 |author= Hale, Jamie |newspaper= The Oregonian |access-date= February 14, 2025}} | |Relisted for 2019 |
align=center|2018
| Lakeview | align=center|Yes | | |Relisted for 2019 |
align=center|2018
| Oregon Agricultural Experiment Station (OSU) Red Barn | Union | | | |Relisted for 2019 |
align=center|2018
| align=center|Yes | | |Relisted for 2019 and 2020 |
align=center|2019
| The Dalles | | | |Relisted for 2020 |
align=center|2019
| Albany | align=center|Yes | | Under restoration. | Relisted for 2020 |
align=center|2019
| Robert and Charles Wilson Homes | | | | Relisted for 2020 |
align=center|2020
| Portland | align=center|Yes | | align=center| | | |
align=center|2020
| Portland | | | align=center| | | |
align=center|2020
| Oregon's Rural Historic Theaters | Various | | | align=center| | | |
align=center|2022
| Gates School | Gates | | File:Gates Oregon elementary school.jpg | Survived the Beachie Creek Fire; restoration efforts underway | |
See also
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- Historic preservation
- History of Oregon
- Lists of Oregon-related topics
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Oregon
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References
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