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Historic Preservation—Appreciating the Weird

Steven Hoffman, PhD.

Coordinator, Historic Preservation Program

Southeast Missouri State University

President, Missouri Main Street Connection

Historic Preservation—Appreciating the Weird

• That’s historic? You’ve got to be joking! Challenge your understanding of 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 of 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 ShrineStarkenburg

Court of Common PleasCape Girardeau

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

Cogburn Dipping VatBlack Spring, AR

Listed in National Register of Historic Places on 6/7/06

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Prairie Grove Telephone Airlight Outdoor Telephone BoothPrairie Grove, AR


Union Station SchoolPaducah, KY


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Big PumpOriginally Maryville, MOMoved to King City, MO


Removed from National Register on 12/19/94

Howard-Ralston Eucalyptus Tree RowsBurlingame, CA


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Lake NixonLittle Rock, AR


Cleveland Court ApartmentsMontgomery, AL


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Grove Court ApartmentsMontgomery, AL

Built 1942, Determined eligible for listing in NRHP by Alabama SHPO

Riverside PlazaMinneapolis, MN


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Raymond M. Hilliard Center Historic District

(aka Raymond Hilliard Homes)Chicago, IL


The American National Bank of Amarillo and SPS Tower

Amarillo, TXListed in National Register of Historic Places

on 3/6/19

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American Republic Insurance Company Headquarters Building

Des Moines, IAListed in National Register of Historic

Places on 12/22/15

Ross Grain ElevatorDes Moines, IA


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First Broiler HouseGeorgetown, DEListed in National

Register of Historic Places on 7/2/74

McDonalds Store #433 SignPine Bluff, AR


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Iron PostNew Albin, IA


Leffingwell Camp SiteFlaxman Island, AK


Designated National Historic Landmarkon 6/2/78

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Boone ViaductBoone, IA (vicinity)


Experimental Breeder Reactor No. 1 Arco, ID



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Fresno Sanitary LandfillFresno, CA (vicinity)


Listed as a National Historic Landmark on 8/7/01

Portland Brownstone QuarriesPortland, CT



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Man MoundBariboo, WI



Register CliffGuernsey, WY


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Lucy, the Margate ElephantMargate, NJ


Listed as a National Historic Landmark on 5/11/76

Not Yet Cadillac RanchAmarillo, TX (vicinity)

Not Yet Listed in National Register of Historic PlacesCreated 1974

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CarhengeAlliance, NE (vicinity)


BoathengeColumbia, MO (vicinity)


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Henry’s Rabbit RanchStaunton, IL (vicinity)

(Route 66)Not Yet Listed in National Register of

Historic PlacesCreated sometime after 1999

BunnyhengeNewport Beach, CA


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Brooks Catsup Bottle Water TowerCollinsville, IL

Listed in National Register of Historic Places in August 2002

Grand Avenue Water TowerSt. Louis, MO


Bissell Street Water TowerSt. Louis, MO


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Court AvenueBellefontaine, OHListed in National

Register of Historic Places on 2/24/74

Cape Girardeau Court of Common Pleas

Cape Girardeau, MOListed in National Register

of Historic Places on 10/25/10

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B&B CarousellConey Island, NY


Leap-the-DipsAltoona, PA


Designated a National Historic Landmark on 6/19/96

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Kennywood ParkW. Mifflin, PA


Designated a National Historic Landmark District on

10/9/60

Proctor Mountain Ski LiftSun Valley, ID


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Clemens FieldHannibal, MO


Riverside SpeedwayWest Memphis, AR


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Snake AlleyBurlington, IA


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 DistrictCarlsbad, NM (vicinity)



Marked Tree Lock and SiphonsMarked Tree, AR (vicinity)


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Gould Jones ReservoirJasper, AR


Old Settler’s Irrigation DitchRosston, OK (vicinity)


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Arkansas Research Test StationCaddo Gap, AR (vicinity)


A.M. Bohnert Rice Plantation Pump #2 Engine

Gillett, AR Listed in National Register of


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Crossroads Fire TowerHamburg, AR (vicinity)


Look See TreeColeman, AR


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Lake Catherine State Park Prisoner of War StructuresHot Springs, AR (vicinity)


Concrete Log BridgeConway, AR (vicinity)


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Magruder Plots of Oklahoma State University

Stillwater, OKListed in National Register of


Sanborn Field and Erosion PlotsColumbia, MO

Listed in National Register of Historic Places on 10/15/66Designated 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

[email protected]

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