7/30/2019
1
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.
1
2
7/30/2019
2
“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/
3
4
7/30/2019
3
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
5
6
7/30/2019
4
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
7
8
7/30/2019
5
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
9
10
7/30/2019
6
Prairie Grove Telephone Airlight Outdoor Telephone BoothPrairie Grove, AR
Listed in National Register of Historic Places on 11/9/15
Union Station SchoolPaducah, KY
Listed in National Register of Historic Places on 8/19/11
11
12
7/30/2019
7
Big PumpOriginally Maryville, MOMoved to King City, MO
Listed in National Register of Historic Places on 9/18/80
Removed from National Register on 12/19/94
Howard-Ralston Eucalyptus Tree RowsBurlingame, CA
Listed in National Register of Historic Places on 3/15/12
13
14
7/30/2019
8
Lake NixonLittle Rock, AR
Listed in National Register of Historic Places on 6/5/17
Cleveland Court ApartmentsMontgomery, AL
Listed in National Register of Historic Places on 10/29/01
15
16
7/30/2019
9
Grove Court ApartmentsMontgomery, AL
Built 1942, Determined eligible for listing in NRHP by Alabama SHPO
Riverside PlazaMinneapolis, MN
Listed in National Register of Historic Places on 12/28/10
17
18
7/30/2019
10
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, TXListed in National Register of Historic Places
on 3/6/19
19
20
7/30/2019
11
American Republic Insurance Company Headquarters Building
Des Moines, IAListed in National Register of Historic
Places on 12/22/15
Ross Grain ElevatorDes Moines, IA
Listed in National Register of Historic Places on 6/20/18
21
22
7/30/2019
12
First Broiler HouseGeorgetown, DEListed in National
Register of Historic Places on 7/2/74
McDonalds Store #433 SignPine Bluff, AR
Listed in National Register of Historic Places on 8/21/06
23
24
7/30/2019
13
Iron PostNew Albin, IA
Listed in National Register of Historic Places on 9/29/76
Leffingwell Camp SiteFlaxman Island, AK
Listed in National Register of Historic Places on 6/21/71
Designated National Historic Landmarkon 6/2/78
25
26
7/30/2019
14
Boone ViaductBoone, 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 Landmarkon 12/21/65
27
28
7/30/2019
15
Fresno Sanitary LandfillFresno, CA (vicinity)
Listed in National Register of Historic Places on 8/7/01
Listed as a National Historic Landmark on 8/7/01
Portland Brownstone QuarriesPortland, CT
Listed in National Register of Historic Places on 5/16/2000
Designated National Historic Landmarkon 5/16/2000
29
30
7/30/2019
16
Man MoundBariboo, WI
Listed in National Register of Historic Places on 11/30/78
Designated National Historic Landmarkon 10/31/16
Register CliffGuernsey, WY
Listed in National Register of Historic Places on 4/30/70
31
32
7/30/2019
17
Lucy, the Margate ElephantMargate, NJ
Listed in National Register of Historic Places on 8/12/71
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
33
34
7/30/2019
18
CarhengeAlliance, NE (vicinity)
Not Yet Listed in National Register of Historic PlacesCreated 1987
BoathengeColumbia, MO (vicinity)
Not Yet Listed in National Register of Historic PlacesCreated 1993
35
36
7/30/2019
19
Henry’s Rabbit RanchStaunton, IL (vicinity)
(Route 66)Not Yet Listed in National Register of
Historic PlacesCreated sometime after 1999
BunnyhengeNewport Beach, CA
Not Yet Listed in National Register of Historic PlacesCreated 2013
37
38
7/30/2019
20
Brooks Catsup Bottle Water TowerCollinsville, IL
Listed in National Register of Historic Places in August 2002
Grand Avenue Water TowerSt. Louis, MO
Listed in National Register of Historic Places on 4/20/70
Bissell Street Water TowerSt. Louis, MO
Listed in National Register of Historic Places on 6/5/70
39
40
7/30/2019
21
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
41
42
7/30/2019
22
B&B CarousellConey Island, NY
Listed in National Register of Historic Places on 2/23/16
Leap-the-DipsAltoona, PA
Listed in National Register of Historic Places on 3/15/91
Designated a National Historic Landmark on 6/19/96
43
44
7/30/2019
23
Kennywood ParkW. 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 LiftSun Valley, ID
Listed in National Register of Historic Places on 1/20/80
45
46
7/30/2019
24
Clemens FieldHannibal, MO
Listed in National Register of Historic Places on 8/26/08
Riverside SpeedwayWest Memphis, AR
Listed in National Register of Historic Places on 1/21/10
47
48
7/30/2019
25
Snake AlleyBurlington, 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
49
50
7/30/2019
26
Carlsbad Irrigation DistrictCarlsbad, NM (vicinity)
Listed in National Register of Historic Places on 10/15/66
Designated National Historic Landmarkon 7/19/64
Marked Tree Lock and SiphonsMarked Tree, AR (vicinity)
Listed in National Register of Historic Places on 5/2/88
51
52
7/30/2019
27
Gould Jones ReservoirJasper, AR
Listed in National Register of Historic Places on 8/24/98
Old Settler’s Irrigation DitchRosston, OK (vicinity)
Listed in National Register of Historic Places on 7/27/83
53
54
7/30/2019
28
Arkansas Research Test StationCaddo 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
55
56
7/30/2019
29
Crossroads Fire TowerHamburg, AR (vicinity)
Listed in National Register of Historic Places on 3/2/06
Look See TreeColeman, AR
Listed in National Register of Historic Places on 1/23/08
57
58
7/30/2019
30
Lake Catherine State Park Prisoner of War StructuresHot Springs, AR (vicinity)
Listed in National Register of Historic Places on 1/24/17
Concrete Log BridgeConway, AR (vicinity)
Listed in National Register of Historic Places on 5/28/92
59
60
7/30/2019
31
Magruder Plots of Oklahoma State University
Stillwater, OKListed in National Register of
Historic Places on 8/29/79
Sanborn Field and Erosion PlotsColumbia, MO
Listed in National Register of Historic Places on 10/15/66Designated National Historic
Landmark on 7/19/64
61
62
7/30/2019
32
Questions?
Steven Hoffman, PhD.
Coordinator, Historic Preservation Program
Southeast Missouri State University
President, Missouri Main Street Connection
63