The Stonewall National Monument, the President's House Site, and the Women's Rights National Historic Park are among 11 sites on this year's annual list of the most endangered historic places in the United States compiled by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. The 2026 list, announced Wednesday, marks America's 250th anniversary, said Carol Quillen, CEO of the nonprofit. The 11 sites offer examples of how, over time, Americans have fought against injustice and for equality. "We wanted to think about those ideas, especially this notion that all human beings are created equal, and find places, sometimes unsung places ... that not all Americans routinely think about," Quillen told the AP. Each site will receive a one-time $25,000 grant to help highlight their connections to the principle that all people are created equal and address the threats they face. They are:
- Montgomery, Ala.: Ben Moore Hotel: The hotel was a refuge for Black people living under laws that enforced racial separation in the South. Prolonged vacancy has caused structural deterioration, and the historic Centennial Hill neighborhood surrounding it faces pressure from development. The hotel housed key players from the Civil Rights Movement, including Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Rev. Ralph Abernathy.
- Modoc County, Calif.: Tule Lake Segregation Center: Initially known as the Tule Lake War Relocation Center, it was set up as a camp but later became a segregation center where Japanese Americans who were thought to be disloyal to the United States were imprisoned. The site is now a national monument managed by the National Park Service. Only 37 acres of the 1,100-acre site is protected.
- Somerset, Mass.: Swansea Friends Meeting House: Recognized as the oldest surviving Quaker meeting house in the state, it was built in 1701 to serve as a refuge for a congregation fleeing religious persecution and looking for a safe place to worship. The building has been closed for years and needs significant rehabilitation.
- New Mexico, Colorado, Arizona, Utah: Greater Chaco Cultural Landscape: The landscape is an ancestral homeland sustained for over a millennium by the Pueblo and Hopi people, but is threatened by changes to federal land policy that could open up significant portions to oil and gas development.
- Seneca Falls, NY: Women's Rights National Historical Park: The park tells the story of the first Women's Rights Convention, held in Seneca Falls in July 1848. It faces a deferred maintenance backlog of over $10 million. Additional funding and support are needed to help preserve the park as a place to teach visitors about the history of women's rights.
- New York City: Stonewall National Monument: The first and only US national monument dedicated to LGBTQ+ history was the subject of Trump administration actions that saw the rainbow Pride flag removed from its flagpole earlier this year before it was restored.
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: The President's House Site: The Trump administration abruptly removed exhibits on the lives of nine people enslaved at the site in the 1790s under George Washington, who lived there when Philadelphia served as the nation's capital. The exhibits were taken down as part of a broad effort by the administration to remove from federal properties information it deems "disparaging" to Americans.
The rest of the list is here.
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