Deadline Extended to November 23
Posted on October 24th, 2011 7:33 am
The Most Endangered Properties program started in 1995 to educate Iowans about the special buildings, sites, and structures that are slowly and gradually slipping away from us.
Preservation Iowa designated ten properties for the 2011 Most Endangered Properties and some of these properties have been highlighted in other preservation publications since their designation. In the past 16 years, Preservation Iowa has designated archeological sites, churches, landscapes and a variety of other buildings.
The Most Endangered Properties program provides an excellent resource for media coverage and introduces owners of an endangered property to preservation advocacy and resources that can help preserve their historic property. Additionally, there have been interest groups who have used the designation as a mechanism to leverage other financial resources to restore and preserve properties.
If you know of an important building Preservation Iowa encourages you to nominate it as one of the 2012 Most Endangered Properties. A panel of judges reviews each nomination based on four criteria:
– The (historic) significance of the building, site, or structure;
– Present condition;
– The urgency & nature of the threat; and
– The possible solutions that would remove threats to the place.
The nomination form and guidelines are available to download at: www.preservationiowa.org. The postmark deadline is now November 23, 2011. Any additional questions may be directed to Sheriffa Jones at (712) 262.2083 or sjones@iowalakesrcd.org.
