The National Trust for Historic Preservation is leading the movement to save places where our history happened.
Old places are where our lives, memories, and stories began. They connect us to the past, anchor us to the present, and lead us into the future. These places inspire us to create a stronger nation, because they belong to all of us.
For 70 years, the National Trust for Historic Preservation has led the movement to save America’s historic places. A privately funded nonprofit organization, we work to save America's historic sites; tell the full American story; build stronger communities; and invest in preservation's future.
Thanks to the passion and dedication of our advocates and supporters, we’re able to protect hundreds of places every year. Help us save places that matter—for ourselves, each other, and our future together.
Learn more about how we're saving places on SavingPlaces.org.
The National Trust for Historic Preservation is now accepting nominations for the 2026 list of America’s 11 Most Endangered Historic Places. Nominations are due October 1, 2025, by 11:59 pm ET.
For more than 35 years, the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s America’s 11 Most Endangered Historic Places list has uplifted and catalyzed community-led preservation work at over 350 sites through a high-impact advocacy and public awareness campaign resulting in increased visibility and new resources to save and activate historic places for the public good. We believe that preserving historic places reveals a fuller American story—one of hope, resilience, and triumph—which enables and inspires us to create an informed and reimagined tomorrow.
As our nation prepares to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence in 2026, and as a part of the National Trust’s continued commitment to building a national commemorative and cultural landscape that expands our understanding of our shared national heritage, we invite nominations for 11 Most that reflect our country’s complex history, tell new or overlooked stories of boundless hope and global roots, find common ground in the places that define us, and honor our nation’s founding values.
With more voices shaping the future, more communities realizing the power of their own stories, and more places revitalized, restored, repurposed, and reimagined, we can come together as a more informed, braver citizenry committed to the power of creating a more perfect union as promised in our founding and as proclaimed in the Declaration of Independence: our belief that all are created equal and each of us has unalienable rights.
We consider several factors when evaluating a place for potential inclusion on the 11 Most list, including history and significance, whether there is a local group actively engaged in protecting the place, creative solutions to restore or revitalize the place, and the broader impact that the 11 Most designation might have to save it.
The National Trust will announce the winners in May 2026 as a part of a comprehensive national and regional public awareness campaign.
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For any other questions regarding the 11 Most Endangered list, please contact 11Most@savingplaces.org