User:Doncram/NHL-and-NRHPdelistings

Page for restoring List of delisted National Register of Historic Places properties for a couple reasons.

Assuming the current AFD ends with deletion of List of delisted National Register of Historic Places properties, this copy will serve as basis to create two articles:

• to be revised to make a comprehensive census of NHL de-designations (about 30-40 in total, very doable). What happens to NHLs is important in history of historic preservation in the U.S. The ones I know a bit about are tragedies.
• basis for re-titled article Delistings of NRHPs or something not intended to be a complete list, of course, but covering the process and the extent of it 1,400 cumulatively apparently, etc.

When restart, can get previous edit history restored. AFD discussion tone affected by unstated-but-known fact article was started by doncram, in fact at 00:26, 27 October 2008‎. Everything said about the too-many NRHPs argues for saying this should be moved to Loss of National Historic Landmarks or similar title. Of course it should be moved, and there's not a need for a comprehensive list, but there's a tone of driving a wooden stake in, by my reading. :(

Note: What's displayed at top of last version of article in mainspace was AFD notice:

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This is an incomplete list of properties once listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) which have since been delisted. There are about 1500 such instances in total. Also included is an intended-to-become complete list of former National Historic Landmarks (NHLs) which were de-designated as NHLs, of which some were delisted while others remain listed on the NRHP. There are approximately 30 such de-designations.

Places are listed on the NRHP originally for their historical merit. They may be important for their architecture, for their association with events and historically important persons, and for other reasons. Places of exceptional merit may further be designated National Historic Landmarks.

Delistings occur relatively rarely, usually when the historic integrity of a site has been lost by demolition, fire, vandalism, or other causes. There are about 1500 such instances in total reflected in the NRIS database.

It is also necessary for the National Park Service, which maintains the National Register, to become aware of the situation. In 2008, a large number of Mississippi properties were delisted after buildings were destroyed by Hurricane Katrina, while there was not a corresponding flurry of delistings in Louisiana, perhaps due to differences in state historical offices' budgets and priorities. There are other instances of buildings being demolished but still being listed, apparently only due to no official notice of the demolition being recognized. These include several properties at Cornell University.

Delisted properties

The locations of delisted National Register properties (at least for all showing latitude and longitude coordinates below) may be seen in a Google map by clicking on "Map of all coordinates". Delisted properties include:

Name	Image	Dates of listing and delisting	Location	County or equivalent, and State	Description
Anderson Street Station		Listed June 22, 1984, removed May 18, 2011	Hackensack	Bergen County, New Jersey	Destroyed by 2009 fire
Evergreen Place		removed in 2008	Nashville	Davidson County, Tennessee	Was one of the earliest homes built in Nashville, and probably the earliest surviving building remaining in Davidson County. The original log section of the house was built circa 1785 by Reverend Thomas B. Craighead, a Presbyterian minister and the first president of Davidson Academy, a forerunner of Peabody College. The log house was expanded and covered in weatherboard and a two-story portico was added around 1832. The home was for at time the location of the Jim Reeves Museum. Although a state law protected pre-1865 dwellings in Davidson County from demolition, in 2004 the property was sold for development of a Home Depot store, and the building was demolished by its owner in 2005 in spite of a "stop work" order.
Home Infirmary		removed in 2008		Montgomery County, Tennessee	No longer exists
Dr. Hun Houses		removed in 1972	Albany	Albany County, New York	demolished within three months of being listed
Jobbers Canyon Historic District		Removed in 2002	Omaha	Douglas County, Nebraska	Demolition of all but one of 24 buildings between 1989 and 1992 represents largest district on Register lost to date
Knickerbocker and Arnink Garages		demolished in 1989	Albany	Albany County, New York	added in 1980, delisted in 1989
Lenoir Cotton Mill		removed in 2002	Lenoir City	Loudon County, Tennessee	added to NRHP in 1973, destroyed by arson in 1991
Ridley’s Landing		removed in 2008		Rutherford County, Tennessee	Home built in the early 19th century by Moses Ridley; was demolished in the late 20th century.
Thomas J. Walker House		removed in 2008	Knoxville	Knox County, Tennessee	Demolished
Gambell Sites	image pending	1962, withdrawn 1989	Gambell 63°46′34″N 171°42′3″W	Nome Census Area, Alaska	These five archeological sites established a chronology of human habitation on St. Lawrence Island, with evidence of four cultural phases of the Thule tradition, beginning approximately 2000 years before the present. Over the 20th century, the archeological value of the sites was largely destroyed due to ivory mining, and landmark designation was withdrawn.
Sourdough Lodge		1978, withdrawn 1994	Gakona 62°18′07″N 145°18′07″W	Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska	Built of logs in 1903-05, this was one of a number of roadhouses built along the Valdez Trail. It was destroyed by fire in 1992, leading to withdrawal of its landmark status. By the time of its destruction, it was one of the oldest continuously-operating roadhouses in Alaska.
Sackville House		1976, removed 2010	East Washington, Pennsylvania 40°10′14″N 80°14′17″W	Washington County, Pennsylvania	Demolished circa 1980 to make way for Olin Fine Arts Center at Washington & Jefferson College.
Pan-Pacific Auditorium		listed in 1978, destroyed 1989		Los Angeles County, California	Destroyed by fire May 24, 1989
South Dakota Department of Transportation Bridge No. 02-007-220		listed in 1999, delisted in 2008		Aurora County, South Dakota	Designed in the Warren Pony Truss style.

Former NHLs de-designated and delisted from the NRHP

There are three known sites that were de-designated and delisted.

	Landmark name	Image	Date declared	Locality	County and State	Description
1	Edwin H. Armstrong House		January 7, 1976	Yonkers	Westchester	Home of scientist and FM radio inventor Edwin H. Armstrong; demolished in 1983 and subsequently de-designated
2	USS Cabot (CVL-28)		June 29, 1990	Brownsville	Cameron County, Texas	dismantled in 2002
3	Florence Mills House		December 8, 1976	Manhattan	New York County, New York	Another house was mistakenly designated as the home of the popular African-American singer and musician based on an error in her address given in a newspaper account of her death. By the time this was discovered, the house had been demolished and replaced with a new structure. The NHL designation was withdrawn and the property delisted from the Register on January 16, 2009.

NHL designation withdrawn, although NRHP listing kept

There are at least three sites that had their National Historic Landmark status withdrawn, while retaining NRHP listing.

Landmark name	Image	Date declared	Locality	County and State	Description
Yancey, William Lowndes, Law Office		1973, withdrawn in 1986	Montgomery 32°22′30″N 86°18′26″W	Montgomery County, Alabama	As a lawyer, populist legislator, firebrand orator, and party leader, William Lowndes Yancey was an important figure in sectional politics in the leadup to the Civil War. He gained national influence as an aggressive advocate of states' rights and exacerbated sectional differences that led to the secession of the Southern states from the Union. He had his law office in this building from 1846 until his death in 1863. Through successive modernizations and restorations in the 1970s and 1980s, the building lost much of the historic integrity for which it was originally designated a landmark, leading to the withdrawal of its designation. It was, however, retained on the National Register of Historic Places.
Soldier Field			Chicago	Cook County, Illinois
Gambell Sites