By John Ruch
The Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation is accepting nominations for its 2024 “Places in Peril,” an annual list of the state’s 10 most endangered historic places.
The purpose of the list is to raise awareness of endangered sites and boost preservation efforts. That includes not only buildings but also districts, archaeological sites and “cultural landscapes.” The threat can be outright demolition as well as danger from lack of maintenance, redevelopment plans and the like.
To be considered for the list, a site must: be eligible for listing on the National or Georgia Registers of Historic Places, must face a “serious threat to their existence or historical, architectural and/or archaeological integrity” and have “a demonstrable level of community commitment and support for the preservation.”
An Atlanta property on the 2023 list was 229 Auburn Ave., a long-vacant office building in Sweet Auburn that housed Georgia’s first state-chartered Black-owned bank and a branch of the Atlanta Life Insurance Company, an important Black-owned business.
The submission deadline for the 2024 “Places in Peril” list is June 19. The list will be announced in November. For details, see the Georgia Trust website.
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