When Anderson Cooper bought a historic former fire patrol house in New York’s Greenwich Village for…
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Cheyenne’s Twin Chimneys motor court stood for almost 90 years; this week its landmark chimneys fell in about 30 seconds to make way for a drive-thru coffee shop
The twin chimneys were saved until the end of the demolition. The Twin Chimneys Motor Court…
In 1876, Los Angeles built the Perry House; 99 years later it was moved to Heritage Square for preservation, and at 150 its normally closed second floor opened to visitors
Los Angeles preservationists have marked a rare milestone as the historic Perry Mansion celebrated its 150th…
Built in 1897, Santa Monica’s last intact shotgun house was nearly demolished in 1997; after multiple moves and restoration, it now serves as a preservation centre
Santa Monica’s historic 1897 Shotgun House found new life as a Preservation Resource Center (Image Credit:…
In 1947, Houston opened a 700-plus-seat Art Deco theater; 79 years later, after demolition was planned, supporters raised $2.8 million toward saving the $7.1 million property
The Garden Oaks Theater opened in 1947 as a 700-plus-seat Art Deco cinema and is now…
In 1941, US Steel built a summer camp lodge at Indiana Dunes; after about 50 years closed, it has reopened and workers found an original time capsule hidden in its walls
According to the report, in 1941, the U.S. Steel Company built the lodge for the children…
In 2012, a derelict 1866 Washington house was listed on a waterfront lot worth more without it; preservationists spent 6 years buying it and 8 more restoring it before reopening it in 2026
Picture from the book ‘Granville Haller: Leader’ by Martin N. Chamberlain via Historicwhidbey.org In 2012, a…
Laurance Rockefeller first saw undeveloped St. John from a boat in 1952; his conservation group later acquired about 5,000 acres and gave them to create a US national park
Laurance Rockefeller on St. John at Caneel Bay (Image Credit: National Park Service) What if one…
In 2024, a 192,560 sq ft industrial project won approval on 22 acres beside New Jersey’s Monmouth battlefield; two years later the state paid $15 million to preserve the former strawberry farm as part of the park
In 2024, Monmouth County officials approved a massive 192,560-square-foot industrial development on 22 acres of farmland…