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7 unusual facts about National Trust for Historic Preservation


Bonnie R. Cohen

She would eventually become an investment consultant to the Stanford University endowment; treasurer of the United Mine Workers of America's Health and Retirement Funds; and senior vice president of the National Trust for Historic Preservation.

Cathedral of Saint Vibiana

The structure was listed on the country's "11 Most Endangered Places" by the National Trust for Historic Preservation.

DeTour Reef Light

In 1998, the National Trust for Historic Preservation named Michigan’s historic lighthouses, with DeTour Reef Light being their prime example to their 1998 List of America’s 11 Most Endangered Historic Places.

Modjeska Monteith Simkins House

Additional support came from the National Trust for Historic Preservation, the Historic Charleston Foundation, the Historic Columbia Foundation, and the Columbia Housing Authority.

Robert H. Thayer

Thayer was appointed a trustee of the National Trust for Historic Preservation from 1966 and was vice-chairman from 1975 to 1977.

Two Brothers Roundhouse

The complex received a National Preservation Award on October 22, 1999, only days before Payton's death.

United States Marine Hospital of Louisville

In 2003, the National Trust for Historic Preservation (NTHP) placed the building on its America's Most Endangered Places list, which helped spark public interest in restoring it.


Burton Jastram

Jastram belonged to the Museum Societies of both San Francisco and Oakland, Delta Sigma Chi Architectural Honor Society, National Trust for Historic Preservation, The Big "C" Society, and was a life member of the Mechanics' Institutes.

Children's Museum of Pittsburgh

The addition has received numerous awards, including a 2009 National Medal for Museum and Library Service from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, National Trust for Historic Preservation award, LEED silver certification, and an award from American Institute of Architects.

David E. Finley

Finley's son, David E. Finley, Jr., a prominent cultural leader in the United States in the 20th Century, served as the first director of the National Gallery of Art and the founding chairman of the National Trust for Historic Preservation.

J. Clifford Hudson

Clifford Hudson (born 1954, Dallas) is an American business executive best known for serving as chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Oklahoma City-based Sonic Corp. He also serves as a trustee of the Ford Foundation and was a past chairman of the board of the National Trust for Historic Preservation.

James Howard Kunstler

He has lectured at Harvard, Yale, Columbia, Dartmouth, Cornell, MIT, RPI, the University of Virginia and many other colleges, and he has appeared before many professional organizations such as the AIA, the APA, and the National Trust for Historic Preservation.

Marc Leepson

His work has appeared in many magazines and newspapers, including The Washington Post, The New York Times, The New York Times Book Review, Chicago Tribune, The Baltimore Sun, and Smithsonian, Preservation, and Military History magazines.

Sara Fitzmaurice

Fitzmaurice and her team launched the Philip Johnson Glass House as a site of the National Trust for Historic Preservation; helped to grow Performa to become one of the U.S.'s most important visual art performance biennials; provides strategic public relations to the Sharjah Art Foundation in the UAE; and, has represented galleries including Gagosian, Sean Kelly, and Lehmann Maupin.

Virginia Tech Foundation

Hotel Roanoke A member of the Historic Hotels of America program administered by the National Trust for Historic Preservation.


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Jacob Haight Morrison

1974, two months before his death, Morrison and his wife received the Louise DuPont Crownshield Award from the National Trust for Historic Preservation for their outstanding work.