Today's Preservation News

Today's News

• Memphis Church To Fall for CVS
  Memphis' 1954 Union Avenue United Methodist Church is listed on the National Register.
  
  
• Connecticut Inn Agrees To Restore 1780s House
  The Grumman-St. John House will be restored.
  
  
• Tacoma Rehabs its Spanish Steps
  The city of Tacoma, Wash., is restoring its 1916 Spanish Steps, neglected for decades.
  
  
• Addition to Louis Kahn's Synagogue Draws Criticism
  Architects have criticized a new addition to the Chappaqua, N.Y., structure.
  
  
• S.D. County Discovers National Register-listed Meth Lab
  A 1919 general store was heavily damaged by a meth lab.
  
  
• Group Hopes To Save Ohio House
  Hundreds of residents of Vermilion, Ohio, hope to save the Harbor View mansion.
  
  
• Archaeologists Find 17th-Century Structure in Maine
  An archaeological dig at Colonial Pemaquid found new features last week.
  
  
• New Plan To Save Los Angeles' Century Plaza Hotel
  The owner of the 1966 icon will renovate, not restore, the hotel.
  
  
• Navy Asks Equestrian Center To Vacate Hawaiian WWII Site
  Long used as horse barns, Barbers Point's concrete half-domes will be abandoned.
  
  
• Arizona Mission Faces Hurdles
  One tower of San Xavier has been restored, but the other will have to wait for funding.