National Trust for Historic Preservation

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For other National Trusts, see National Trust.

The National Trust for Historic Preservation is an American member-supported organization that was founded in 1949 by congressional charter to support preservation of historic buildings and neighborhoods through a range of programs and activities.

Its mission statement states:

"The National Trust for Historic Preservation provides leadership, education and advocacy to save America's diverse historic places and revitalize our communities."

1 National Trust Historic Sites
2 Historic Hotels of America
3 National Trust Community Investment Corporation
4 "America's 11 Most Endangered Places"
5 See also
6 External links

[edit] National Trust Historic Sites

Twenty-nine sites are designated as National Trust Historic Sites. Most are owned by the National Trust for Historic Preservation and operated by other non-profit organizations (e.g., Farnsworth House); some are owned and operated by the National Trust for Historic Preservation (e.g., Drayton Hall); and some are owned and operated by other non-profit organizations and hold a long-term cooperative agreement with the National Trust for Historic Preservation (e.g., Lower East Side Tenement Museum). These sites currently include:

Acoma Sky City, Acoma Pueblo, New Mexico
The African Meeting House and Abiel Smith School, Boston, Massachusetts
The African Meeting House, Nantucket, Massachusetts
Belle Grove Plantation, Middletown, Virginia
Brucemore, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Chesterwood, Stockbridge, Massachusetts
Cliveden, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Cooper-Molera Adobe, Monterey, California
Decatur House, Washington, DC
Drayton Hall, Charleston, South Carolina
Farnsworth House, Plano, Illinois
Filoli, Woodside, California
Gaylord Building, Lockport, Illinois
Glass House, New Canaan, Connecticut
Hotel de Paris, Georgetown, Colorado
Kykuit, Tarrytown, New York
Lincoln Cottage, Washington, DC
Lower East Side Tenement Museum, New York, New York
Lyndhurst, Tarrytown, New York
James Madison's Montpelier, Orange, Virginia
Oatlands Plantation, Leesburg, Virginia
Pope-Leighey House, Alexandria, Virginia
Frederick C. Robie House, Chicago, Illinois
Shadows-on-the-Teche, New Iberia, Louisiana
Touro Synagogue, Newport, Rhode Island
Woodlawn Plantation, Alexandria, Virginia
Woodrow Wilson House, Washington, DC
Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio, Oak Park, Illinois
Villa Finale, San Antonio, Texas

[edit] Historic Hotels of America

The National Trust has also compiled a list of hotels registered as "Historic Hotels of America" because they are at least 50 years old and have faithfully maintained their historic character and ambiance.

[edit] National Trust Community Investment Corporation

NTCIC, the for-profit subsidiary of the National Trust, makes equity investments in real estate projects that qualify for federal historic tax credits and when available, state historic and New Markets Tax Credits.

[edit] "America's 11 Most Endangered Places"

Each year since 1988, the National Trust for Historic Preservation has compiled a list of "America's 11 Most Endangered Places" in an effort to protect America's architectural, cultural, and natural heritage. In recent years this list has included: