Cover Stories
Connecticut
"Federal Court Rules on Merritt Parkway Project"
May 2006: We are pleased to report that U.S. District Judge Mark R. Kravitz has ruled in favor of the Merritt Parkway Conservancy, the National Trust for Historic Preservation, the Connecticut Trust for Historic Preservation, and a number of other organizations, in a case challenging the expansion of a double interchange on the Merritt Parkway at Route 7 and Main Avenue in Norwalk. Read More >>
"Merritt Parkway Interchange Challenged"
July 2005: The Merritt Parkway Conservancy and the National Trust for Historic Preservation, together with the Norwalk Land Trust, the Norwalk Preservation Trust, and the Norwalk River Watershed Association, recently filed a lawsuit against the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), seeking to downsize the massive new interchange project on the historic Merritt Parkway at Route 7 and Main Avenue in Norwalk, CT. Read More >>
Delaware
"Tyler McConnell Bridge Will Stay"
August 2005: "You can't always get what you want, but you just might find you get what you need," sing the Rolling Stones. Such is the case in Wilmington, DE, where officials with the Delaware Department of Transportation (DelDOT) recently announced it will not pursue demolition of the National Register-eligible Tyler McConnell Bridge. Read More >>
Maine
"Rediscovering a Piece of American History"
February 2007: As the third oldest extant African meetinghouse in the United States, the circa 1828 Abyssinian Meeting House was long the religious, educational and cultural center of Portland, Maine’s black community. Read More >>
"Preserving Black Heritage along the Maine Coast"
December 2005: Between the 1930s and 1974, if you were an African American vacationing in the Kittery, Maine area, "Rock Rest" was the place to stay. For generations, owners Clayton and Hazel Sinclair opened their home as a guesthouse, providing comfortable lodging and delicious home cooking to travelers and vacationers. Guests gathered around the family dining room table for meals, relaxed on the enclosed porch, and enjoyed the flowers and vegetables of Mrs. Sinclair’s gardens. Read More >>
Massachusetts
"Massachusetts Tax Credit Succeeds"
April 2005: The Massachusetts Historical Rehabilitation Tax Credit, now in its second year, has exceeded all expectations for success. Enacted as a part of Governor Mitt Romney's emergency economic stimulus legislation in late 2003, this 5-year pilot program continues to provide much needed financial assistance to preservation projects throughout the Commonwealth. Read More >>
New Hampshire
"Seeking Proposals for "the Very Sweetest Spot""
September 2006: Now is the time for preservation-minded developers, organizations, individuals and agencies to join the Campaign to Protect the Daniel Webster Family Farm, which Webster himself described as "the sweetest spot in the world." The Trust for Public Land (TPL) and its partners are seeking requests for preliminary proposals (RPP) from qualified developers and/or occupants for economically viable reuses of all or some of seven buildings on this remarkable site. Read More >>
"Working to Save the Daniel Webster Farm"
September 2005: The Webster Family Farm in Franklin, NH has been a busy place since its June 2nd listing by the National Trust as one of 2005's 11 Most Endangered Historic Places. In early July, developers P.D. Real Estate Consultants purchased the property and formally took ownership of the 140 acres and the group of historic buildings. Read More >>
New Jersey
"Calling All Advocates"
August 2007: The cell phone may be regarded as one of the great technological inventions of our time but the place where it all happened may soon face a disconnection notice. New development threatens the massive 472-acre Bell Laboratories complex in Holmdel, NJ. In response, the National Trust, Preservation New Jersey, DOCOMOMO, the Recent Past Preservation Network and other local, state and national organizations are coming together to help find a win-win solution. Read More >>
"Places Don’t Save Themselves"
November 2005: Even if the protection of a historic place eventually involves a large group of concerned citizens, the process often begins with one person who sees a threat and cares enough to do something about it. That's how it started about 15 years ago in the small northern New Jersey community of Oradell. There the Hackensack Water Works closed in the early 1990s. Read More >>
New York
"Staircase Preserved"
April/May 2008: The Vesey Street Staircase in Lower Manhattan, NY, is back from the brink of destruction. Read More >>
"Preservation at the World Trade Center Site: Success Below Ground, Setbacks Above"
March 2007: The National Trust along with the Preservation League of New York State, the World Monuments Fund, New York Landmarks Conservancy, and the Municipal Art Society—our partner organizations in the Lower Manhattan Emergency Preservation Fund (LMEPF)—have advocated for a wide variety of protective measures and preservation activities at the World Trade Center site. Read More >>
"Plans for Cement Plant Cancelled"
May 2005: Great news from the Hudson River Valley! In late April, the Canadian-based St. Lawrence Cement Company (SLCC) announced that it is dropping its plans to build a massive coalfired cement plant that would have risen to 40 stories on a hilltop near Hudson, NY. Read More >>
Pennsylvania
"Trust Responds to Philadelphia’s Plan"
February 2006: National Trust President Richard Moe has said, "Abandoned buildings can break a neighborhood's heart. Demolished buildings can destroy its soul." Philadelphia, PA, the fourth largest city in the U.S., has the country's highest number of abandoned properties. Read More >>
"Quarantine Station’s Future is Uncertain (Again)"
July 2006: Five years ago it seemed that one of the few remaining examples of quarantine stations that once protected the nation's ports from the introduction of "imported" communicable diseases, like yellow fever and cholera—the Lazaretto in Tinicum Township, PA— might be lost forever. The National Trust's Northeast Field Office became involved in the fight to protect the site when it joined the Lazaretto Feasibility Committee, comprised of local citizens and preservationists, including representatives from the Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia, the National Park Service, and the Delaware County Planning Department. Read More >>
"Don’t Gamble with Gettysburg’s Future"
November/December 2006: Among the most sacred places in our nation, the Gettysburg Battlefield in Gettysburg, PA, ranks near the top of the list. Yet a proposed gambling casino within cannon range of the battlefield would blatantly exploit the name of Gettysburg and stand in shameful contrast to what the site embodies. Read More >>
Rhode Island
"New Coalition Works to Save RI Tax Credit"
April 2006: Historic preservation tax credits can be a key tool in the preservation of historic resources. The National Trust, through its Public Policy department and Regional Offices, advocates for the adoption and protection of state tax credits, which are often modeled on the federal program and sometimes include assistance to private homeowners. Read More >>
Vermont
"A New Life for an Old Building in Vermont"
March 2006: So often, it's the day to day projects that turn to magic that remind preservationists why we do what we do. In 2004, the Shared Field Service Representatives of the Preservation Trust of Vermont and the National Trust's Northeast Office received a phone call from a Lamoille County Grange member with a familiar story of dwindling membership and a building that needed work: an 1847 Greek Revival style academy building in Morrisville, VT. Known as the Poor People's Academy, to distinguish it from residence academies, it was being used as the local Grange hall. Read More >>
"Local Vermont Landmark Restored"
March 2005: Contractors are putting finishing touches on Poultney, VT's Stonebridge Inn following a phenomenal effort by the community to save this local landmark after it was ravaged by fire in 1996. The temple-front Greek Revival house was built in 1808 and extensively remodeled in 1840 for Merritt Clark, president of the Rutland and Washington Railroad. At the time of the fire, the mansion served as a bed-andbreakfast. Read More >>
Regional
"Lowe's Awards Ten Grants for Restoration Projects"
January 2007: The National Trust for Historic Preservation and the Lowe's Charitable and Educational Foundation are pleased to announce the ten recipients of this year's preservation Fund Grants. "All of the projects selected represent unique and irreplaceable parts of our American heritage, and thanks to the funding from Lowe's, we'll be able to help ensure their preservation for future generations," said Richard Moe, president of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Read More >>
