List of destroyed heritage of the United States
This is a list of destroyed heritage of the United States. The year of demolition is marked in parentheses.
This is a list of cultural-heritage sites that have been damaged or destroyed accidentally, deliberately, or by a natural disaster, sorted by state. Only those buildings and structures which fulfill Wikipedia's standards of notability should be included. The simplest test of this is whether the building or structure has its own article page.
Cultural heritage can be subdivided into two main types—tangible and intangible heritage. The former includes built heritage such as religious buildings, museums, monuments, and archaeological sites, as well as movable heritage such as works of art and manuscripts. Intangible cultural heritage includes customs, music, fashion and other traditions within a particular culture.[1][2] This article mainly deals with the destruction of built heritage; the destruction of movable collectable heritage is dealt with in art destruction, whilst the destruction of movable industrial heritage remains almost totally ignored.
California[]
District of Columbia[]
- Raleigh Hotel (1964)
Illinois[]
- Chicago Federal Building (1965)
- Garrick Theater (1961)
- Home Insurance Building
- Masonic Temple (1939)
Michigan[]
- Detroit City Hall (1961)
- J. L. Hudson Department Store and Addition (1998)
Minnesota[]
- Metropolitan Building (1961)
Missouri[]
- Kiel Auditorium (1992)
New Jersey[]
New Orleans[]
- New Orleans Cotton Exchange (1964)
New York[]
- Hotel Astor (1967)[4][5][6]
- City Hall Post Office and Courthouse (1939)
- City Investing Building (1968)
- Gillender Building (1910)
- Hudson Terminal (1971)
- Larkin Administration Building (1950)
- Lewisohn Stadium (1973)
- Madison Square Garden (1926)
- New York World Building (1955)
- Pennsylvania Station (1963)[7][8][9]
- Roxy Theatre (1960)
- Singer Building (1968)[10]
- World Trade Center (2001)
Ohio[]
Pennsylvania[]
- Broad Street Station (1953)
- Carnegie Building (1952)
- Wabash Pittsburgh Terminal (1954)
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "What is meant by "cultural heritage"?". UNESCO. Archived from the original on 16 March 2016.
- ^ Stenning, Stephen (21 August 2015). "Destroying cultural heritage: more than just material damage". British Council. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015.
- ^ Carino, Jerry (August 29, 2016) "In Long Branch, a President Slept Here – A Lot", Asbury Park Press. Retrieved May 6, 2020.
- ^ Young, Greg; Myers, Tom. "A trip to Times Square 1904: The Hotel Astor arrives". The Bowery Boys New York City History. The Bowery Boys. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
- ^ "Hotel Astor". New York AGO. New York City Chapter of the American Guild of Organists. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
- ^ "Hotel Astor, New York City, New York". Historic Structures. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
- ^ Broyles, Susannah. "Penn Station and the Rise of Historic Preservation". MCNY Blog: New York Stories. Museum of the City of New Yotk. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
- ^ Low, William (2007). Old Penn Station. New York: Henry Holt. ISBN 9780805079258. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
- ^ Bryant, Nick. "How Penn Station saved New York's architectural history". BBC. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
- ^ Gray, Christopher (2 January 2005). "Once the Tallest Building, but Since 1967 a Ghost". New York Times. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
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