Tennessee Preservation Trust Releases List of Top Ten Endangered Sites

The Tennessee Preservation Trust released a list today of the top ten endangered historic sites in the state.

The trust’s executive director Dan Brown says the list of locations, nominated by the public, should draw attention to the sites and encourage the public to preserve them.

He says that if they are lost, people could lose an important part of their identity.

Brown gives the example of Rutherford County’s Ragland Court Subdivision built in the 1930s. It runs the risk of being demolished by Middle Tennessee State University as the college expands its campus.

“When these areas are wiped out people want their place back. They want that old neighbourhood. They want that environment that they had. That’s them. That’s their history that’s their past. That’s their grandparents. That’s their identity. ”

The trust will begin working with the public to preserve this site and others on the list which include the Franklin Cinema, the Civil War battlefield at Spring Hill and the Natchez Trace Parkway.

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To see the full list of endangered sites and their descriptions, click here.