America 's first permanent English settlement , a military club for African-American officers , an unused airline terminal and Houston 's Astrodome have all been labeled `` endangered '' by the National Trust for Historic Preservation . The trust 's 26th annual list of America 's 11 most endangered historic places spotlights significant architectural , cultural and other structures and places at risk of destruction by human or natural forces . `` The listing on the '11 most endangered list ' has a tremendous effect in mobilizing constituencies to find a productive way '' to save these places and `` usher them into their next chapter , '' said Stephanie Meeks , president and CEO of the nonprofit National Trust for Historic Preservation . Over the last 25 years , `` we 've had a 97 % success rate '' of saving places on the list , Meeks said . Local coalitions `` get a big boost and additional support emerges from the shadows when people learn for the first time that a resource is threatened . '' Airports where architecture soars . A black officers ' club in Arizona , the spiritual center of African-American life in Maine and a general store/residence for Chinese-American laborers in California also made the list this year , a result of the trust 's outreach to minority communities `` to represent diverse facets of American history , '' she said . Anyone can nominate a place for inclusion on the list , she said . Trust employees decide the final list , looking at the national significance of the structure or place , the urgency of the threat facing the place ( whether by people or nature ) and the possibility of a successful resolution . The existence of a coalition with a plan to save the place also helps . View the photo gallery above to see the full list of 11 endangered places . 8 amazing outdoor music venues .
A military club for African-American officers is in danger of demolition , the trust says . The river abutting the first permanent English settlement in America is in jeopardy . And so on and so forth...