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` Ff 6p p e _ Year 11 Most Threat ( s ) Status Update NATIONAL TRUST ' ' ' 1' HISTORIC PRESERVATION.. Listing 1997 Montezuma Years of disuse, deferred . The Montezuma Castle has been recognized as one of Castle, maintenance and vandalism "America's Treasures." A $3 million challenge grant Montezuma, NM have severely damaged this has kicked off a capital campaign for the $ 10 million resort hotel. needed to renovate and adaptively reuse the Castle as a an international center by the United World College F of the American West. , 1998 Governors Island In 1997 , v the U. S . Coast FAVORABLE The City and the State have agreed upon a general re-use New York, NY Guard closed what was plan. Senator Moynihan of NY has introduced America' s oldest continuously legislation directing the GSA to transfer the Island' s occupied military post. It now ownership to a subsidiary of the Empire State faces an uncertain future. Development Corporation, which would then manage & 1 its redevelopment. Provided that Congress approves r the transfer — and that is not certain — the district' s future will depend on the development firm, as well tke as on the city and state's financial commitment to ongoing maintenance and security. 1998 Historically Black Inadequate funding threatens FAVORABLE Thanks to efforts by Preservation Action, the National: Colleges and the future of many campus Trust and key Congressional leaders, the Department of Universities, landmarks. the Interior granted $4. 9 million for the preservation rr 491 Nationwide and restoration of 13 HBCUs . The nonprofit United Negro College Fund has helped match these federal grants. ft .; 1998 Cannery Row Intensive development FAVORABLE � P Shortly after the listing, the City of Monterey Monterey, CA threatens to overwhelm released the survey of historic resources in Cannery Cannery Row 's historic Row that preservationists had requested. In March a character. 2000 the Mayor and City Council formally adopted the survey for Cannery Row along with a citywide ; historic preservation Master Plan and historic zoning ordinance. As of Spring 2000, however, Cannery Row faces a new threat from developers who plan to build a massive hotel next to — ` and towering over — Doc Rickett's lab. 1 1998 Chancellorsville This once-rural area sits FAVORABLE Thanks to the attention generated by the Trust's r� Battlefield, astride a major transportation 11 Most listing, Congress appropriated $5 .5 million Spotsylvama corridor in one of the nation 's to purchase additional land and better protect the County, VA fastest growing regions , hallowed grounds of Chancellorsville. Conservation groups, in a separate action, have protected 500 acres of land surrounding the battlefield. Additionally, in June 2000, the National Park Service purchased ' more than 170 acres in and around the battlefield. 1998 Monocac More than a century fury of floods, FAVORABLE In May, the National Park Service announced a new Aqueduct, coupled with a chronic lack of plan to stabilize the bridge with invisible, interior ram! Frederick and funds for maintenance, has supports. The stabilization effort will cost $5 .6 million. 791) Montgomery caused serious deterioration The National Park Service has provided some funding counties, MD of the structure's stonework, to complete the engineering design for the Monocacy W Aqueduct. Plans are in place for rehabilitation to begin "` in 2002 if Congressional appropriations are secured. ' 1998 Michigan 's Since advances in navigation FAVORABLE g The National Trust's Midwest regional office exercised Historic technology have made De a lead role in a two-year effort with the Michigan State Lighthouses, Tour Reef Light and its Historic Preservation Office and the Michigan Historic Exemplified by counterparts obsolete, the Preservation Network in developing the Michigan State DeTour Reef Light, federal government is Historic Lighthouse Project, which officially opened Chippewa choosing to dispose of these for business in the fall of 1999 . To date, over $3 .2 County, MI historic properties, million has been secured for project operations and lighthouse grants from government and private sector sources . National legislation has recently been introduced that would help identify federal lighthouses that would benefit from preservation strategies .