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LeConte Memorial Lodge Yosemite
National Park (©Sierra Club)

74th Pa. Infantry Monument
Gettysburg, Pa. (Gettysburg National Military Park)
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TRANSITIONS
THREATENED
1903 LeConte Memorial Lodge, Yosemite National Park:
operated by Sierra Club as National Historic Landmark
museum and library, proposed for removal under bill
introduced by U.S. Representative George Radanovich
(R-Calif.) in response to environmentalists' opposition
to reestablishing campsites wiped out by flood
1875 All Saints Chapel, Raleigh, N.C.:
built in carpenter Gothic style as sanctuary of Church
of the Good Shepherd, which has applied for demolition
permit
Bridges
and other historic structures of Madison County, Iowa:
potentially targets for arsonists, who have destroyed
one bridge, damaged another, and damaged farmhouse
used in Clint Eastwood movie based on Robert James
Waller's best-selling novel
SAVED
1927 Bridge of Lions, St. Augustine: scheduled for
rehab after 25-year battle by local group and National
Trust to prevent replacement of drawbridge guarded
by marble beasts
RECKLESS
Drivers in Gettysburg National Military Park: One
topples 1888 74th Pennsylvania Infantry Monument,
another
destroys Civil War cannon carriage and 80 feet of
historic fence
LOST 19th-c.
Hamlet, Calif.: built as railroad stop and fishing
settlement, bought by Point Reyes National Seashore
in 1988, demolished because of buildings' decay
1929
Hollywood Bowl band shell, Hollywood, Calif.:
cleared away for replacement after persistent complaints
about acoustics and small size
RESTORED
1947 Norfolk & Western Railway Passenger Station,
Roanoke, Va.: converted to museum for railroad-life
photographs by O. Winston Link
Turn-of-20th-c. Druid Hills parks, Atlanta:
designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, spared destruction
by freeway proposed in 1960s, fixed up with $4 million
in public and private funds
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