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Mobile & Ohio Railroad machine
shops, Prichard, Ala.

Stapleton Airport hangar,
Denver (Lawrence
Walsh, Colorado Preservation, Inc.)
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TRANSITIONS
LOST 1854
Mobile & Ohio Railroad machine shops, Prichard, Ala.:
long brick building with open arcades and raised skylight
was state's oldest surviving railroad building; demolished
this winter after efforts to clean up soil contamination
failed
1906
Studebaker plant, Detroit: four-story warehouse
used by Studebaker for many years in city's New Center
area, the nucleus of automobile companies and suppliers
in industry's early days, destroyed in spectacular
June blaze
GOING, GOING ... 1964
Busch Stadium, St. Louis: last of a generation of
elliptical multipurpose stadiums used for professional
baseball and football; baseball's Cardinals will play
next season in new vintage-style ballpark
RESTORED 1901 Healdsburg
Inn, Healdsburg, Calif.: 12-room hostelry facing town
plaza received seismic upgrade and restoration of
trim, molding, and sealed windows and fireplaces;
opened in August after six-month renovation
SAVED c. 1790 Robert
Preston House, Washington County, Va.: descendants
of Revolution-era surveyor recently sold county's
oldest frame structure to developer with plans to
build shopping center on site; in May, city of Bristol
donated land half-mile away for relocation and restoration
of house as museum
1959 Stapleton Airport hangar, Denver: developer
of vast residential neighborhood at site of former
international airport in process of conveying diamond-shaped
Hangar 61 to local businessman, who hopes to create
offices inside
THREATENED c. 1910
Kootenai Lodge, Lake County, Mont.: lodges, dining
halls, and cabins remain at former retreat for mining
barons; Florida developer plans to demolish several
structures and alter others to build condominiums,
boat slips, a pool, and roads
1907 Klotz Throwing Co. silk mill, Lonaconing, Md.:
closed in 1957 but not dismantled, still contains
original machinery and country's largest collection
of silk documents; leaky roof and offers to buy old-growth
timber beams, pillars, and flooring now jeopardize
the site
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