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Utah’s Most Endangered Places: A Yearly Report

Released every May during Preservation Month, our annual list highlights the state's threatened historic sites, buildings, and cultural resources, which are at risk of being lost forever. This annual list serves as a call to action, identifying places of significant historical and architectural value facing challenges such as demolition or collapse due to neglect, development, natural disaster, or a combination thereof. By raising awareness about these, Preservation Utah aims to mobilize communities, policymakers, and stakeholders to support preservation efforts. 

 

Considerations for “most endangered list”

  • Historic Significance

  • Local Support

  • Urgency 

  • Potential Solutions

  • Historically Underrepresented Communities

  • Location and Setting

  • Design, Materials, Workmanship

Its Endangered - Preservation Utah Advocacy

While it is not feasible to save every building or structure, our mission at Preservation Utah is to save as many as possible, advocate for preservation in our state, and empower others to preserve Utah's built history and cultural treasures. These structures are in danger of demolition or collapse due to neglect, development, natural disaster, or a combination thereof. We ask that people in the surrounding neighborhoods and communities where these structures are located make their voices heard to help save these historic buildings and places. Reach out to your local, state, and/or church leaders; form community groups; interact with the media in your area; and advocate to save your local history.

 

The lists are not ranked; rather, the historic sites are listed in alphabetical order by county.

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Do you know of threatened buildings or spaces in Utah?

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2025 List

We will release our second annual Most Endangered List for 2025 as part of our Preservation Month initative in May. 

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Do you know of threatened buildings or spaces in Utah that you want included in this years Most Endangered?

2024 List and Updates​

  • Cache County - Logan Main Street

  • Salt Lake County - Abravanel Hall and Japantown, West High School, Fifth Ward Meetinghouse, LDS Wells Ward, Historic Districts of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake City's West Side, Our Lady of Lourdes

  • ​San Juan County - Oljato Trading Post

  • ​Summit County - A-Frames, Byron T. Mitchell Home, Thaynes Headframe Building, Silver King Headframe Building, and Silver King Mill 

  • ​Washington County - Adminsitration Building, Pioneer Courthouse

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