6 sites added to Alabama’s Places in Peril list
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The Alabama Historical Commission has announced its 2025 Places in Peril list, hoping to bring awareness to six historical sites across the state that need some extra help to survive.
This year’s sites include:
- Ariton Universalist Church, Dale County
- Burnt Corn Bethany Baptist Church, Conecuh County
- Georgiana Pedestrian Bridge, Butler County
- Lincoln Theater, Jefferson County
- McCafferty House, Mobile County
- Whistlers Citizen Cemetery, Mobile County
Alabama Historical Commission
Since 1994, the AHC and partners have collaborated on the Places in Peril list to bring public attention to historical and archaeological sites that are being threatened by demolition due to neglect or lack of financial support.
The project hopes to propel plans for preservation of these sites to assure their stories are told for years to come.
“For over 30 years, the Alabama Historical Commission’s Places in Peril program has highlighted Alabama’s most at‑risk
Lisa D. Jones, Executive Director, Alabama Historical Commission and State Historic Preservation Officer
historic properties. Recognizing a site is our way of emphasizing its importance and encouraging the preservation efforts
needed to ensure its future.”
You can find all six of this year’s sites plus others on the Alabama Historic Preservation Map which is constantly updated and provides in-depth information for each site.
Places in Peril nominations
The Places in Peril are selected through a nomination process which runs through October each year.
The 2026 nomination period will start in May with further information to be released during National Historic Preservation Month.
The commission also partners with Alabama Heritage, which publishes the Places in Peril listing each year.
“Each year, Alabama Heritage is honored to publish the Alabama Historical Commission’s (AHC) ‘Places in Peril’ article. Saving historically significant sites is a goal we share, and the annual feature and photographs in our spring issue allow us a special opportunity to work together and alert the public to endangered landmarks and sites. Readers seeing a building or a landmark along with its accompanying story brings history to life at a time when we need to protect it the most. Our state is fortunate to have the dedicated people at the AHC to help all of us preserve our stories.”
Alabama Heritage
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