Preservation Oklahoma is set to list Route 66 bridges and other of the historic highway’s resources as one of Oklahoma’s Most Endangered Historic Places in 2011, according to a news brief today in the Tulsa Beacon.
Preservation Oklahoma’s list will not be announced until tomorrow. But according to the newspaper, the endangered list will include:
- First Presbyterian Church, Atoka
- Archaeological sites (statewide)
- Midland Valley Office Building, Muskogee
- Historic hospitals/medical complexes (statewide)
- 1600 NW 16th St., Oklahoma City
- Route 66 resources and bridges in particular (statewide)
- Douglass High School (Page Woodson), Oklahoma City
- Quanah Parker Star House, Cache
- Chilocco Indian School, Kay County
- The Tulsa Club, Tulsa
- Hopewell Church, Edmond
- Grain elevators (statewide)
It’s likely the imminent replacement of the westbound 1936 Bird Creek Bridge near Catoosa prompted Preservation Oklahoma to place the remaining historic bridges on the Mother Road on its endangered list.
UPDATE: The Oklahoman’s story about the endangered properties announcement also included saved properties from previous years’ lists, including the Phillips 66 gas station in Chandler and the Gold Dome in Oklahoma City, both on Route 66.