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~`~ JACKSON STREET <br />WATER TOWER <br />Location: Elk River <br />Built: 1920 <br />Status: National Register listing in <br />progress <br />An icon of Elk River's rapid growth and a <br />local engineering achievement, but no <br />longer in use. Owned by the city's utility <br />commission, which announced plans to <br />dismantle it in 2008. Elk River Heritage <br />Preservation Commission opposes <br />demolition, hopes to nominate the water <br />tower to the National Register of Historic <br />Places and access grant funds for <br />maintenance and rehabilitation. <br />DREDGE <br />WILLIAM A. THOMPSON <br />Location: Mississippi River, near <br />Winona <br />Built: 1937 <br />Status: National Register listing in <br />progress <br />Maintained channel widths and depths <br />on the Mississippi River for nearly 80 <br />years. Measuring 267 feet in length, the <br />dredge was propelled by 650 HP engines, <br />and. operated by nearly 70 crew <br />members. Decommissioned by the Army <br />Corps of Engineers in 2006. Friends of the <br />Thompson hopes to find a permanent <br />home for exhibition or reuse to save the <br />dredge from becoming scrap. <br />PRESERVATION <br />ALLIANCE <br />OP <br />MINNESOTA <br />® HOWE SCHOOL <br />Location: Minneapolis <br />Built: 1927 <br />Status: Not yet evaluated <br />Served students and broader community <br />of the Longfellow neighborhood until <br />2005. Several reuse proposals for <br />housing, charter schools, and artists' live- <br />work space have been rejected by <br />Minneapolis Public Schools (MPS) despite <br />interest and action by concerned citizens. <br />Now proposed for total demolition by <br />MPS in order to build athletic fields for <br />nearby middle school. <br />FERGUS FALLS REGIONAL <br />TREATMENT CENTER <br />Location: Fergus Falls <br />Built: 1888-1907 <br />Status: Listed in the National <br />Register of Historic Places <br />Massive three-story, U-shaped building <br />has been vacant since 2007. Tours by <br />local preservation advocates, Friends of <br />the Kirkbride, draw large crowds during <br />the summer. City is concerned about <br />local taxpayer obligation, wants to use up <br />to $7 million in approved state bonding <br />funds to clear the site and develop <br />housing. Rehab options must gain <br />traction by summer 2012 or city will pull <br />the plug. <br />r ='~ <br />tr+ r <br />u F <br />Photogr.: , ,, er. <br />,. <br />~'-~ ~, <br />t .. <br />©.IOHNSTON HALL <br />Location: Faribault <br />Built: 1888 <br />3 <br />'_~ <br />Status: Listed in the National <br />Register of Historic Places <br />Limestone Richardsonian Romanesque <br />building was built for local seminary, <br />rehabilitated as medical offices <br />following demolition threat in mid- <br />1980s. Now surrounded by modern <br />hospital complex, building needs critical <br />repairs totaling more than $1 million <br />and a new owner with a commitment to <br />preservation and reuse. <br />1 O MOST ENDANGERED HISTORIC PLACES <br />