Eight sites across Arkansas, including Little Rock and Pine Bluff, were added to the state's list of historic and endangered places on Thursday.
The Historic Preservation Alliance of Arkansas created the list in 1999 to raise awareness about historic locations in the state and the dangers they face, the organization said.
The eight sites added to this year's list are:
• Bondi Brothers Building, 1904, Clarendon: The 12,000 square-foot structure, which sits across from the town's courthouse, was almost demolished but purchased by the Moore family in Clarendon. Preservationists called the purchase a "positive development," but said preserving the building will require "resources, perseverance and imagination."
• Brittnum Rooming House, 1913, Little Rock: The single-family residence was converted in the 1930s as a boarding house for African-American blue collar workers. The Little Rock Board of Directors passed an ordinance Tuesday condemning the structure, giving owners 30 days before it can be demolished. Preservationists said they included this building on this year's list because "it represents a class of structures about which questions of significant, integrity and rehabilitation potential are unanswered."
• Downtown Pine Bluff Commercial Historic District, 1850-1958: Several buildings in the downtown Pine Bluff district have collapsed, leading the organization to put two buildings there on this year's endangered list. Hotel Pines, built in 1910, closed in 1970. Two attempts were made over the last two decades to rehabilitate it but it's now vacant and for sale. The Masonic Temple, built in 1902, is a four-story building in the downtown area. Most of the original exterior is still intact, except for a dormer that was destroyed in a 1954 fire and never rebuilt.
• First Presbyterian Church, 1912, Nashville: The Victorian structure served as a church from 1912-1975 and was converted to a museum, but has sat vacant for years. A local historical association plans to rehabilitate the building, but needs "tangible support" from the community, preservationists said.
• Old Springfield Road/Cadron Creek Bridge, 1874, Faulkner and Conway counties: The bridge, built in 1874 in Kansas, is a now-rare bowstring truss design and is the oldest surviving highway bridge in the state. When the road was relocated and the bridge bypassed in 1991, the bridge has been allowed to deteriorate, according to preservationists. Stonework from the bridge is failing and a fire was set to wooden parts of the bridge in 2013.
• State National Bank of Foreman, 1940: The bank is one of the last surviving historic structures in downtown Foreman. It still has several original features, including decorative tile and two vaults, but exterior brickwork is in poor condition because of the elements and vandalism, preservationists said.
• James Horn Williams House, 1849, Luxora: James Horn Williams, a Tennessee resident, scouted Mississippi County for planting properties and built his residence in Luxora. The house remained in the Williams family until 1923, when it was sold to the Howards, a local family. They lived there until 2014, and the house is now vacant, making it vulnerable to "the elements, vandals and scavengers," preservationists said.