Project Preservation: 8 Sites in D.C.
While maintaining a watchful eye on historic buildings in Washington, the D.C. Preservation League has created a list of “Most Endangered Places” to track particularly vulnerable real estate. Some of the following locations from previous lists have been saved, but others remain endangered.
D.C. War Memorial
Location: West Potomac Park
Status: Endangered
Despite its prime location near the Mall south of the Reflecting Pool, the D.C. War Memorial (pictured on the cover) is mostly overlooked by tourists and largely unknown even to Washingtonians. Built in 1931, the elegant domed colonnade is the capital’s only World War I memorial, always understood to honor D.C. residents and all who fought in the Great War. Because of neglect, the marble is cracked and shows bacterial growth. The D.C. Preservation League has placed the memorial on its list of endangered places several times and has lobbied the National Park Service to restore it and provide proper lighting, signs and trash cans.
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