LITTLE ROCK (AP).- Three Arkansas properties have been accepted by the National Register of Historic Places. Arkansas Historic Preservation Program Director Frances McSwain announced Wednesday that Maxwell Street and North Jackson Street bridges in D…
U.S. Bureau of Land Management Sites in Wyoming Added to Historic Register
ROCK SPRINGS, WYO (AP).- Two cultural sites on U.S. Bureau of Land Management land in western Wyoming are being listed on the National Register of Historic Places. One is an archaeological site north of Rock Springs. The site contains prehistoric proj…
Barnum Museum Repair Project to Cost Up to $17 Million
BRIDGEPORT (AP).- A Connecticut museum celebrating flamboyant showman P.T. Barnum will need to raise up to $17 million to renovate and repair its historic building damaged by a tornado last year. Officials said Friday that repairs will cost $6 millio…
Historic Moulin Rouge Tower Demolished in Vegas
By: Oskar Garcia, Associated Press Writer
LAS VEGAS (AP).- Workers on Thursday demolished the tower of the first racially integrated casino in Las Vegas, one day after city officials turned down an appeal of its owners’ demolition permit. The white tow…
Peabody Essex Museum Announces Re-Opening of Crowninshield-Bentley House
SALEM, MA.- The Peabody Essex Museum (PEM) announces the reopening of one of its most storied properties, the Crowninshield-Bentley House. The house, one of 22 historic properties stewarded by PEM, is located at 126 Essex Street in Salem, MA and design…