Endangered places list includes Pickens church

Preserve Arkansas announced its 2025 Most Endangered Places list Sept. 12 during its annual Membership Meeting in El Dorado held in conjunction with the Destination Downtown conference.

The 2025 list comprises six properties, including Syrene Missionary Baptist Church (a remote African American church in Pickens) and Cemetery, an early Argenta building, a downtown Fayetteville neighborhood, a Hot Springs home believed to be the oldest of its kind, a Little Rock building important for its aviation history and a historic Fayetteville cemetery.

“We look forward to working with property owners and local advocates to chart a path forward and find solutions to save these irreplaceable community assets,” Rachel Patton, executive director of Preserve Arkansas, said in a news release…

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