Well, here we are again, with our 24th attempt to tally up the most endangered historic sites in our fair town for the year ahead. In the previous years we have seen our share of successes promoting and preserving these special places, and sadly our share of failures too. The year 2024 was largely another “holding pattern” year; to be sure, with the Wickford Elementary school building’s reuse plan’s inexorably slow-motion path forward, and the fate of Brown Street Library building causing a collective sense of anxiety in the extended community of those who care about historic places. On the plus side, although a recent Federal grant application was not successful, and new one was just submitted for 2025 and there has been some wonderful progress in raising funds for the ultimate restoration of the Olde Town House on Boone Street driven largely by the good folks at HistWick. Well, there’s no telling what this year will bring so, without further ado, here are the places in North Kingstown that we all need to think up about.