The Missouri Alliance for Historic Preservation (Missouri Preservation) recently announced its 2016 list of historic Places in Peril at a special “Unhappy Hour” event at the Kansas City Museum.Eleven new endangered historic places were named to the list for 2016 and five were carried over from the previous year.The Emmaus Home in Marthasville and the Bend Road Bridge in Pacific are both on the list.Missouri Preservation is a statewide nonprofit organization that has at its core a mission to advocate for, educate about and assist in the preservation of architectural and historic landmarks that embody Missouri’s unique heritage and sense of place.Its chief advocacy program is its “Places in Peril.” Begun as a media campaign in 2000 as “Missouri’s Most Endangered Historic Places,” the program calls attention to endangered historic resources statewide that are threatened by deterioration, lack of maintenance, insufficient funds, imminent demolition and/or inappropriate development.The program was renamed in 2015 as “Places in Peril.” By publicizing these places we hope to build support toward each property’s eventual preservation. Once a historic resource is lost, it’s gone forever.Eleven additional historic places were named to a “Watched List.” This list includes the Diamonds Cafe in Villa Ridge.Missouri Alliance for Historic Preservation