Applications received for consideration to be included on

U.S. Tentative List for World Heritage Site nomination.

*Applicants with an asterisk are currently on the former U.S. Tentative List:

Federal Sites:

National Park Service --

1) Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona http://www.nps.gov/pefo

2) White Sands National Monument, New Mexico http://www.nps.gov/whsa

3) Dayton Aviation National Historical Park, Ohio http://www.nps.gov/daav

4) Hopewell Culture National Historical Park, Ohio http://www.nps.gov/hocu

5) San Antonio Missions National Historical Park, Texas http://www.nps.gov/saan

6) Pipestone National Monument, Minnesota http://www.nps.gov/pipe

Fish and Wildlife Service --

7)* Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia http://www.fws.gov/okefenokee/

Fish and Wildlife Service/National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/Hawaii --

8) Papahanaumokuakea National Monument, Hawaii http://www.hawaiireef.noaa.gov/

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration --

9) Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts http://stellwagen.noaa.gov/

10) Fagatele Bay National Marine Sanctuary http://fagatelebay.noaa.gov/

Forest Service --

11) Chimney Rock Archeological Area http://www.chimneyrockco.org/ (note: this application only included the signature of the local manager, NOT the U.S> Forest Service Chief)

Non-Federal Sites

12) Mount Vernon, Virginia http://www.mountvernon.org/

13) Virginia State Capitol, Virginia http://www.virginiacapitol.gov/

14) Cranbrook, Michigan (still awaiting signatures, however) http://www.cranbrook.edu/

15) Poplar Forest, Virginia http://www.poplarforest.org/

16) Newport, Rhode Island (a) "The Guilded Age"

17) Newport, Rhode Island (b) "The Lively Experiment"

18) Eastern State Penitentiary, Pennsylvania http://www.easternstate.org/

19) Olana, New York http://www.hvnet.com/houses/olana/

20) John Rankin House & John Parker House, Ohio (Underground Railroad sites http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/underground/oh3.htm http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/underground/oh2.htm

21)* Poverty Point, Louisiana http://www.crt.state.la.us/parks/ipvertypt.aspx

22)* Historic New Harmony, Indiana http://www.usi.edu/hnh/index2.asp

23) Dexter Avenue Churches, Montgomery, Alabama http://www.dexterkingmemorial.org/

24) Historic Churches of Birmingham, Alabama http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_Street_Baptist_Church

25) Central of Georgia Railroad, Savannah Shops and Terminal Facilities http://railga.com/cofg.html

26)* Historic Center of Savannah, Georgia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savannah,_Georgia

27) Meadowcroft Rock Shelter, Pennsylvania http://meadowcroft.pghhistory.org/

28) Serpent Mound, Ohio http://www.ohiohistory.org/places/serpent/

29) Historic Moravian Bethlehem, Pennsylvania http://www.historicbethlehem.org/

30) Shaker Villages of the United States (Maine, New Hampshire, New York and Kentucky)

31)* Frank Lloyd Wright buildings (Arizona, California, Illinois, New York, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin)

32) Gamble House, California (USC) http://www.gamblehouse.org/

33)* Moundville Site, Alabama http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moundville_Archaeological_Site

34) Columbia River Highway Historic District, Oregon http://arcweb.sos.state.or.us/50th/columbia/coulumiabackground.html

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