1. The Biltmore Hotel
   The Biltmore Hotel,  "The White Queen of the Gulf," is located at 25 Belleview Blvd., Belleair, Florida.  It was built in 1896+. It is shingle-style elements. Michael J. Miller and Francis J. Kinnard were the architects. The Biltmore is four and a half stories, frame, three principal sections, each 400 feet long, broad verandas built on enchanting landscape. It is the largest wood-frame building in Florida. Hotel constructed for Henry B. Plant, who developed the railway system on the Florida west coast during the 1890s and sought to increase traffic by building tourist facilities.

   This national treasure has enriched the lives of guests since 1897.   It is listed on the National Registry of Historic Places, and is  famous for its Victorian charm and southern hospitality. Visit two websites for more information: Save The Biltmore and Save the Belleview Biltmore.
    

2. First Baptist Church
   The 1923 former First Baptist Church, 120 4^th Street North, is a masonry neoclassical sanctuary with a full hexastyle Corinthian temple front.  A designated city landmark, it was designed by British-born architect George Feltham, who was also responsible for the Ponce de Leon Hotel and Green-Richman Arcade. 

   The Baptist congregation moved to the Gandy area in 1990 and sold the church  to the neighboring St. Peterís Cathedral.  In April, 2001, the cathedral applied to demolish the Baptist sanctuary and replace it with surface parking.  When that was denied, the cathedral proposed a more ambitious plan that would raze the sanctuary and two non-historic office structures and replace them with a large multipurpose building backed by a parking structure.  On appeal, City Council approved this plan, giving the cathedral three years to raise the requisite funds. 

   The Florida Trust for Historic Preservation added the First Baptist sanctuary to its Most Endangered list in 2002.

   As the 2004 deadline approached, the City Council granted a request for a one-year extension to the demolition permit if St. Peter's preserved the Baptist church facade. In late 2005 the church won another, six-month extension. At the time, St. Peter's and its developer said they would use the additional time, in part, to determine whether they could meet a city stipulation to preserve the facade of the old Baptist sanctuary.

   In March 2006 the City Council voted to allow St. Peter's Episcopal Cathedral to proceed with plans to upgrade its facilities and agreed to waive a requirement that the facade of the old Baptist church be included in the project. They also granted a 12-month extension of the church's request for a certificate to demolish the historic structure.

Please contact SPPI to nominate an endangered site.