The historic San Juan Hotel is being recognized as one of the most endangered historic sites in the United States, according to a nonprofit based in Washington, D.C.

The National Trust for Historic Preservation announced its 38th annual list of America’s 11 Most Endangered Historic Places on Wednesday. The list includes historic sites from throughout the country. The lone site to make the list from the Lone Star State was the San Juan Hotel.

“This is a really big deal,” Gabriel Ozuna, preservation chair of the Hidalgo County Historical Commission, said.

“The National Trust is the nation’s foremost preservation nonprofit, and we’re one of the most endangered places in the whole country,” he explained.

The listing comes less than a year after Preservation Texas announced the hotel in the

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