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Sunday, December 8
The National Trust for Historical Preservation today named Cook County Hospital to its list of America's 11 most endangered historic places for 2004, joining the Madison-Lenox Hotel in Detroit, the entire Wal-Mart besieged state of Vermont, and 8 other sites. Cook County Hospital already had among its defenders Preservation Chicago and The Landmarks Preservation Council of Illinois.