Disused stables at Haliimaile are on the Historic Hawai'i Foundation's annual list of the most endangered historic sites in the islands.

Since the list was compiled, owner Maui Land & Pineapple Co. has announced it is going out of business. Foundation Executive Director Kiersten Faulkner in Honolulu said Thursday she hopes that Maui Pine will make an assessment of all its potentially historic assets as part of its transition.

That would fit with the theme of this year's selections. "We included fewer individual structures in favor of places in which the collective experience is threatened," Faulkner said. "While the loss of any one of these buildings or sites would be a tragedy, the loss of the Hawaii experience that they provide would be even more tragic."

The stables and storage building are one of two Maui County spots on this year's list.

The other is the Luahiwa Petroglyphs on Lanai. A fire in 2007 exposed almost 1,000 petroglyphs to weather and vandalism, and the foundation believes stabilization and visitor interpretation could help protect them.

In April, the National Trust for Historic Preservation put Lanai City on its list of the 11 most endangered historic heritage places in the nation. Last year, the Maui Jinsha Shinto Shrine in Paukukalo was placed on the foundation's state list.

"This year's list includes buildings, archaeological sites, cultural landscapes, and sacred places," said Faulkner. "Each is unique to Hawaii, and each helps perpetuate our unique heritage."

Other sites on the 2009 list include a 17-acre cultural compound in North Kohala, Hawaii; four of the last plantation-era homes on Haleiwa's main thoroughfare on Oahu; 12 buildings on the campus of the Waimano Training Ridge and Hospital on Oahu; and the entire 20-mile corridor proposed for Honolulu's rapid transit system.

In 2008, Maui Land & Pineapple Co. requested demolition permits for the stables, built in the 1920s. The permits are still under review by the county Public Works Department and the State Historic Preservation Division.

The Historic Hawai'i Foundation's list has been published each year since 2005.

* Harry Eagar can be reached at heagar@mauinews.com.