FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 11, 2016 Austin, Texas — Preservation Texas, Inc. has announced that Bruce MacDougal, executive director of the San Antonio Conservation Society, will receive the Truett Latimer Award on February 18, 2016.  This Honor Award will be presented at a special ceremony at the historic State Theatre on Congress Avenue in Austin as part of the Preservation Texas 2016 Summit. The Truett Latimer Award, named for the first state historic preservation officer… More »

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 11, 2016 Austin, Texas — Preservation Texas, Inc. has announced that the rehabilitation of historic Ellis Alley buildings in San Antonio, Texas will receive a 2016 Honor Award on February 18, 2016.  The Honor Award will be presented at a special ceremony at the historic State Theatre on Congress Avenue in Austin as part of the Preservation Texas 2016 Summit. The Ellis Alley Enclave represents the remnants of the first African-American… More »

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 11, 2016 Austin, Texas — Preservation Texas, Inc. has announced that the reconstruction of the Kiest Park Pergola in Dallas, Texas will receive a 2016 Honor Award on February 18, 2016.  The Honor Award will be presented at a special ceremony at the historic State Theatre on Congress Avenue in Austin as part of the Preservation Texas 2016 Summit. In the 1930s, Edwin Kiest, publisher of the Dallas Times Herald newspaper,… More »

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 11, 2016 Austin, Texas — Preservation Texas, Inc. has announced that the conservation of the Covert Monument on Mount Bonnell in Austin, Texas, will receive a 2016 Honor Award on February 18, 2016.  The Honor Award will be presented at a special ceremony at the historic State Theatre on Congress Avenue in Austin as part of the Preservation Texas 2016 Summit. Mount Bonnell has served as a popular attraction since the… More »

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 11, 2016 ADAPTIVE USE OF AMARILLO WAREHOUSE TO RECEIVE 2016 HONOR AWARD Austin, Texas — Preservation Texas, Inc. has announced that the rehabilitation of the M&L Transfer & Storage Warehouse in Amarillo, Texas, will receive a 2016 Honor Award on February 18, 2016.  The Honor Award will be presented at a special ceremony at the historic State Theatre on Congress Avenue in Austin as part of the Preservation Texas 2016 Summit…. More »

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 11, 2016 REHABILITATION OF HERFF HOMESTEAD IN BOERNE TO RECEIVE 2016 HONOR AWARD Austin, Texas — Preservation Texas, Inc. has announced that the rehabilitation of the Herff Homestead in Boerne, Texas, will receive a 2016 Honor Award on February 18, 2016.  The Honor Award will be presented at a special ceremony at the historic State Theatre on Congress Avenue in Austin as part of the Preservation Texas 2016 Summit. One of… More »

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 11, 2016 Austin, Texas — Preservation Texas, Inc. has announced that the conservation of the Sam Bell Maxey House State Historic Site in Paris, Texas, will receive a 2016 Honor Award on February 18, 2016.  The Honor Award will be presented at a special ceremony at the historic State Theatre on Congress Avenue in Austin as part of the Preservation Texas 2016 Summit. This Italianate masterpiece, located at 812 South Church… More »

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 11, 2016 Austin, Texas — Preservation Texas, Inc. has announced that the rehabilitation of the circa 1897 Quiroz House in Galveston, Texas, will receive a 2016 Honor Award on February 18, 2016.  The Honor Award will be presented at a special ceremony at the historic State Theatre on Congress Avenue in Austin as part of the Preservation Texas 2016 Summit. Located at 2518 Church Street and built by Peter John Vautrin,… More »

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 11, 2016 Austin, Texas — Preservation Texas, Inc. has announced that the rehabilitation of the circa 1903 Knights of Pythias Hall in Cuero, Texas, will receive a 2016 Honor Award on February 18, 2016.  The Honor Award will be presented at a special ceremony at the historic State Theatre on Congress Avenue in Austin as part of the Preservation Texas 2016 Summit. Located at 302 North Esplanade and designed by architect… More »

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 11, 2016 Austin, Texas — Preservation Texas, Inc. has announced that the restoration of the midcentury modern Bendit House, built in 1953 in Houston, Texas, will receive a 2016 Honor Award on February 18, 2016.  The Honor Award will be presented at a special ceremony at the historic State Theatre on Congress Avenue in Austin as part of the Preservation Texas 2016 Summit. Designed by architect Lars Bang in the Ayrshire… More »