March Newsletter
MARCH 7, 2023
2023 HONOR AWARD NOMINATIONS
2023 Honor Award nominations are open NOW through May 31st!
Presented every other year, Preservation Texas Honor Awards recognize outstanding efforts to restore, preserve, rehabilitate or reconstruct historic places that have been individually included on the Most Endangered Places list or relate to a previous thematic listing.
The nomination form as well as a complete list of Most Endangered Places thematic listings can be found at PreservationTexas.org/HonorAwards.
Honor Award winning projects will be announced later this summer. We look forward to celebrating your accomplishments and sharing them statewide!
Photo: The rehabilitation of the English-German School in Cuero was recognized with a Preservation Texas Honor Award in 2021.
2023 MOST ENDANGERED PLACES LIST
Nominations to our 2023 list of Texas's Most Endangered Places are open NOW through April 14th!
Of particular interest in 2023 are nominations of Endangered Places that address themes or topics that have not been included on prior lists. These themes include:
Indigenous history
Properties associated with Texas artists and writers
Brutalist architecture
Small town cotton gins, mills, or similar industrial sites
19th & 20th century sharecropping sites (dwellings, farmsteads, communities)
Sites associated with Women's Suffrage in Texas
Sites in the Big Spring-Midland-Odessa region
Nominations are not limited to sites associated with these themes. We welcome a geographically, culturally, and architecturally diverse range of submissions.
The final list will be announced in May during National Historic Preservation Month. Visit PreservationTexas.org/MEP2023 for more information.
NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS REGIONAL PRESERVATION SUMMIT IN MINERAL WELLS MAY 11th
Save the date for our North Central Texas Regional Preservation Summit. It will be held in Mineral Wells on Thursday May 11, 2023 from 12:00 - 5:00PM.
A range of speakers will discuss preservation strategies that relate to the historic resources of North Central Texas. Program details coming soon!
Photo: Postcard of Mineral Wells Welcome Sign, UNT Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, crediting Mineral Wells Heritage Association.
SAVE THE DATE
May 11, 2023: North Central Texas Regional Preservation Summit in Mineral Wells
September 7, 2023: Northeast Texas Regional Preservation Summit in Tyler
September 21, 2023: Central Texas Regional Preservation Summit in San Marcos
October 14, 2023: Bassett Farms Conservancy Rural Heritage Festival
November 16, 2023: Southeast Texas Regional Program in Beaumont
Business Sponsorship opportunities are available for the events listed above. Contact Samantha Hunick at hunick@preservationtexas.org for more information.
PRESERVATION MONTH 2023
May is National Historic Preservation Month! This year, Preservation Texas would like to use our new website to promote Preservation Month events and programs that will be taking place across the state. If you would like to have your event featured, please send the details to Samantha Hunick at hunick@preservationtexas.org.
