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From Texas Standard:Laredo is one of the fastest growing cities in the country. Between 2007 and 2012 the city grew by more than 13 percent. Downtown…
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An easy-to-miss bridge on W. Sixth Street could be added to the National Register of Historic Places. The West Sixth Street Bridge sits over Shoal Creek,…
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The Historical Landmark Commission of Austin meets tonight to decide the future of four grants to preserve historical landmarks.And every project may not…
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Preservation Texas is out with its 10th annual list of the state’s most endangered places.The list looks back on the past 10 years: six places that have…
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In 1836, William Barret Travis famously wrote “Victory or Death” in his appeal for more troops during the Battle of The Alamo. 177 years later, the iconic…
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Three Austinites are suing the City of Austin, Travis County, the Austin Independent School District and Central Health for allowing tax breaks on what…
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Texas courthouses are named on a list of the “11 Most Endangered Historic Places” in the U.S., released by The National Trust for Historic Preservation…
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A recently-launched website allows anyone to add information about historic Austin landmarks to an online map, augmented with historical data,…
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A movable jail cell that was originally constructed for the Hays County Jail is being called one of Texas’ most endangered historic places.So says…
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Until last summer, if you lived in a home that was deemed to be a historical landmark, you could get a big break on your school property tax bill. That…