Friday, May 3, 2013 - 10:57am
Beth Wiedower moved to Texas and jumped head-first into her job as Senior Field Officer at the new Houston Field Office for the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Traveling to dozens of our state's historic county courthouses and advocating for their preservation at the State Capitol on Preservation Day, she got an immediate understanding of how significant these buildings are, not...
Wednesday, March 6, 2013 - 5:30pm
By Tracey Silverman, Texas Historical Commission Planner
February was "I Love Texas Courthouses" month and we celebrated in style with several whirlwind tours of county courthouses, two courthouse rededications, a website where folks across the state are still sharing their courthouse photos and stories, and a capstone recognition of courthouses at the Capitol steps for Preservation Day...
Saturday, March 2, 2013 - 12:41pm
Today—Texas Independence Day 2013—we released a video version of our Manifesto of the Texas Historical Commission (THC). It’s a document we hold dear, and it seems fitting to unveil this video version on this most Texan of days.
The THC saves the real places that tell the real stories of Texas. That's not just a tagline, it's a daily objective of the devoted staff and grassroots...
Tuesday, January 29, 2013 - 12:13pm
By Tracey Silverman, Texas Historical Commission Planner
When Rebecca Borchers moved back to Texas after spending 13 years in Chicago, little did she know her career would come full circle. As the new Executive Director of the Friends of the Texas Historical Commission (Friends), Rebecca now offices in the choir loft of the historic Gethsemane Church and works side-by-side with Terry...
