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2015 Summer the Medallion SUMMER 2015 Vibrant Gulf Coast Island is Awash with Texas Heritage CONTENTS SUMMER 2015 TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION THC OUTREACH John L. Nau, III, Chair John W. Crain, Vice Chair Robert K. Shepard, Secretary 4 Not Just Buildings Recent National Register Listings Showcase Earl Broussard, Jr. Cultural Landscapes. Anna Benavides Galo Thomas M. Hatfield Wallace B. Jefferson Tom Perini Gilbert E. “Pete” Peterson 10 Cherished Companies Judy C. Richardson THC’s Texas Treasure Daisy Sloan White Business Award Honors Historic Entities. Executive Director: Mark Wolfe FEATURES Medallion Staff: Chris Florance 6 Gallivanting Division Director in Galveston Andy Rhodes Managing Editor Gulf Coast Island Judy Jensen Is Brimming with Senior Graphic Design Coordinator Historical Attractions. ISSN 0890-7595 Vol. 53, No. III www.thc.state.tx.us [email protected] ON THE COVER: Galveston’s new Bryan Museum. VISIT US ON THE WEB FAST FACTS www.thc.state.tx.us These numbers show the significant annual economic impact Learn more about the real places telling the real stories of Texas. of historic building rehabilitation spending in T exas (2013). Total Historic www.texastimetravel.com Rehabilitation Investment The Texas Heritage Trails Program’s travel resource Designated Building Rehabilitation Source: Economic Impact of Historic www.texashistoricsites.com Preservation The THC’s 20 state historic properties in Texas, 2015 www.thcfriends.org Contributed Friends of the Texas Historical Commission by Public Entities $741 MILLION $31 MILLION $772 MILLION TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION www.thc.state.tx.us 2 LEADERSHIP LETTER It’s my pleasure and honor to serve the people of Texas as chairman of the Texas Historical Commission. I’d like to thank Gov. Abbott for reappointing me to this position, and offer special thanks to my fellow commissioner and friend Gilbert “Pete” Peterson, who served as chairman for the last six months and led us through an extremely successful 2015 legislative session. Because of the Legislature’s support, the THC can fund historic courthouse projects across the state, improve key state historic sites, and offer better customer service to our stakeholders. It is gratifying to know that new resources are available to the agency as I come onboard. I’m especially excited about the future of the THC’s state historic sites and eager to continue the process that began in 2007, when many transferred to THC management. New funding will help us expand and improve both the National Museum of the Pacific War and San Felipe de Austin. San Felipe de Austin is especially important as we preserve our history and share the Lone Star State’s unique story with new generations. The site will host exciting public archeology events this year, and all of us are excited about the discoveries those efforts will reveal. This summer, most state historic sites will unveil new interactive kiosks that allow visitors to plan activities at nearby heritage tourism sites. They join the THC’s free Texas Time Travel Tours App and series of printed publications, all available at www.TexasTimeTravel.com. Historic preservation is a tool to preserve the places vital to Texas history—but heritage tourism is how we share our stories, improve our state’s economy, and advance the values of preservation to new generations of Texans. As chairman, I intend to promote these values to larger audiences around the world, and I want you to help. If you enjoy The Medallion, pass it along to someone else who shares your interest in Texas history. And if you haven’t already, please sign up for the THC’s monthly email newsletter and follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. I encourage you to use these tools and share your favorite heritage travel experiences with your friends and THC staff. This is an exciting time for historic preservation in Texas, and the real places and real stories of Texas we all love. I’m eager to lead my fellow commission members and talented THC staff as we move forward and serve the history and people of Texas. Please join us in our mission! Sincerely, John L. Nau, III Chair, Texas Historical Commission FALLSUMMERSUMMER 2014 20152015 TEXASTEXASTEXAS HISTORICALHISTORICAL HISTORICAL COMMISSIONCOMMISSION COMMISSION 33 THC OUTREACH Cemeteries, Crossings, and Corridors Recent National Register Listings Showcase Cultural Landscapes Text and photos by Gregory Smith THC National Register Coordinator While the majority of National Register properties in Texas are buildings, The National Register of Historic several recently designated sites Places is the nation’s official list focus primarily on cultural landscapes. of cultural resources deemed These listings include a historic worthy of preservation, and cemetery and golf course, and historic includes more than 3,000 listings trails reflecting dramatic changes in in Texas. Listing affords properties transportation between 1800 and the a measure of protection from early 1940s. the impact of federally funded To read more about these projects, as well as nominations and others, visit www. access to technical thc.state.tx.us/nationalregister. Chandor Gardens, Weatherford expertise and grant Chandor Gardens is a five-acre estate funds to facilitate west of Fort Worth that was the home preservation. Income- and studio of English-born portrait producing properties painter Douglas Chandor and his wife are also eligible Ina. Born in 1897 and trained at the for tax benefits Slade School in London, Chandor for sympathetic came to the United States in 1926 rehabilitation work. and continued a successful career as a portrait painter for financiers, industrialists, educators, and other Hancock Golf Course, Austin prominent people, including Herbert Hancock Golf Course was the first Hoover, Franklin Roosevelt, Queen location of the Austin Country Club, Broadway Cemetery, Galveston. Elizabeth, and Winston Churchill. established in 1899 during a national The estate features a 1936 residence rise in the popularity of golf. The nine- Broadway Cemetery, Galveston and studio designed by Fort Worth hole course was the first in the city, The Broadway Cemetery Historic architect Joseph Pelich, and lush Asian- and is the oldest continuously operated District is composed of seven separate and English-inspired formal gardens course in the state. Founded by former cemeteries on six city blocks set aside designed and executed by Chandor up Austin Mayor Lewis Hancock with a for family burials as part of the original to the time of his death in 1953. committee of business and civic leaders, town charter in 1839. A vast collection the country club added nine holes on of monuments, vaults, and stone a separate parcel in 1913 and continued markers punctuate the overall landscape to operate the course as a private and range in style from simple marble segregated facility until 1951, when and granite headstones to impressive the organization completed a move Classical Revival vaults, Gothic Revival to a new location. The City of Austin mausoleums, and towering obelisks. thereafter operated the course as a The organization and layout of the public facility, selling off all but the site, as well as tombstone decoration, original nine-hole course for commercial symbolism, and inscriptions, provide development in 1959. The course played documentation of the traditions an integral part in the introduction and and beliefs important to residents Top and top inset: Chandor Gardens, Weather- popularity of golf in Austin and retains of Galveston. ford; Bottom: Hancock Golf Course, Austin. its historic layout. TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION www.thc.state.tx.us 4 THC OUTREACH Pérez Rancho and Dolores State Highway 16, The National Register of Historic Crossing, San Antonio Palo Pinto County Places is the nation’s official list The Pérez Rancho Site and the Dolores The nominated 8.4-mile segment of cultural resources deemed Crossing are within the Medina of State Highway 16 in Palo Pinto worthy of preservation, and River Natural Area, and include a County runs east of Possum Kingdom includes more than 3,000 listings jacal dwelling, the river crossing site, Lake, located 90 miles west of Fort in Texas. Listing affords properties and the Pérez family cemetery. Pérez Worth. Constructed between 1940 a measure of protection from Rancho was one of the first Spanish and 1942, the section was part of a the impact of federally funded colonial-era ranchos established along longer 27.75-mile-long Works Progress the Medina River, strategically located Butterfield Overland Mail Route Corridor, Administration project. As the first projects, as well as Guadalupe Mountains National Park. access to technical near San Antonio and several roads all-weather transportation facility in expertise and grant associated with El Camino Real. Juan Butterfield Overland Mail Route the area, the road connected the Morris funds to facilitate Ygnacio Pérez, a grandson of one of the Corridor, Guadalupe Mountains Sheppard Dam and the eastern shores preservation. Income- original Canary Island immigrants to National Park of Possum Kingdom Lake to major producing properties San Antonio de Bexar, was a successful The Butterfield Overland Mail Route roadways. The nominated segment are also eligible military and political leader at the Corridor is within and adjacent to the demonstrates exceptional hand-labor for tax benefits frontier outpost, and made the Pérez boundaries of Guadalupe Mountains workmanship and engineering through for sympathetic family one of the most influential and National Park. While the district is its masonry culverts, guard wall, and the rehabilitation work. wealthiest in Spanish Texas. The Dolores named after the most famous period of Possum Kingdom Bridge over the Brazos Crossing is significant as a ford on the use for the corridor, it is composed of River, which stands as the longest and Medina River. This nomination was multiple road alignments and related most substantial masonry arch bridge in one of several initiated and funded by sites from the mid-19th to mid-20th Texas.
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