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PROGRAMS
Visiting Specialist Program
The Texas Historical Foundation has revived
the Texas Historical Commission's visiting
specialist program, which had been put on
hold because of lack of funding due to the depressed
state economy. The Texas Historical
Foundation awarded two grants to the Commission's
architectural division this year in
order to provide site visits by historic preservation
architects.
Competition for this type of assistance is
heavy: certain conditions must apply before a
visit is approved by the Texas Historical Commission.
A visit will be granted only when the
historical integrity of a structure is in serious
danger-threatened by natural causes or
pending human action. "This program is particularly
important to aid staff architects in
making recommendations on the preservation
of the threatened structures in the state," says
Stan Graves, director of the Texas Historical
Commissions Architecture Division.
For information on this program, contact
the Texas Historical Commission; P.O. Box
12276; Austin, TX 78711.
State Marker Program
As a result of a substantial gift from the Texas
Historical Foundation's board of directors to
the Texas Historical Commission's state marker
program, thirty additional historical marker
inscriptions have been written this year. Dan
Utley was contracted by the Texas Historical
Commission to write the inscriptions to the
markers listed below by county.
County Title
Bell Woman's Wednesday Club
Bexar Our Lady of the Lake University
Brazoria Sweeny Home
Calhoun First Baptist Church of Port Lavaca
Port Lavaca Chapter 363, Order of the Eastern
Star
Olivia Cemetery
Cameron First Presbyterian Church of San
Benito
Castro County Courthouses
Colorado Olive Branch Baptist Church
Dallas Nicholas Henry Darnell
Juliette Peak Fowler
James K. Polk Record
El Paso Los Portales
Hardin Kountze Church of Christ
Harris Moonshine Hill
Hays Heard-Baker Home
San Marcos Mill TractHood Baker-Rylee Building
Howard First Christian Church of Big Spring
Hunt Site of Early Commerce School
Kendall Comfort Community ChurchHenry J. Graham Building
McLennan Riesel
Mills The San Saba Peak
Navarro Site of University Training School
Orange John Harmon
Panola Bracken Cemetery
Grand Bluff Cemetery
Taylor James Winford Hunt
Van Zandt Wills Point Schools
V HERITAC
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Family Land Heritage
Texas farmers and ranchers once again have
an opportunity to preserve their family's agricultural
heritage as participants in the 1987
Texas Family Land Heritage Program.
July 15, 1987, is the closing date for the fourteenth
year's search to locate Texas farmers
and ranchers who have continuously owned
and operated their family land for 100 years
or more.
The program is designed to recognize much
more than mere ownership. It seeks to chronicle
the uniquely personal histories of agricultural
productivity in this state, a proud record
which might otherwise be lost forever. Since
its institution in 1974, 2,008 properties have
been enrolled in the program throughout the
state.
Under provisions of the program, Texas residents
who own agricultural land may apply if
they can trace the line of ownership from the
first family member to the present either
through direct relatives or by marriage. The
land, which must be currently productive,
must also fit the old U.S. Census definition of
a farm: ten acres or more with agricultural
sales of $50 or more a year; or if less than ten
acres, sales of at least $250 a year. If all of the
land has ever been rented out, it will not
qualify. Also, owners must live on the land
and work the property or, if living off the
acreage, must actively manage the day-to-day
operations.
Texas residents who own agricultural property
that may qualify can obtain application forms
and information about the program by contacting
their local county judges or county historical
commission chairperson. Forms and information
may be obtained from any Texas
Department of Agriculture (TDA) districtoffice or the main Austin TDA office, Box
12847, Austin, TX 78711, (512) 463-7450.University of Texas
One of the University of Texas at Austin's
major community service efforts, the Summer
Academy in Architecture will be offered for
the ninth consecutive year, July 5-August 15
in Austin.
The Summer Academy is a career-discovery
program for high-school students at the eleventh-grade
level and beyond. The program
gives its students an idea of the nature of architecture
education to better enable them to
make informed career decisions.
Students attend daily classes and design studios
during the six-week program, live in university
residence halls, participate in organized
field trips, and have access to the
recreational and library facilities of the university
as well as the services of the UT Career
Center.
For applications and additional information,
write to Summer Academy; School of Architecture;
The University of Texas at Austin;
Austin, TX 78712.
NOTICES
Austin Zones to Protect Views
Historical preservation organizations are increasingly
concerned about protecting scenic
views. Though such views may be thought of
as principally rural in nature, some urban
views are also receiving attention and have in
fact already been protected. Unfortunately,
the problem seems to be one more studied
than solved. The recent Master Plan for Preservation
and Scenic Conservation for Guilford,
Connecticut, recommends the creation of a
Visual Resource Overlay District (VROD). In
Georgia, the Sautee and Nacoochee Valleys
study identifies a number of significant views
and recommends their protection, primarily
through conservation easements. In New
York, the Westport Village Development and
Preservation Program recognizes the importance
of protecting view corridors and identifies
the local view corridors which should be
protected. Dorchester County, South Carolina,
has enacted a local ordinance intendedto protect riverscape vistas visible from National
Historic Landmark properties.34
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