Thursday, February 7, 2013 - 4:15pm
By Andy Rhodes, The Medallion Managing Editor
Last summer, a packed house celebrated the grand opening of Fulton Mansion’s new Education and History Center in Rockport. The event represented the culmination of more than a decade’s worth of planning and development at the mansion, one of the Texas Historical Commission’s (THC) 20 historic sites.
With its distinctive mansard roof...
Tuesday, February 5, 2013 - 4:08pm
By Debra Farst, Andy Rhodes, and Matt Synatschk
THC Staff
These real numbers tell the real story about the Texas Historical Commission’s (THC) positive effect on Texas’ economy: The impact of historic preservation in Texas is more than $1.7 billion annually. This results in more than 40,000 jobs, $890 million in income, $1.4 billion in gross state product, and $445 million in...
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