County Again Misses Courthouse Funding
The Texas Historical Commission announced its awards of grants in the third round of historic courthouse preservation funding Jan. 11, and once again, Glasscock County missed the cut. The commission awarded grants totaling approximately $39.2 million to 14 Texas counties to help preserve their historic courthouses. The next opportunity for the commission to award grants will be at its quarterly meeting in April.
A total of 83 counties applied for grant money in Round III, requesting approximately $195 million in assistance. Counties are scored on a variety of areas including historical significance, architectural style and degree of endangerment.
Glasscock County made its first application in Round II, and it automatically went, unchanged, into Round III.
Pending additional funding from the Texas Legislature in future legislative sessions, the THC plans to continue the program with several more rounds of grant opportunities. Glasscock County’s application will go into the next round; whether it will be changed any before that time has not yet been determined.
For more information, go to the THC web site at www.thc.state.tx.us, or call 512/463-6094.