Texas Administrative Code › Title 13 - CULTURAL RESOURCES › Part 2 - TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION › Chapter 26 - PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE › Subchapter D - HISTORIC BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES › Section 26.23 - Reports Relating to Historic Buildings and Structures Permits

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) Application reports. It is important in
				  the case of complex projects to ensure the historical accuracy and/or
				  appropriateness of the project by gathering and assessing important information
				  relating to the property through investigation, research, and documentation.
				  Based on the scope of a project, one or more of the following application
				  reports may be required to be submitted as a part of the permit application. A
				  permit may not be issued before all required application reports have been
				  received. All application reports must be prepared under the supervision of
				  professionally qualified individuals as specified in §
										RSA 26.4
				  of this title (relating to Professional Qualifications and Requirements).
(1) Historic structure report.
(A) Purpose. This report should be utilized
				  to evaluate the existing conditions of the building or structure, to understand
				  the changes to a property over time, to establish preservation objectives for
				  the property, to schedule the accomplishment of these preservation objectives,
				  and to better support the proposed work.
(B) When required. When a proposed
				  rehabilitation, restoration, or reconstruction project involves fabricating
				  significant missing architectural or landscape features, recapturing the
				  appearance of a property at one particular period of its history, removing
				  later additions, or significant changes to the building for rehabilitation, a
				  historic structure report must be completed prior to application for a Historic
				  Buildings and Structures Permit.
(C) Minimum report requirements.
				  Documentation must follow the guidance of the National Park Service's
				  Preservation Brief 43: The Preparation and Use of Historic Structure Reports
				  (available on the National Park Service website at
https://www.nps.gov/tps/how-to-preserve/briefs/43-historic-structure-reports.htm
)
				  and should include the following:
(i)
				  historical background and context, including:
(I) name of the original architect and date
				  of construction;
(II) information
				  on important historical events or persons associated with the
				  property;
(III) copies of extant
				  historic plans and photographs of the property; and
(IV) oral history documentation, when
				  possible;
(ii)
				  chronology of development and use;
(iii) physical description;
(iv) evaluation of significance;
(v) condition assessment, including:
(I) photographic documentation of the
				  existing conditions ( Digital photographs should have a resolution of at least
				  300 pixels per inch ); and
(II)
				  architectural drawings of the existing conditions;
(vi) historic preservation
				  objectives;
(vii) requirements for
				  work; and
(viii) work
				  recommendations and alternatives, including intended modifications to the
				  building or structure.