Texas Administrative Code › Title 13 - CULTURAL RESOURCES › Part 2 - TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION › Chapter 17 - STATE ARCHITECTURAL PROGRAMS › Section 17.2 - Review of Work on County Courthouses

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
Texas Government Code, Chapter 442, §442.008, requires
				  that the Texas Historical Commission review changes made to courthouse
				  structures.
(1) Definitions. The
				following words and terms, when used in this section, shall have the following
				meaning, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
(A) Demolish--To remove, in whole or part.
				Demolition of historical or architectural integrity includes removal of
				historic architectural materials such as, but not limited to, materials in the
				following categories: site work, concrete, masonry, metals, carpentry, thermal
				and moisture protection, doors and windows, finishes, specialties, equipment,
				furnishings, special construction, conveying systems, mechanical and
				electrical.
(B) Sell--To give up
				(property) to another for money or other valuable consideration; this includes
				giving the property to avoid maintenance, repair, etc.
(C) Lease--To let a contract by which one
				conveys real estate, equipment, or facilities for a specified term and for a
				specified rent.
(D) Damage--To
				alter, in whole or part. Damage to historical or architectural integrity
				includes alterations of structural elements, decorative details, fixtures, and
				other material.
(E)
				Integrity--Refers to the physical condition and therefore the capacity of the
				resource to convey a sense of time and place or historic identity. Integrity is
				a quality that applies to location, design, setting, materials, and
				workmanship. It refers to the clarity of the historic identity possessed by a
				resource. In terms of architectural design, to have integrity means that a
				building still possesses much of its mass, scale, decoration, and so on, of
				either the period in which it was conceived and built, or the period in which
				it was adapted to a later style which has validity in its own rights as an
				expression of historical character or development. The question of whether or
				not a building possesses integrity is a question of the building's retention of
				sufficient fabric to be identifiable as a historic resource. For a building to
				possess integrity, its principal features must be sufficiently intact for its
				historic identity to be apparent. A building that is significant because of its
				historic association(s) must retain sufficient physical integrity to convey
				such association(s).
(F)
				Courthouse--The principal building(s) which houses county government offices
				and courts and its (their) surrounding site(s), including the courthouse square
				and its associated site features, such as hardscape, fences, lampposts and
				monuments.
(G) Hardscape--Features
				built into a landscape made of hard materials such as wood, stone or concrete,
				such as but not limited to paved areas, roads, driveways, pools, fountains,
				concrete walkways, stairways, culverts or walls.
(H) Monuments--Refer to Chapter 26, §
										RSA 26.3<subdiv>(42)</subdiv>
				of this title.
(I) Ordinary
				maintenance and repairs--Work performed to architectural or site materials
				which does not cause removal or alteration or concealment of that
				material.