2024 Duda Preservation Awards a Success!
The Texas Historical Foundation's first-ever Michael C. Duda Preservation Awards event, held April 20, 2024 was a success, paying tribute to the legacy of architect and late THF board member Michael C. Duda by acknowledging outstanding preservation efforts in Texas. The selected projects have significant effects on our state's heritage education and tourism and receive grants to assist in the completion of their projects; a tradition THF looks forward to continuing in 2026 and beyond!
The inaugural 2024 Michael C. Duda Preservation Awards event took place at the George W. Bush Presidential Center in Dallas; winners include Friends of the Wheelock School House, Wheelock, Flower Hill Center, Austin, Chisholm Trail Heritage Museum, Cuero, and Rutherford B.H. Yates Museum, Houston.
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Press Releases
Announcing the honorees of the first-ever Texas Historical Foundation Michael C. Duda Preservation Awards
Thirteen preservation projects across Texas awarded Texas Historical Foundation grants in latest round of funding.
Grant Presentations
Meet the group breathing new life into historic Dallas cemeteries by restoring them to native Blackland Prairie.
Catch up with Texas Historical Foundation's Spring 2024 grantees! THF meets with Friends of the Tye Preston Library, Canyon Lake and Castro Colonies Heritage Association, Castroville.
The 1895 | 140 W. Cameron Ave, Rockdale | 10:30 a.m. March 29
A presentation of THF's grant to Vision Historic Preservation Foundation is planned for March 29, 2024. Grant supports the Rockdale Sesquicentennial event, 12 days of culture, heritage, and history celebrations in downtown Rockdale this July hosted by Vision Historic.
Two Houston groups receive Texas Historical Foundation funding for historic preservation projects.
