Historical Commission Projects

Planning and Development

The Commission's Historical Marker Committee reviews and approves Official Texas Historical Marker applications before they are approved by the entire Commission and sent to the Texas Historical Commission for final approval. Dallas County currently has almost 300 Official Texas Historical Markers. Citizens interested in sponsoring a marker are encouraged to contact Rick Loessberg at (214) 653-7601 for an application or to download information from the links below.

Subject markers may be obtained to commemorate a historic site, neighborhood, institution, church, cemetery, event or person. Markers are also available for historic buildings and structures under the Recorded Texas Historic Landmark Program.

Examples of marker applications that have been submitted over the past several years and that have been recommended to the State for approval by the Commission are as follows:

For a list of existing Dallas County historical markers, including the inscription, click here.

Procedures, policies and costs for historical markers are determined by the Texas Historical Commission and included with the application.  For more information about Texas Historical Commission Designations, Historical Marker guidelines, and applications, click here.

The Commission also promotes historic preservation and historic appreciation through the news media, speeches and educational programs with civic groups, tourists and schools. In the past, it was a major participant in the effort to create the Sixth Floor Museum and to preserve the Old Red Courthouse, and it also spearheaded the first effort to conduct a comprehensive historic resource survey in the County since 1982.

During Spring 2011, the Commission surveyed and photographed all of the sixty-nine properties in Dallas County that had previously been designated by the Texas Historical Commission as Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks.  RTHL status is the highest historic preservation designation that the State can bestow upon a structure.

A list of the RTHL properties in Dallas County as well as photographs of and the completed reports for each of the surveyed properites follows below.

Photographs of Surveyed RTHL Properties

Completed RTHL Survey Reports