Beginning Monday, April 3, 2017, you will notice a change in our membership structure. New and renewed memberships will be billed at the current levels through the end of March. As of Monday, April 3, the structure will change to the following:

Personal Membership Levels

Individual	$75
Student (NEW!)	$25
Urban Armadillos	$50
Young Professionals (PDYP)	$50
Sustainer - Double and Sustainer levels become one level	$100
Contributor	$250
Benefactor - Benefactor and Patron levels become one level	$750
Steward	$2,500

Preservation Partners

Nonproft/Community Partners	$75
Corporate Partners	$1,000

Renew your membership today to lock in the current rate before they change! 

For more details on the new levels, click here.

Our next HHS course will be September 7-8.  Please contact Metrotex to register.

Hone the skills learned in the HHS course with this one day advanced class on April 20th. In this class, you will learn materials and methods of pre- and post-WWII housing in Dallas, historic preservation and economics, appraisals for historic properties, landscapes for historic properties, and will end the day at the Dallas Public Library with a hands on research workshop. Class is limited to 25 students. Registration includes a continental breakfast, lunch and a one-year individual membership to Preservation Dallas. Register through Metrotex or call 214-540-2751. 

Knights of Pythias - The building has been been added to the National Register of Historic Places having been approved for designation on February 21. This is great news for the building as it will now be eligible for historic rehabilitation tax credits. The developer for the building and the adjacent site wish to do a mixed use project with hotel, residences and retail. The Knights building will be used as part of the hotel. The National Register listing adds to the current City of Dallas Landmark status for the building which was approved in 1989. To read an article about the history of the building in Columns magazine click here.

Recently I attended Preservation Texas' annual Preservation Summit which was held in Waco this year. It was a great chance to see some of Waco as I'm usually buzzing by it on Interstate 35 on the way to and from Austin without time to stop and check out the city. It was also a good chance to catch up with other preservationists from around the state. 

The kickoff for the summit was held at the Masonic Grand Lodge of Texas, which is an incredibly grand structure completed in 1949 and one of the largest Freemason lodges in the world. At the lodge the 2017 Preservation Texas Honor Awards were given out and the Statler was one of the recipients this year. Click here to see the other winners. 

In addition to the various sessions on adaptive reuse, historic districts, resource surveying and designation, historic cemetery preservation, and a bus tour of Waco, Preservation Texas also announced their new list of Texas' Most Endangered Historic Places. Fair Park was added to the list this year due to the deterioration of the buildings and the need for resources to address those issues.

The Summit closed out with a special showing of four short documentary films featuring preservation efforts across the state. One of the films featured was Restore, which highlighted work to the Old Municipal Building in Dallas as well as the restoration of the Sharrock Niblo Cabin. The film maker, Mark Birnbaum, received awards for the film last year from both Preservation Texas and Preservation Dallas. The other films included: Saving Magic 11th Street which documents the efforts to preserve two historic blocks in Garland along with relocating a 110 year old house to that neighborhood; Restoring Texas's Historic Courthouses and Restoring Texas's Historic Courthouses 2 were created to highlight the importance of the preservation of Texas Courthouses across the state. Click the film titles above to view any of them. 

Starting on the 22nd I will be out of the office until the 10th of April. I will be heading out on a trip halfway around the world to New Zealand, for which I am very excited. I will be joining my sister and her family for the trip and will be spending most of the time on the South Island with a few days on the North Island before returning home. I have heard that New Zealand is an amazing country and I can't wait to see the tremendous scenery firsthand along with learning more about the history and architecture of the islands. I will be sure to take some great photos to share when I return!

Tuesday | March 28 | 6 p.m. | 4717 Park Lane

Thursday | March 30 | 6-8 p.m. | Hall of State

Join us along with the Dallas Historical Society, Dallas Heritage Village, and the Old Red Museum of Dallas History & Culture for this special lecture and book signing event! with Steven R. Butler. Books will be available for purchase and to be signed by the author. Admission is free and for more information or to reserve a spot, click here.

Saturday | May 6 | 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Wednesday | May 31 | 6-8:30 p.m. | The Statler

Join us for the 2107 Preservation Achievement Awards to be held at The Statler! We are also extremely excited to have Stephanie Meeks, President and CEO of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, as our Keynote Speaker. In addition, we will be recognizing Downtown Dallas, Inc. as our Honoree this year for their incredible work promoting the revitalization of downtown. And this is all on top of the awards to be given to Dallas' best preservation projects and people of the past year! This event is so big we have decided to have a sit down dinner instead of a reception. To register for the event, click here. If you are interested in being a sponsor, click here.