{"id":67268,"date":"2025-11-27T12:37:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T12:37:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/67268\/"},"modified":"2025-11-27T12:37:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T12:37:08","slug":"bastrop-county-aims-to-restore-historic-courthouse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/67268\/","title":{"rendered":"Bastrop County aims to restore historic courthouse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Bastrop County Commissioners Court will consider an application with the <a href=\"https:\/\/thc.texas.gov\/blog\/visit-eight-state-historic-sites-experience-republic-texas-era?gad_source=1&amp;gad_campaignid=23123798582&amp;gbraid=0AAAAABqL-sjCUXaucQefmEiwAj3WOPl7v&amp;gclid=CjwKCAiAuIDJBhBoEiwAxhgyFir42JK9Ss8FbLGHrX9vZel2YUvtOaNbSnuHWNL-wvQgJfeP4kKTpxoCv7QQAvD_BwE\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Texas Historical Commission<\/a> for a grant through the <a href=\"https:\/\/thc.texas.gov\/preserve\/preservation-programs\/courthouse-preservation\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Texas Historic Courthouse Preservation Program<\/a> during a Nov. 24 meeting.<\/p>\n<p>The details<\/p>\n<p>The restoration of the Bastrop County Courthouse, built in 1883, would cost approximately $20.4 million, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/bastropco.civicweb.net\/filepro\/documents\/115345\/?preview=121517&amp;splitscreen=true&amp;attachmenturl=%2Fdocument%2F121322\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">master plan<\/a> that Bastrop County officials prepared in April 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Some background<\/p>\n<p>The 89th Texas Legislature allocated $100 million for the Texas Historic Courthouse Preservation Program for the 2026-27 biennium.<\/p>\n<p>As of 2025, the Texas Historic Courthouse Preservation Program\u2014established in 1999\u2014has funded the restorations of 81 courthouses, while 26 courthouses have received emergency or planning grants, according to a Texas Historical Commission <a href=\"https:\/\/bastropco.civicweb.net\/filepro\/documents\/115345\/?preview=121517&amp;splitscreen=true&amp;attachmenturl=%2Fdocument%2F121322\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">application guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese restored county courthouses serve as a catalyst to economic revitalization in the business districts that surround courthouse squares throughout the state,\u201d the application guide states.<\/p>\n<p>The Texas Historical Commission listed other benefits of a restored courthouse, including:<\/p>\n<p>Improved building accessibility and usabilityEasier building maintenanceIncreased safety and energy efficiencyDowntown revitalizationExpanded local tourismThe outlook<\/p>\n<p>The Texas Historical Commission is scheduled to announce grant winners in July 2026.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Bastrop County Commissioners Court will consider an application with the Texas Historical Commission for a grant through&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":67269,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133,4696,8838,34676,27325,27605,34677],"class_list":["post-67268","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news","tag-bastrop-county","tag-courthouse","tag-texas-historic-courthouse-preservation-program","tag-texas-historical-commission","tag-thc","tag-thcpp"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67268","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67268"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67268\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67269"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}