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The Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties are common sense historic preservation principles in non-technical language. They promote historic preservation best practices that will help to protect our nation’s irreplaceable cultural resources
Technical Preservation Services develops historic preservation standards and guidance on preserving and rehabilitating historic buildings, administers the Federal Historic Preservation Tax Incentives Program for rehabilitating historic buildings, and sets the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties.
Toyia Pointer
Ph: 972-329-8529
Becky Allen
Ph: 972-216-6468
Part-time: Mon.-Thurs.,
9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Jan Masterson
Ph: 972-216-6472
Part-time:
Tue., Wed., Thu.,
9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Nancy Riley
Part-time:
Opal Lawrence Historical Park:
Tuesday - Friday, 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
701-711 E. Kearney St.,
Mesquite, TX 75149
Directions
(972)-216-6471
Robert Hughes
Part-time:
Thursday & Friday, 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
1424 Barnes Bridge Dr.,
Mesquite, TX 75150
(972)-204-4933
Mailing Address
P.O. Box 850137
Mesquite, TX 75185-0137
Monday - Friday
8 a.m. - 5 p.m.