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WESTLAKE HISTORICAL
PRESERVATION SOCIETY
ACTIVITY SUMMARY
June 13, 2011
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FY October 2010/October2011
•Quarterly Museum Window Exhibits
- American Indian and the Buffalo (Fall 2010)
- Dickens Christmas Village (Winter 2010)
- US Cavalry Buffalo Soldiers (Spring 2011)
- Cowboys and Cattle Drives (Summer 2011)
•Semi-Annual Living History Presentations
- Texas Frontier Forts Trail (Fall 2010)
- Cowboys and Cattle Drives (Spring 2011)
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FY October 2011/October 2012
•Annual WHPS General Membership Meeting
Program and Reception (November 2010)
•First Annual Westlake Vintage and Classic Car
Show (October 29, 2011)
•Annual Westlake Decoration and Memorial
Day Program (May 2012)
•Annual Westlake Historical Marker Dedication
Day Program (Proposed for Fall 2011)
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WESTLAKE HISTORICAL
PRESERVATION SOCIETY
HISTORICAL MARKER
PROJECT PROPOSAL
June 13, 2011
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PROJECT OBJECTIVES
•IDENTIFY AND DOCUMENT TOWN OF
WESTLAKE HISTORICAL SITES
•OBTAIN AND INSTALL HISTORICAL MARKERS
AT TOWN APPROVED SITES
•ESTABLISH AN ANNUAL HISTORICAL MARKER
DEDICATION DAY
•PLAN AND CONDUCT MARKER DEDICATION
DAY CEREMONY
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PROJECT BACKGROUND
•TOWN OF WESTLAKE ESTABLISHED THE
WESTLAKE HISTORICAL PRESERVATION
SOCIETY WITH THE INTENT AND MISSION OF
FOSTERING AND PROMOTING THE
PRESERVATION OF WESTLAKE HISTORY.
•THE TOWN OF WESTLAKE HAS EIGHT (8) OR
MORE POTENTIAL HISTORICAL AND/OR
SIGNIFICANT SITES WORTHY OF BEING
NOMINATED FOR A HISTORICAL MARKER.
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POTENTIAL SITES
1.BUCK KING ORIGINAL HOMESTEAD
2.THRASHER FAMILY HOME
3.OLD STAGE COACH STOP
4.DEALEY HOME (PAIGEBROOKE FARM)
5.SHOCKEY-HUFFMAN HOMESTEAD SITE
6.POSSUM TROT SCHOOL SITE
7.CIRCLE T RANCH
8.TERRA BELLA HOMESTEAD SITE
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SITE LOCATION MAP
BUCK KING HOMESTEAD
•MR. KING RAISED
ANIMALS AND FOWL
AND GREW COTTON,
CORN AND PEANUTS
•PEARSON ROAD WAS
PREVIOUSLY KNOWN AS
BUCK KING ROAD
•ADDITIONAL DETAILS
AND INFORMATION IS
AVAILABLE
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THRASHER FAMILY HOME
•HOME OF HENRY AND
BEULAH THRASHER
•40 ACRE TRACT
BOUGHT IN 1938
•NATIVE SANDSTONE
FROM CIRCLE T AREA
•PARENTS AND FOUR
CHILDREN MOVED IN
JUNE 1942
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OLD STAGE COACH STOP
•SITE OF 1850’S LOG
CABIN ON DENTON-
BIRDVILLE STAGE
COACH ROUTE
•ROCK HOUSE BUILT
BETWEEN 1866 AND
MID-1870’S
•PROVIDE WATER TO
TRAVELERS FROM
NEARBY SPRINGS
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DEALEY HOME/PAIGEBROOKE
•DEALEY COUNTRY
HOME
•DESIGNED BY CHARLES
DILBECK.
•BUILT IN THE LATE
1930’S
•KNOWN AS THE 220
RANCH
•MOVED TO PRESENT
SITE IN 1998
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SHOCKEY HOMESTEAD SITE
•HOMESTEAD WAS
ESTABLISHED BY ISSAC
SHOCKEY IN 1885
•CONSISTED OF MULTI-
PLE WOOD FRAME
BUILDINGS AND WELL
•HOMESTEAD SITE NOW
OCCUPIED BY SOLANA
VILLAGE CIRCLE
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POSSUM TROT SCHOOL SITE
•(PHOTOGRAPH OF THE
SITE NEAR DOVE AND
OTTINGER
INTERSECTION WILL BE
INSERTED AFTER
LOCATION CONFIRMED)
•PHILLIP’S SCHOOL
DISTRICT NO. 84, ALSO
KNOWN AS POSSUM
TROT SCHOOL
•OPENED 1890
•CLOSED 1905
•ENROLLMENT 16-20
AGES 8 THROUGH 13
•ONE ROOM WOOD
FRAME BUILDING
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CIRCLE T RANCH
•J. GLENN TURNER
PURCHASED APPROX.
2300 ACRES IN 40’/50’S
•TOWN OF WESTLAKE
WAS FOUNDED BY
TURNER AND FRIENDS
•PURCHASED BY NELSON
HUNT SOLD TO H.ROSS
PEROT JR./HILLWOOD
IN 1993
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TERRA BELLA SITE
•(PHOTOGRAPH OF SITE
WILL BE INSERTED
AFTER LOCATION IS
CONFIRMED, NOW
BEING RESEARCHED)
•ED NOACK FAMILY OF
SIX BOUGHT THE SITE
IN 1965 AND BUILT A
1000 SF FRAME HOME.
•IN 1995, THE NOACKS
REQUESTED WESTLAKE
TO ANNEX THE LAND
•BECAME TERRA BELLA
ESTATES IN 2007
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INTIAL FINDINGS
•TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION HISTORICAL
MARKER APPLICATION PROCESS REQUIRES
EXHAUSTIVE RESEARCH AND DOCUMENTATION OF A
HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT HOUSE, BUILDING OR
SITE.
•APPLICATION REVIEW IS OFTEN CONDUCTED MORE
THAN A YEAR AFTER SUBMITTAL, AND ONLY AFTER A
REVIEW BY THE TARRANT COUNTY HISTORICAL
COMMISSION, HENCE A VERY COMPLICATED AND
TIME CONSUMING PROCESS.
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PROPOSED SOLUTION
•TOWN OF WESTLAKE HAS THE AUTHORITY TO
ESTABLISH ITS OWN HISTORICAL MARKER PROGRAM.
•SINCE THE ESTABLISHED MISSION OF WHPS IS TO
FOSTER AND PROMOTE CIVIC AND HISTORICAL PRIDE
WITHIN THE WESTLAKE COMMUNITY, IT IS
RECOMMNEDED THAT THE TOWN COUNCIL
AUTHORIZE THE WHPS TO ESTABLISH A HISTORICAL
MARKER PROGRAM FOR THE TOWN OF WESTLAKE.
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HISTORICAL MARKER DESIGN
•SOUTHWELL FOUNDRY LOCATED IN SAN ANTONIO,
TX MANUFACTURES HISTORICAL MARKERS FOR
MANY STATES, COUNTIES AND TOWNS INCLUDING
THE STATE OF TEXAS.
•TWO TYPICAL MARKER DESIGNS ARE SHOWN ON
THE NEXT SLIDE. A MARKER AND POST SUPPORT
CAN BE DELIVERED WITHIN TWO MONTHS AT A
COST OF APPROXIMATELY $1500 TO $2000.
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MARKER DESIGNS
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NEXT STEPS
•COMPLETE SITE RESEARCH AND
DOCUMENTATION
•OBTAIN AGREEMENT FROM OWNER
•PLAN AND PREPARE COST ESTIMATE FOR SITE
PARKING SPACE.
•SUBMIT PROJECT COST ESTIMATE FOR TOWN
COUNCIL APPROVAL.
• OBTAIN FORMAL PROPOSALS FOR SITE WORK
AND MAKER SUPPLY.
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NEXT STEPS (CONTINUED)
•SUBMIT FORMAL PROPOSAL TO TOWN
COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL.
•AWARD SITE WORKS AND PLACE ORDER FOR
THE MARKER.
•CONDUCT SITE WORKS AND INSTALL
HISTORICAL MARKER.
•SCHEDULE HISTORICAL MARKER DEDICATION
DAY.
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NEXT STEPS (CONTINUED)
•PREPARE HISTORICAL MARKER DEDICATION DAY
PROGRAM (SEE HANDOUT).
•PLAN AND PUBLICIZE DEDICATION DAY
CEREMONY.
•CONDUCT DEDICATION DAY CEREMONY.
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DEDICATION DAY PROGRAM
•THE STATE OF TEXAS HAS POSTED A TYPICAL
HISTORICAL MARKER DAY CEREMONY PROGRAM
FORMAT AND A TYPICAL NEWS RELEASE FORMAT
ON THEIR WEBSITE FOR REFERENCE PURPOSES.
•IT IS PROPOSED THAT THE FIRST HISTORICAL
MARKER DEDICATION DAY BE SCHEDULED FOR
THE FALL OF 2011.
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DEDICATION DAY (CONT.)
•THE FIRST ANNUAL WESTLAKE HISTORICAL
MARKER DEDICATION DAY WILL COMMEMORATE
THE BUCK KING HOMESTEAD CHIMNEY.
•THE PARKING SPACE SITE WORK IS SCHEDULED
TO BE COMPLETED THIS SUMMER WITH THE
ASPEN LANE RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT AND
THE MARKER CAN BE ORDERED IN THE SAME
TIME FRAME. HENCE, ALL WORK WILL BE
COMPLETE BY FALL 2011.
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DEDICATION DAY (CONT.)
•OPTION A: CAN SCHEDULE ONE FALL DEDICATION
DAY PER YEAR FOR 8 OR MORE CONSECUTIVE YEARS.
•OPTION B: CAN SCHEDULE TWO DEDICATION DAYS
PER YEAR (SPRING AND FALL) FOR 4 OR MORE
CONSECUTIVE YEARS.
•PLEASE NOTE THAT THERE IS AT LEAST ONE OR MORE
POTENTIAL SITES INCLUDING THE MAHOTEA BOONE
TRAIL/BOONE HOMESTEAD .
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