Waxahachie Residential Design Guidelines
2021. Waxahachie Residential Design Guidelines. City of Waxahachie; Texas Historical Commission
From the Introduction: "The City of Waxahachie is nationally recognized for its rich collection of historic resources. These are enjoyed by residents, business owners and visitors as links to the City’s heritage, which also set the stage for a vibrant future. Preserving these assets is essential to Waxahachie’s well-being. These Residential Design Guidelines for Waxahachie’s residential historic districts promote the community’s vision for preservation by guiding appropriate stewardship of historic resources, and promoting compatible redevelopment in the districts. By preserving existing buildings and guiding compatible redevelopment, the guidelines also help promote cultural, environmental and economic sustainability. The Residential Design Guidelines address rehabilitation, alteration, additions to historic buildings and new construction in the three National Register-designated residential historic districts of Waxahachie. This document also is a tool for the Waxahachie Heritage Preservation Commission to use in the review of projects to determine whether the project would or would not materially impair a historic resource or a district as a whole. This introduction provides background information on the design guidelines and their relationship to existing policies and regulations. Following a description of the basis and audience for the design guidelines, it also includes a brief history of the historic development of Waxahachie to assist with an understanding of the community’s traditional development patterns. A short description of the three residential historic districts also is included to provide more detailed information about where these residential design guidelines apply." Project funding was provided in part by a Historic Preservation Fund grant to the Texas Historical Commission, administered by the State, Tribal, Local Plans and Grants division, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior (grant number P20AF00051).
- Type
- Generic Document
- Date of Issue
- 2021-10-22
- Publisher
- City of Waxahachie; Texas Historical Commission
- Units
- HPF
- Keywords
- Design Guidelines