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The Texas Historical Commission is an agency dedicated to historic preservation within the state of Texas. It administers the National Register of Historic Places for sites in Texas. The commission also identifies Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks and recognizes them with Official Texas Historical Marker medallions and descriptive plaques. Finally, the commission identifies State Archeological Landmarks and Historic Texas Cemeteries. A bimonthly publication, ''The Medallion,'' is published by the agency as a statewide preservation newsletter and they maintain the Texas Historic Sites Atlas web site to help people locate historic sites. The commission has main offices in the Capitol Complex in downtown Austin; the complex includes the Carrington-Covert House, Luther Hall, Gethsemane Lutheran Church, Elrose Building, and the Christianson-Leberman Building. == History of the Commission == Established in 1953, The Texas State Legislature created a State Historical Survey Committee with the task to identify important historic sites across the state. The Texas Legislature changed the agency's name to the Texas Historical Commission in 1973. From 1963-1967, former state Attorney General John Ben Shepperd headed the commission and moved to expand the number of state highway markers to promote historic preservation.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=George E. Christian, "John Ben Shepperd", ''The Handbook of Texas'' )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Texas Historical Commission」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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