A ribbon cutting ceremony is slated for 1 p.m. Monday for the rededication of the Polk County Courthouse.
A participant in the Texas Historical Commission’s Texas Historic Courthouse Preservation Program, Polk County will celebrate the completion of a full restoration that returned the 1924 Classical Revival building to its former glory during a ceremony that will take place on the courthouse grounds at 101 W. Church St. in Livingston.
Expected guest speakers for the rededication ceremony include State Sen. Robert Nichols, State Rep. Trent Ashby, County Judge Sydney Murphy, and a THC commissioner.
The ceremony will include music from the Corrigan-Camden High School Band, a presentation of the nation’s colors from the Onalaska Jr/Sr High School Color Guard, and an invocation.
Following the ceremony, the county will open the doors of the courthouse for residents to see the finished work and take self-guided tours.
The Texas Historic Courthouse Preservation Program was established in 1999 by the Texas Legislature to reverse the trend of disrepair in historic courthouses and to protect and preserve these important landmarks.
It offers up to $10 million in grant-funded planning and construction funding for eligible historic county courthouses across the state. To date, the program has assisted 118 historic county courthouses with over $500 million in grants, including more than 85 counties with full restoration construction projects.
For more information about the THCPP, visit thc.texas.gov/thcpp.
The Texas Historical Commission is the state’s official historic preservation agency. It preserves, operates, and manages 42 state historic sites, the Texas Heritage Trails Program, Texas Main Street Program, Texas Historic Courthouse Preservation Program, and many more heritage tourism and historic preservation initiatives across the state. The Texas Historical Commission’s mission is to protect and preserve the state’s historic and prehistoric resources for the use, education, enjoyment, and economic benefit of present and future generations. For more information, visit thc.texas.gov.
