Amy Rosenthal –Director, MPAC & Main Street

Guy Geirsch – Historic Preservation Officer

SAL Permit and Process

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State Antiquities Landmark (SAL)• Status that is designated by the Texas Historical

Commission (THC) and receives legal protection underthe Antiquities Code of Texas (the Code)

• SAL designation indicates that the site is an importantpart of our state’s historical legacy

• The Code was created to protect archeological sitesand historic buildings/structures on public land

• Must be listed in National Register of Historic Placeprior to SAL designation

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Old Collin County Courthouse• 1982 - Recorded Texas Historic Landmark (RTHL)

• 1983 - Listed on the National Register of HistoricPlaces for “Old Collin County Courthouse”

• 1998 - State Antiquities Landmark (SAL)

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SAL Designation & Permit Process▪ SAL designation does not mean that sites or buildings cannot

be altered or destroyed

▪ Land owning agency must consult with THC about proposed actions through the permit process and THC will determine if work will be allowed

▪ THC asks for statue SAL permit to focus:

– How it is removed

– Protected during relocation

– Where relocated to

– What happens after statue is relocated

▪ THC approval required prior to any action

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Jakia Brunell

Public Input Process

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▪ Public Input Survey:

– Information about responder

–Opinion regarding the Throckmorton statue and future status

▪ Timeline

–Open to the public 9/10, ends 9/25

– Results presented to council and public on 10/6

▪ Distribution Platforms and Outlets

– Survey will appear in City of McKinney Newsletter 9/10, 9/17, &9/21

– City of McKinney social media platforms

–Nextdoor

– Landing page on city website

Community Survey Overview

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Mark Doty – Assistant Director of Planning

Surrounding Communities/Counties Responses to Confederate Monuments

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▪ Grayson County, Sherman

▪ Standing

Surrounding Communities/Counties Confederate Monuments

▪ Hunt County, Greenville

▪ Removed by MuseumBoard in July 2020 and inundisclosed location

▪ Denton County, Denton

▪ Removed by CountyCommissioners in June2020.

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▪ Ellis County, Waxahachie

▪ Standing

Surrounding Communities/Counties Confederate Monuments

▪ Cooke County, Gainesville

▪ Voted to stay by Council,July 2020

▪ Gainesville, Leonard Park

▪ Removed by City andreturned to UDC, July 2020

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▪ Parker County, Weatherford

▪ After protests, County votedto keep in place, July 2020

Surrounding Communities/Counties Confederate Monuments

▪ Kaufman County, Kaufman

▪ Standing, Commissionformed to review, August2020

▪ Robert E Lee and ConfederateMonument, Dallas County,Dallas

▪ Both removed

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▪ Fannin County, Bonham

▪ Samuel Davis

Surrounding Communities/Counties Confederate Monuments

▪ Tarrant County, Ft. Worth

▪ Removed by CountyCommissioners, June 2020

▪ Hood County, Granbury

▪ Hiram B Granbury

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Surrounding Communities/Counties Confederate Monuments

▪ Johnson County, Cleburne

▪ Patrick Cleburne

▪ Johnson County, Cleburne

▪ Standing

▪ Johnson County, Cleburne

▪ Cemetery

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▪ Confederate and/or CSA verbiage

▪ Most feature unnamed soldiers, some are based upon specificpeople, others are obelisks/arch/generic

▪ Almost all contain plaques with funding/sponsors such as UDC,CVA, etc.

▪ Dedicated to the soldiers who lost their lives fighting for theConfederacy

▪ Routinely listed as Confederate monuments by various sources

Confederate Monument Characteristics

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▪ Not routinely included inConfederate monument listings

▪ Does not containConfederate/CSA verbiage orsymbols

▪ Not ‘officially’ sponsored by UDCor CVA on statue or base

Throckmorton Statue

▪ McKinney Weekly Democrat-Gazette – Thu, July 7, 1927

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Questions and Discussion

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Jakia Brunell

Public Input Process

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▪ Public Input Survey:

– Information about responder

–Opinion regarding the Throckmorton statue and future status

▪ Timeline

–Open to the public 9/10, ends 9/25

– Results presented to council and public on 10/6

▪ Distribution Platforms and Outlets

– Survey will appear in City of McKinney Newsletter 9/10, 9/17, & 9/21

– City of McKinney social media platforms

–Nextdoor

– Landing page on city website

Community Survey Overview

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North Texas Confederate Statues

City

(County) Location Description

Specific

Person? Sponsor Erected Status

Date

Removed

Bastrop

(Bastrop) Courthouse

Monument (not a statue)

erected to Conf. Major Joseph D

Sayers, also Gov of Texas 1899-

1903. Erected in 1964 by State of

Texas. Bastrop was his home

town. Yes

State of

Texas 1964

County Commissioners voted

to remove both statues 2020

pending

removal

Bastrop

(Bastrop) Courthouse

Obelisk to Confederate soldiers

of Bastrop No UDC 1910

County Commissioners voted

to remove both statues 2020

pending

removal

Farmersville

(Collin) City Park Unnamed Confederate Soldier No UDC/UCV 1917 still standing n/a

Gainesville

(Cooke) Courthouse Unnamed Confederate Soldier No UDC 1908

Cooke County Commissioners

voted 4-1 to keep courthouse

statue (August 2020) n/a

Gainesville

(Cooke) Leonard Park Unnamed Confederate Soldier No UDC 1908

Gainesville City Council voted

to return to United

Daughters of the

Confederacy July 2020

pending

removal

Dallas

(Dallas) Lee Park Robert E. Lee on Traveller Yes

Dallas

Southern

Monument

Association 1935

Dallas City Council voted to

remove. Sold in auction to

private entity 2017

Dallas

(Dallas) Pioneer Park

Unnamed soldier surrounded by

Jefferson Davis, Robert E Lee,

Stonewall Jackson, and Albert

Sydney Johnstone Yes UDC 1897

Dallas City Countil voted to

remove 2020

Denton

(Denton) Courthouse

Confederate soldier, arch,

drinking fountains No UDC 1918

Denton County

Commissioners voted to

remove statue with plans to

relocate with contextual

signage, no location decided

yet 2020

Waxahachie

(Ellis) Courthouse Unnamed Confederate Soldier No UDC 1912

petition to remove June

2020, no further action n/a

Bonham

(Fannin) Courthouse

Unnamed Confederate Soldier,

some say modeled after Samual

Davis, icon of the "Lost Cause"

movement. No UDC/CVA 1905 Still standing n/a

Sherman

(Grayson) Courthouse Unnamed Confederate Soldier No UDC 1896

Protests and petitions, but no

action/decision yet n/a

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North Texas Confederate Statues

City

(County) Location Description

Specific

Person? Sponsor Erected Status

Date

Removed

Marshall

(Harrison) Courthouse Unnamed Confederate Soldier No UDC 1906

Harrison County

Commissioners took no

action, despite protests and

calls for removal n/a

Granbury

(Hood) Courthouse

Hiram Bronson Granbury,

Confederate hero and namesake

of town Yes UDC 1913

no discussion or plans to

remove it or change the city's

name n/a

Greenville

(Hunt)

History

Museum

Unnamed Confederate Soldier -

originally on school grounds,

moved to History Museum No UDC 1926

Removed by History Museum

to unknown location citing

fears of vandalism 2020

Cleburne

(Johnson)

Cleburne

Memorial

Cemetery Confederate Memorial Arch No UDC 1921 still standing n/a

Cleburne

(Johnson) Courthouse Unnamed Confederate Soldier No UDC 1917 still standing n/a

Kaufman

(Kaufman) Courthouse Unnamed Confederate Soldier No UDC 1911

Kaufman County

Commissioners' Court

established 15-member

Monument Citizens

Commission (Sept 2020) n/a

Wichita Falls

(Montague) Memorial Obelisk No UDC 1934

petition to remove June

2020, no further action n/a

Weatherford

(Parker) Courthouse Unnamed Confederate Soldier No UDC 1915

several heated protests,

Parker County

Commissioners voted to keep

statue n/a

Fort Worth

(Tarrant) Courthouse

granite marker dedicated to

Confederate war soldiers No UDC 1953

Tarrant county

commissioners voted to

remove 2020

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Statues of Political Figures - Civil War Era and After

City

(County) location Description Funding Erected Status

Date

Removed

Belton

(Bell) Courthouse

Peter Hansbrough Bell,

Texas Governor, US

senator, Captain of the

Texas Rangers, veteran of

San Jacinto and Mexican

War

Commission of

Control for

Texas

Centennial

Celebrations 1936 still standing n/a

Killeen

(Bell)

Central

Texas

College

Campus Lyndon Baines Johnson Donations 1976 still standing n/a

Dallas

(Dallas)

Dallas Love

Field

Statue of Texas Ranger,

thought to be modeled

after Sgt E.J. Banks, whose

actions impeded school

integration in the 50's

Private

donations 1963

2019 Dallas City Council

considered proposal to

replace it with statue of

civil rights attorney, but

did not; removed to

storage 2020 2020

Dallas

(Dallas) Fair Park

R.L. Thornton,

businessman and civic

leader, served as Mayor

of Dallas 1953-1961

State Fair of

Texas

Association 1968 still standing n/a

Waxahachie

(Ellis) Courthouse

Statue of Richard Ellis

(1781-1846) - Plantation

owner, president of the

Constitutional Convention

in 1833. Inscription reads:

"Nurtured in the culture

of the old South,

practiced in the

application of the law he

exercised , in behalf of

Texas courage, vision and

leadership"

Commission of

Control for

Texas

Centennial

Celebrations 1936 no calls for removal n/a

Bonham

(Fannin) Courthouse

James Butler Bonham

1807-1836 - died at the

battle of the Alamo

Commission of

Control for

Texas

Centennial

Celebrations 1936 no calls for removal n/a

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Statues of Political Figures - Civil War Era and After

City

(County) location Description Funding Erected Status

Date

Removed

Bonham

(Fannin)

Sam Rayburn

Library

Sam Rayburn, Speaker of

US House of

Representatives Donations 1990 still standing n/a

Denison

(Grayson)

Eisenhower

Birthplace

State Park

Gen. Dwight D.

Eisenhower

Denison

Historical

Society and

private

donations 1972 still standing n/a

Cleburne

(Johnson)

Justice

Center

Statue of Patrick Cleburne

a Confederate

commander, but was

vocally opposed to

slavery. City's namesake.

Buffalo Creek

Association 2015 still standing n/a

Lubbock

(Lubbock)

Texas Tech

University Governor Preston Smith

Private

donations 1985 still standing n/a

Georgetown

(Williamson) Courthouse

Dan Moody, Governor of

Texas, known for

prosecuting KKK and

fighting corruption in

State government. ? 2016

Erected as a

counterbalance to the

Confederate statue in

Georgetown, to mixed

reception. His

prosecution of KKK

members was for beating

a white man for renting a

room in a widow's house,

not as a champion for

rights of blacks. He also

blocked voting rights of

blacks in 1944 as

Governor of Texas. n/a

Colorado City

(Mitchell) Courthouse

Congressman George H.

Mahon

public

donations 1986 still standing n/a

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