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PRESERVATION MONTH <br />The City celebrates Preservation Month annually in May. Preservation Month's precursor was a <br />National Preservation Week established in 1973. In 2005, the NTHP expanded the celebration and <br />declared May national Preservation Month. Each May, the Mayor issues a proclamation recognizing <br />Preservation Month, and the City has hosted related events since at least 2022. <br />One -day event held at the historic Cephas House. <br />Programming highlighted underrepresented stories of San Marcos. <br />Presentations from Johnson Planning & Preservation, Centro Cultural Hispano de San Marcos, <br />Dunbar HASM, and local archivist Beth Grayson. <br />Walking tour of the Dunbar Historic District. <br />Guided tour of the Calaboose African American History Museum. <br />Historic Home Collective event at the Price Center. <br />Presentations from local speakers about historic residential architecture, energy efficiency in <br />historic homes, and wood window benefits, maintenance, and repairs. <br />Historic Property Collective event at the Dunbar Recreation Center. <br />Presentation from Edgar Dobson on the efforts to stabilize the Dunbar School Home <br />Economics Building. <br />Guided tour of the Dunbar School Home Economics Building. <br />Updates on the ongoing project to list the San Marcos Colored School Home Economics <br />Building and the Dunbar Historic District in the NRHP. <br />Presentations highlighting preservation economics, including the Hotel Occupancy Tax and <br />Legacy Business Programs. <br />Historic Preservation Plan Pop -Up at the San Marcos Public Library. <br />HISTORIC PROPERTY COLLECTIVE <br />PRESERVATION IN THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS 89 <br />