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POSTWAR GROWTH & PRESERVATION MOVEMENT (1945-1992) <br />1972 <br />San Marcos <br />Urban Renewal <br />Agency transferred <br />undeveloped land <br />to the Heritage <br />Association for <br />Veramendi Plaza <br />while redeveloping <br />historic -age houses <br />in Mexican American <br />neighborhoods. <br />Luciano Flores became <br />first Hispanic mayor of <br />San Marcos. <br />San Marcos High and <br />Goodnight Junior <br />High School students <br />staged walkout <br />protesting lack of <br />diversity in teachers <br />and curriculum. <br />1-35 accelerated <br />downtown businesses <br />move to the suburbs. <br />Texas Historical Survey <br />Committee became <br />Texas Historical <br />Commission. <br />1973 <br />Charles S. Cock House <br />became first San <br />Marcos property listed <br />in the NRHP. <br />Dunbar Park <br />established as a San <br />Marcos municipal <br />park after Mr. & Mrs. <br />C.D. Marshall donated <br />funding to the City to <br />purchase the property. <br />Hays County and San <br />Marcos added to <br />Austin Metropolitan <br />Area by the U.S. Office <br />of Management and <br />Budget. <br />John R. Koos platted <br />Windmill Addition <br />subdivision. <br />1974 <br />San Marcos <br />designated Belvin <br />Street as first local <br />historic district. <br />A historic -age grocery <br />warehouse was <br />converted into a music <br />hall on Cheatham <br />Street and launched <br />the progressive <br />country movement. <br />Emmie Craddock <br />became first female <br />mayor of San Marcos. <br />- t"7mm_ <br />r- <br />f w, i:;' <br />1975 <br />Professional <br />archaeologists began <br />to refer to the "Late <br />Prehistoric" period in <br />Central Texas as the <br />San Marcos Phase after <br />the first professional <br />investigations <br />occurred in the area in <br />the 1970s. <br />Heritage Association <br />of San Marcos <br />chartered to support <br />the preservation of <br />buildings, historical <br />sites & archives, as <br />well as to perpetuate <br />traditions that enrich <br />the communty. <br />Above, NRHP-listed Charles S Cock House (Courtesy of SMPL) <br />Left, George Thomas McGeHee House within the locally <br />designated Belvin Street Historic District (NRHP) <br />44 SAN MARCOS HISTORIC PRESERVATION PLAN (2026) <br />