Historic Tyler on Tour
Historic Tyler on Tour presents an annual tour of historic homes and gardens in one of our six National Historic Districts. This annual HTOT event is held the third or fourth weekend in March. Check our website for the latest HTOT information and how to purchase tickets online for this event!
Heritage Host
A complete tour guide service providing trained local guides for motor coach visitors. Whatever your travel needs, Heritage Hosts' trained guides will share the unique heritage of East Texas by offering personalized Tyler city tours, arranging convention tours to area attractions such as the East Texas Oil Museum, scheduling shopping trips for antiques on Tyler's brick streets, or making dining reservations at one of Tyler's historic house museums.
Historic Property Survey
In 1994, Historic Tyler, Inc. initiated a comprehensive survey of Tyler to identify and document all buildings, structures, and sites fifty years and older. Over 7,000 historically significant resources were identified and documented when the survey was completed in 1999. In addition to achieving documentation materials, the survey work included the successful nomination of the Adams-Douglas-Pollard House to the National Register of Historic Places in 1996 and the listing of Tyler's first historic district, in the Charnwood neighborhood, to the National Register in 1999.
In 2000, a developmental context for the City of Tyler from 1946-1950 was written as well as a nomination for the Cotton Belt depot downtown to the National Register of Historic Places. In addition, six downtown buildings and three working class neighborhoods were listed on the National Register in 2000-2001.
In 2002, Tyler's Azalea District, comprised of over 1,000 historic properties, was nominated to the National Register of Historic Places with designation achieved in 2003. Tyler’s Brick Streets Historic District was added in 2004. Three other smaller districts were added to the National Register in 2002: Short-Line Residential Historic District, East Ferguson Street Residential District, Donnybrook Duplex Residential Historic District.
Preservation Award
The annual Preservation Award honors an individual or group who has demonstrated outstanding leadership in historic preservation through renovating an historic building or advocating to save a historically significant structure threatened with demolition.
Preservation Week Photo Contest
This photo identification contest is held during National Preservation Week each May. Local historic buildings or structures are featured in the Tyler Courier Times newspaper and individuals are asked to submit entries identifying the buildings. The winner receives complimentary tickets to the Historic Tyler Annual Meeting/Party and a year/s membership to Historic Tyler, Inc.
Annual Meeting and Silent Auction
Held annually in the spring, the annual membership meeting is a party, held in an historic home setting, where new officers and board members are elected. In addition to great food and entertainment, the party features a silent auction offering a variety of gifts to members and their guests. Auction items include antiques, stays at bed and breakfasts, jewelry, meals at local restaurants, books and historical memorabilia.
For more information on these and other projects, contact us.
