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Uvalde was founded by Reading W. Black, who settled there in 1853. Black and Nathan L. Stratton operated a ranch on the road between San Antonio and Fort Duncan. By 1854 Black had opened a store, two rock quarries, and a lime kiln; he also prepared a garden and an orchard, repaired nearby roads, and built a permanent home. Black hired Wilhelm C. A. Thielepape as surveyor in May 1855 to lay out a town which he called Encina. The town plan had four central plazas which still existed in 1989. Seminole, Tonkawa, and Lipan-Apache Indian raids and temporary withdrawal of troops from nearby Fort Inge discouraged settlement during the first year. The return of troops to Fort Inge and the community’s proximity to the road connecting San Antonio with the western United States eventually encouraged growth. In 1856 when the county was organized, the town was renamed Uvalde for Spanish governor Juan de Ugalde and was chosen as county seat. In 1857 a post office opened. The settlement centered around a mill built by Black and James Taylor in 1858. Border warfare and lawlessness prevailed until the late 1880s. In 1881 Uvalde became a shipping point on the Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railway. The city was incorporated on July 6, 1888. By 1890 it had a population of 2,000 and sixty businesses, including David W. Barnhill’s Uvalde News. The Crystal City and Uvalde Railroad was built to Crystal City in 1911, and the Uvalde and Northern ran to Camp Wood from 1921 to 1942. By 1914 F. M. Getzendaner was publishing the Uvalde Leader News, and the town had three banks, a library, 4,000 residents, and eighty businesses.  

*Information courtesy the Texas State Historical Association

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Get involved today!  

The Uvalde Main Street Program is an all-volunteer army that accomplishes its work using the four point approach through an advisory board assisting in coordination.

Main Street Advisory Board Members: 

• Chip King

• Robert Rodriguez

• Richelle Runyon

• Suzanne Tumbarello

• Sergio Ortiz

• Kristi Munoz

For more information on how you can volunteer, contact the Main Street Office.

• Susan Rios, Main Street Manager

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✓ If your business is staying open, publish commitment to public health and outline actions for ensuring a clean facility and healthy staff; have hand sanitizer available for customers and latex gloves available for employees.

✓ Offer digital gift cards that customers and patrons can buy now and use later.

✓ Start, maintain, and enhance business web pages, online shopping opportunities, and social media presence.

✓ Keep customers updated on new experiences or products you’ll offer when conditions improve.

✓ Develop customer membership programs, such as “subscribe and save” on delivery or pickup of coffee beans, fresh produce, etc.

✓ Develop online shopping list services. For example, many grocery stores offer grocery pickup or delivery to customers who submit shopping lists online.

✓ Offer digital services and support to virtually sell, answer questions, and provide customer service.

✓ Keep it lively! Offer trivia nights via livestream and provide virtual tours of your shop.

The Uvalde Main Street Program is committed to supporting our current and future downtown business and property owners. We are ready and willing to connect entrepreneurs with the resources that they need to succeed.  Stop by our offices or contact us to recieve a copy of our “A Guide to Doing Business in Downtown Uvalde” pictured here. 

It is advised that unpainted masonry be left unpainted as it can trap moisture and can potentially cause deterioration of the brick.  As water freezes it expands, which can cause stress cracks and spalling in the brick, and ultimately failure.  Painted brick can also lead to condensation and mold issues on the interior of the building.  In unpainted brick buildings, the porous brick absorbs water and allows the water to evaporate, leaving the brick intact even with years of exposure. 

Once a building is already painted, it is the owner’s choice to repaint it or consider paint removal.  While there are many success cases, paint removal is not always successful and can also cause damage to the building so it may be better to leave the brick painted.  

When removing paint, use the gentlest means possible.  A test patch in a small, discreet location should be conducted first before cleaning is undertaken to verify that it will not damage the brick underneath.  To remove the paint completely, the brick should first be cleaned with a soft bristle brush and water.  If that is not sufficient, then power washing with a mild detergent or chemical cleaning can be considered.  Power washing should not exceed 300 PSI because higher pressure could damage the hard exterior of the brick.  If the hard exterior surface is damaged, the softer interior of the brick is left exposed and vulnerable to deterioration.  For this reason, brick should never be sandblasted.  

The following National Park Service Preservation Brief and General Service Administration Technical Procedures provide guidance on how to clean brick: 

City and County of Uvalde
The City of Uvalde and Uvalde County grant a 25% exemption of the assessed value for certain historically significant structures. Structures that are National Register listed and/or Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks are eligible to apply. Additionally, properties granted Landmark status by the City of Uvalde Historic Preservation Board are eligible for the exemption for City taxes only.

How to Apply
Property owners should complete and return Property Tax Form 50-122 by January 31st each year. The form is available on the City’s webpage, www.uvaldetx.gov. Forms may be returned in person to the historic preservation officer at city hall or to sanderson@uvaldetx.com
The City’s historic preservation officer will verify the information, inspect the property and make recommendations to the city council, and if applicable, to the county commissioners court.

Eligibility
The historic tax exemption was enacted to encourage the preservation of historic structures, so those structures must be maintained in order to receive the tax exemption. The following items shall be used in determining whether a historic site has been maintained in accordance with minimum property, structural and health standards:

MaintenancePaint or other coatings shall be applied at reasonable intervals so as to protect exterior surfaces of a structure which are subject to decayScreens and shutters shall be maintained in good repairBroken windows shall be repaired or replaced in-keeping with Secretary of Interior StandardsExterior doors and doorways shall be maintained in good repair and operable conditionSkirting around the structure shall be maintained in good repairPorch flooring and supports shall be maintained in a sound condition, capable of bearingan imposed load safelyRailings and handrails of exterior stairs, steps,balconies, porches and other exterior features shall be maintained in a sound condition so as to afford safetyRotted exterior wood shall be replaced with like material and repaintedBroken or partially missing gutters or down-spouts shall be replaced or repairedLoose bricks or stones in the exterior of a structure shall be re-established

The property shall be kept in conformance with all City of Uvalde codes

Contact: City of Uvalde—Susan Anderson(830) 278-3315 sanderson@uvaldetx.govUvalde County—Judge William R. Mitchell

(830) 278-3216 wrmcj@uvaldecounty.com

Other Tax Incentives
State of Texas: sales tax exemption on labor for renovations of non-residential, National Register listed properties 25% transferable franchise tax credit for renovations of National Register or RTHL, income producing proper-ties that are privately owned or non-profitFederal Tax Credit 20% income tax credit for renovation of National Register properties that are in-come producing

 10% income tax credit for renovation of buildings built before 1936