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As described in Chapter 1, this design guidelines document is
used to guide the appropriate treatment of historic structures and
to help design new buildings in historic districts that are compatible
with the historic structures. While written to be useful for staff, the
Heritage Preservation Commission and community members,
only some property owners will be required to abide by the design
guidelines in order to begin their project. The design guidelines
may always function as an educational, advisory document,
but this section describes when use of the design guidelines is
required.

Currently, four residential historic districts in Waxahachie are
listed on the National Register of Historic Places. (Note that this
document focuses on three of those four districts.) However,
only one of the districts – the Oldham Avenue Historic District –
is designated locally as a Historic Overlay District. Because of
the differences in designation, the guidelines apply differently to
historic residential properties. Those differences are described in
the sections that follow.
Improvements to 1034 W. Main
Street, a contributing historic
property to the West End Historic
District, can be seen from this
series of photos. This design
guidelines document can be used
for rehabilitation projects such as
the one shown above.

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