05/21/2024
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The Texas Historical Commission is excited to announce Joseph Bell's promotion to Executive Director of the agency and its 350 employees. Bell has been the Deputy Executive Director of the Historic Sites division since 2015, providing guidance and oversight to the agency's 38 state historic sites.
Some key initiatives under Bell’s leadership include the opening of the 10,000-square-foot visitor center at San Felipe de Austin State Historic Site, a major restoration of the Fulton Mansion State Historic Site following Hurricane Harvey, and the addition of the Bush Family Home and Presidio La Bahía as state historic sites in 2023.
A $51 million restoration project at the Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site is scheduled to be completed in 2025. Renovations, including a full restoration of the visitors center, are also planned for the San Jacinto Battlefield State Historic Site soon.
“He is an ideal choice to lead the agency forward and expand its mission of saving the real places that tell the real stories of Texas,” said John Nau III, chairman of the board of commissioners. Bell succeeds Ed Lengel as the seventh Executive Director of the THC.
