Former TPWD Operated Parks

Texas Historical Commission Sites

The Texas Legislature transferred the following sites to the Texas Historical Commission:

  • Acton State Historic Site - Transferred Jan. 1, 2008
  • Admiral Nimitz State Historic Site/National Museum of the Pacific War - Operated by the Texas Historical Commission
  • Caddoan Mounds State Historic Site - Transferred Jan. 1, 2008
  • Casa Navarro State Historic Site - Transferred Jan. 1, 2008
  • Confederate Reunion Grounds State Historic Site - Transferred Jan. 1, 2008
  • Eisenhower Birthplace State Historic Site - Transferred Jan. 1, 2008
  • Fannin Battleground State Historic Site - Transferred Jan. 1, 2008
  • Fanthorp Inn State Historic Site - Transferred Sept. 1, 2019
  • Fort Griffin State Historic Site - Transferred Jan. 1, 2008
  • Fort Lancaster State Historic Site - Transferred Jan. 1, 2008
  • Fort McKavett State Historic Site - Transferred Jan. 1, 2008
  • Fulton Mansion State Historic Site - Transferred Jan. 1, 2008
  • Kreische Brewery State Historic Site - Transferred Sept. 1, 2019
  • Landmark Inn State Historic Site - Transferred Jan. 1, 2008
  • Lipantitlan State Historic Site - Transferred Sept. 1, 2019
  • Magoffin Home State Historic Site - Transferred Jan. 1, 2008
  • Monument Hill State Historic Site - Transferred Sept. 1, 2019
  • Port Isabel Lighthouse State Historic Site - Transferred Sept. 1, 2019
  • Sabine Pass Battleground State Historic Site - Transferred Jan. 1, 2008
  • Sam Bell Maxey House State Historic Site - Transferred Jan. 1, 2008
  • San Felipe State Historic Site - Transferred Jan. 1, 2008
  • San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site - Transferred Sept. 1, 2019
  • Starr Family Home State Historic Site - Transferred Jan. 1, 2008
  • Varner-Hogg Plantation State Historic Site - Transferred Jan. 1, 2008
  • Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site - Transferred Sept. 1, 2019

Other Former Sites

  • Boca Chica Beach - Managed by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, through a 50-year lease agreement with TPWD, effective July 2007.
  • Bright Leaf Park - Operated by the Austin Community Foundation
  • Copano Bay Fishing Pier - Operated by the Aransas County Navigation District, effective Nov. 1, 2005.
  • Governor Hogg Shrine - Operated by the City of Quitman
  • Jim Hogg - Operated by the City of Rusk
  • Kerrville-Schreiner Park - Operated by the City of Kerrville
  • Lake Houston Park - Operated by the City of Houston, effective Aug. 25, 2006
  • Lake Texana State Park - Managed by the Lavaca-Navidad River Authority as Texana Park & Campground
  • Matagorda Island - Transferred to the Wildlife Division of TPWD; now a wildlife management area
  • Old Fort Parker - Operated by the City of Groesbeck
  • Rusk & Palestine Parks - Operated by American Heritage Railways, effective Sept. 1, 2007
  • Sebastopol House State Historic Site - Transferred to the City of Seguin, effective Sept. 1, 2011
  • Texas State Railroad - Operated by American Heritage Railways, effective Sept. 1, 2007


Learn about TPWD Parks slated for future development.