Comal County commissioners are scheduled to decide Sept. 10 whether to hire HHM & Associates to prepare a National Register nomination for Church Hill School.
If approved, the work would move the New Braunfels school from an eligibility finding into a nomination process involving local research, owner and public participation, state review and federal submission.
The contract says the Texas Historical Commission found the property eligible in August 2025 under education and architecture criteria at the local level. The proposed fee is $15,000, invoiced monthly for actual time and expenses. Either party could end the agreement with 30 days’ written notice, with HHM paid for work and expenses incurred through the termination date.
The proposed work covers project initiation, research, a first nomination draft, a revised State Board of Review draft and a final National Park Service submission. HHM would begin with a kickoff involving the Historical Commission, property owner, public and other stakeholders, then research records in Comal County and Austin. The final package would include the nomination file, GIS data and digital images.