Our Mission
The Abilene Preservation League is a non-profit organization established in 1977 to preserve historic properties and promote preservation in Abilene, Texas.
Today, it continues to honor the mission of those pioneering individuals by promoting alternatives to demolition when structures or sites are threatened with loss, due to neglect and deterioration, or new site development. The Abilene Preservation League also promotes increased public awareness and participates with other public and private organizations to save, restore and preserve historically significant structures.
The Elks Arts Center, pictured right, is our headquarters.
Abilene Railroad Festival
The Abilene Railroad Festival, held September 5-7, 2024, in downtown Abilene, Texas, by Corrender Taylor and Abilene Preservation League, was an absolute success! The largest THANK YOU to our sponsors: Union Pacific, H-E-B, and Abilene Cultural Affairs Council; our staff; our participants: The Paramount, Abilene Public Library, National Center for Children's Illustrated Literature, Vletas, The Elks Arts Center, Convention and Visitors Bureau, The Grace Museum, Community Foundation of Abilene, and Frontier Texas!; our volunteers; and last, but not at all least, our passengers! Without each helping hand, this festival would not have been possible. We're blown away by the response to the return of this event and cannot wait for next year!
Featured left: Marita Richard returned to the '24 Abilene Railroad Festival wearing her '91 Abilene Railroad Festival Shirt!
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Our Impact this Year
Thank you for helping us preserve historic properties and promote preservation!
We exist to raise awareness for our cause and to protect the history that has brought us to where we are today.
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Current Projects
3
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Organization Events
3
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Dollars Raised
$50,000+
