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Austin to make push to purchase, preserve historic properties

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Austin to make push to purchase, preserve historic properties

The Historic Preservation Acquisition Fund was established in 2019 using hotel occupancy tax revenue. But it has been used just once — to buy the historic Montopolis Negro School at 500 Montopolis Drive, said Lindsey Derrington, executive director of Preservation Austin, which supports the increased use of the fund.