Texas Administrative Code
Title 13 - CULTURAL RESOURCES
Part 7 - STATE PRESERVATION BOARD
Chapter 111 - RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE BOARD
Section 111.22 - Definitions of Capitol Grounds

(a) As stated in the Texas Government Code, Chapter 443, §443.007(a)(2), General Powers and Duties of the Board, the board shall "define the buildings' grounds, except that the grounds may not include another state office building."

(b) As defined by the State Preservation Board, the Capitol grounds include all area within the historic cast iron fencing; the area lying between the fencing and city streets that is owned by the state; the esplanade just outside the east entrance to the Capitol between the gateposts and San Jacinto Street; the Old General Land Office Building grounds between 11th and 12th Streets and the Capitol's eastern iron fence and the State Insurance Building; the area bordered by 11th Street to the south, Colorado Street to the east, Lavaca Street to the west, and the Westgate Building property to the north; property north of the Capitol bordered by Colorado Street on the west, San Jacinto Street on the east and 15th Street on the north, which is not occupied with other state buildings, or the Texas Workforce Commission Building property and accompanying terraces. Street right-of-ways within these boundaries include 14th Street and Congress Avenue.