WHO / WHAT / WHERE

HRTC Services is a Texas-based historic preservation consulting firm helping individuals, architectural firms, governments, non-profits, and for-profit companies in the preservation of historic places. We pride ourselves in the ability to provide individualized services and to work as part of broad-based team contributing to complex projects.

Founding Principal, Jay Firsching, established HRTC Services in March 2023 after almost 25 years of service with Architexas - Architecture, Planning, and Historic Preservation, Inc. with offices in Dallas, Austin, and San Antonio, Texas. Jay served as the firm’s in-house historic preservation professional working both independently on his own projects and as part of larger project teams within the firm. He helped the company grow into the largest and most respected preservation-focused architecture firm in Texas. 

Prior to his work with Architexas, Jay served for three years with the Texas Historical Commission where he developed historic structure reports for  historic Texas county courthouses. It was during this time that he also helped establish the largest historic preservation grant program in the nation, the Texas Historic Courthouse Preservation Program.