LCRA, PEC Award $21,795 Grant to help fund window replacement in Rambo Masonic Lodge, a Recorded Texas Historic Building in Dripping Springs The total cost of the project is $34,640, the Lodge is responsible for the balance (minus the $21,795 grant) of $12,845. The historic building is considered by many to be “the crown jewel” of the historic district. Your DONATION to Windows will help fund the replacement of twelve windows on the ground floor. Make a note your donation is for Windows. The required Applications for approval to replace the existing windows was submitted to the Texas Historical Commission and Dripping Springs Historic Preservation Commission and both have been approved. All twelve windows on the ground floor are being replaced with a Marvin Ultimate window from their Historic Solutions selection. The windows have been ordered and delivery is expected in mid January, Professional installation will be provided by Southwest Exteriors.
With the help of the Community Development Partnership Program (CDPP) grant from the Lower Colorado River Authority and Pedernales Electric Cooperative, Rambo Masonic Lodge No. 426 will be having these new energy-efficient windows installed in its 141-year-old building within the Dripping Springs Downtown Historic District.
The two-story limestone building, Dripping Springs Academy, was completed in 1882, and was declared a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark in 1968. Rambo Masonic Lodge has owned the building since 1952. Read the LCRA Press Release HERE. (Press Release Photo courtesy of LCRA)
NEW WINDOWS UPDATE: March 11, 2024 – Southwest Exteriors delivered the Marvin windows! A total of 12 windows have now been replaced on the ground floor of the Historic Building and they look fantastic! See the photo below but better yet drive by to take a look and please consider making a DONATION to Windows 
