Grantham Appointed to State Bd.

Grantham Appointed to State Bd.

Bolivar Historical Zoning Commission Founder and Chairman Brad Grantham was named to the State of Tennessee’s Historical Commission by Tennessee Governor Bill Lee.

“I am very honored to have been appointed by Governor Lee to the Tennessee Historical Commission. It is very humbling to me to have been chosen from a well-qualified and distinguished group of candidates. I’m proud to represent West Tennessee and my hometown of Bolivar. I look forward to working with Representative (Johnny) Shaw, Senator (Page) Walley, and folks around West Tennessee.”

Grantham, who is also a former past president of the Association for the Preservation of Tennessee Antiquities, owns and operates a design/build construction company that focuses on historic preservation of commercial and residential structures. His building/restoration credits include the Luez Theatre in Bolivar.

The Tennessee Historical Commission (THC) is the State Historic Preservation Office for the U.S. state of Tennessee. Headquartered in Nashville, it is an independent state agency, administratively attached to the Department of Environment and Conservation. Its mission is to protect, preserve, interpret, maintain, and administer historic places; to encourage the inclusive diverse study of Tennessee’s history for the benefit of future generations; to mark important locations, persons, and events in Tennessee history; to assist in worthy publication projects; to review, comment on and identify projects that will potentially impact historic properties; to locate, identify, record, and nominate to the National Register of Historic Places all properties which meet National Register criteria, and to implement other programs of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 as amended.