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TEXAS
ARCHITECTUREBuildings
were the dreams of our ancestors in brick and mortar. These modest (and occasionally)
grandiose dreams lost to disaster have inspired us to record what remains - before
progress claims the survivors. |
| "We require
from buildings, as from men, two kinds of goodness: first, their doing their practical
duty well: then that they be graceful and pleasing in doing it - which is itself
another form of duty." - John Ruskin (1851) |
TEXAS
ARCHITECTURE- Categories |
| Texas
Banks - Buildings Worthy of Your InterestBrick
CollectingTexas
Bridges - Iron bridges, railroad drawbridges, bascule bridges, causeways
and suspensionCarnegie
Libraries in Texas - Of the 1689 Carnegie Libraries built, 32 were in
Texas. Texas
Centennial -
1936 Texas Centennial projects new
categoryTexas
Churches - Churches in TexasCornerstones
- The first to be set - the last to be saved.Texas
Courthouses - Texas courthouses. Illustrated with photos or old post cardsTexas
Depots - Texas railroad architecture from "cathedral" stations to the
lowly switching tower Drive-by
Architecture - Buildings of special interestEndangered
Buildings in Texas - Historic Properties of TexasTexas
Gargoyles - Ugly is Beautiful. Scary, whimsical, and allegorical details
on Texas buildings that could afford themTexas
Gas Stations - Abandoned, obsolete, put to new uses, defunct or fictitiousTexas
Grain Elevators - Grain elevators, silos ... Landmarks casting long shadows
Texas
Hotels
- "Rooms With a Past" series - Texas hotels built before 1950.
Texas Jails - The Texas county jails. "The Big House" may be in Huntsville,
but "The Small House" is everywhereTexas
Lodges - Lodges in TexasTexas
Monuments - Texas monuments & shrines Texas
Museums - Museums in TexasPitted
Dates - 165 Years of Texas Architectural History Written in Stone
Post Offices in Texas - Going Postal: Post Offices in Texas Razed
in Texas - A look at our lost architectural heritageTexas
Schoolhouses - The most modest of Texas buildingsTexas
SkyscrapersTexas
Stores - Country Stores, General Stores, Drugs Stores, Feed StoresTexas
Theatres - America's most endangered buildings Texas
Water Towers - The unsung tin men of Texas small towns |
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Centennial
Index by Sarah Reveley new category
During the
1936 Texas Centennial celebration, the state built memorial museums, restored
historical structures, improved parks, erected statues of important Texans, and
intalled over 1,000 historical markers. |
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Indianola
Remnants by Mike
Cox 5-1-08
Indianola, once the “Queen City of
the West,” recovered from a killer hurricane in 1875 but it did not survive a
second devastating storm in 1886... If you want to see some of Indianola’s stately
Victorian houses, just go to Victoria or Cuero... |
| | SPECIAL
SUBJECT Victorian
Secrets
Photo essay 12-10-07
Painted Ladies, Gingerbread
and Carpenter Gothic in Texas.
Mike Price and TE Photos |
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Texas
Architecture - Recommended Books |
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