Main entry:

Culbertson, Margaret.

Title & Author:

Texas houses built by the book : the use of published designs, 1850-1925 / Margaret Culbertson.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication:

College Station, Tex. : Texas A & M University Press, ©1999.

Description:

xviii., 129 pages : illustrations, map ; 29 cm.

Series:

Sara and John Lindsey series in the arts and humanities ; no. 3

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 119-124) and index.
Picking a pattern : pattern books and popular magazines -- Victoria variety : mail-order house catalogues and magazines -- Mail-order master : George F. Barber -- Myriad of magazines : house designs in magazines after the Civil War -- Bungalows from books : mail-order bungalow catalogues -- Ready-made residences : ready-cut house catalogues -- Context of a community : Waxahachie houses based on published designs.
Dust jacket.

Summary:

"Texas Houses Built by the Book provides an introduction to the use of published designs in Texas, examining how homeowners, carpenters, contractors, developers, and even architects took advantage of the unprecedented wealth of these designs available during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries." "Few examples of Texas houses based on published designs can be found in previous publications about architectural history or Texas architecture. Margaret Culbertson's carefully researched study, including more than 150 illustrations that compare actual homes with the published designs they followed, confirms the widespread use of such designs in Texas." "In addition to identifying design sources actually used in Texas, Culbertson provides personal background information on several of the original owners, many of whom were prosperous and respected members of their communities. By providing such contextual information about the houses and their owners, Culbertson shows that using designs published in magazines and catalogues was socially and culturally acceptable during this period." "The book closes with an in-depth look at the use of published designs in one particular community, Waxahachie, and the place of these houses within the community and in the lives of their original owners."--Jacket.

ISBN:

0890968632 (cloth ; alk. paper)
9780890968635 (cloth ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Architecture, Domestic Texas.
Architecture Texas History.
Architecture, Domestic Texas 19th century.
Architecture, Domestic Texas 20th century.
Architecture domestique Texas 19e siècle.
Architecture domestique Texas 20e siècle.
Architecture Texas Histoire.
Architecture.
Architecture, Domestic.
Architektur
Vorlage.
Haus.
Prefabricated houses Texas.
Architecture Texas 19th century
Architecture Texas 20th century
Texas.

Form/genre:

History.

Added entries:

Sara and John Lindsey series in the arts and humanities ; no. 3.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 201628
Call No.: NA7235.T4 C8 1999
Status: Available