Buildings of Texas : Central, South, and Gulf Coast / Gerald Moorhead, editor and photographer ; with James W. Steely, W. Dwayne Jones, Anna Mod, John C. Ferguson, Cheryl Caldwell Ferguson, Mario L. Sánchez, and Stephen Fox, and contributions by Steph McDougal, Patsy Pittman Light, and Robb Walsh.

Title & Author:

Publication:

Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2013.

Description:

xv, 582 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm.

Series:

Buildings of the United States

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 527-535) and index.
Introduction. Architecture at the crossroads ; Texas building blocks ; Old world crosses new world ; Earliest European settlement ; Transplanted Renaissance ; Fateful bargains ; Jeffersonian democracy ; Early statehood ; Patrolling the frontier ; War and reconstruction ; State of mobility ; New public buildings ; Cities beautiful, in Parts and wholes ; Modernist awakening ; Patriotic fervor ; Architecture of emergency ; The new deal in Texas ; The home front in World War II ; Housing crisis ; Cold war, cold buildings ; Breaking the ice ; Lost and found ; Millennial crossroads -- Central Texas. Austin ; Prairie view to San Felipe ; Bastrop to Taylor ; Navasota to Salado ; Waco to Tehuacana -- South central Texas. San Antonio ; Seguin to Floresville ; New Braunfels to Bandera ; Castroville to Jourdanton -- South Texas. Corpus Christi ; Port Aransas to Violet ; Kingsville to Alice ; Laredo ; San Ygnacio to Mission ; McAllen to Raymondville ; Hidalgo to Los Indios ; Brownsville to South Padre Island -- Gulf Coast. Houston ; Tomball to Montgomery ; Orange to Port Arthur ; Beaumont ; Anahuac to Texas City ; Galveston ; Angleton to Stafford ; Wharton to Danevang ; Bay City to Edna ; Victoria ; Refugio to Fulton ; Goliad to Beeville -- Glossary.

ISBN:

9780813932552 (hbk. ; alk. paper)
0813932556 (hbk. ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Architecture Texas Guidebooks.
Architecture.
Architektur
Texas Guidebooks.
Texas Guides.
Texas.

Form/genre:

Guidebooks.

Added entries:

Moorhead, Gerald, editor, illustrator.
Buildings of the United States.

Holdings:

Location: Library study room 286159
Call No.: NA730.T5 B8 2013
Status: Available

Actions:

Add to folder

Request these items

Email this list to yourself (or someone else)

Your folder is empty.

Please complete this form to make a request for consultation. A copy of this list will also be forwarded to you.

Your contact information

First name:

Last name:

Email:

Phone number:

Notes (optional):

We will contact you to set up an appointment. Please keep in mind that your consultation date will be based on the type of material you wish to study. To prepare your visit, we'll need:

— At least 2 weeks for primary sources (prints and drawings, photographs, archival documents, etc.)
— At least 48 hours for secondary sources (books, periodicals, vertical files, etc.)

Back to list

Submit