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Author Gardner, Rick, 1943-

Title All the houses were painted white : historic homes of the Texas Golden Crescent / photographs and text by Rick Gardner ; with contributions by Gary Dunnam
Published College Station : Texas A & M University Press, 2019

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Description 1 online resource (198 pages)
Series Sara and John Lindsey Series in the Arts and Humanities ; no. 20
Sara and John Lindsey series in the arts and humanities ; no. 20.
Contents Historic homes of Cuero -- Historic homes of Gonzales -- Historic homes of Hallettsville and Schulenburg -- Historic homes of Goliad and Beeville -- Historic homes of Victoria -- Glossary of architectural terms used in this book
Summary Many of the historic houses in and around the town of Victoria, Texas, were built between 1875 and 1910 by immigrant owners. From 1973 to 1975, with the support of a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, Rick Gardner traveled throughout the region, taking photographs of these historic homes. Gardner relied on his own instincts and guidance from knowledgeable locals as to where he should aim his lens. This book is an appreciative glimpse at what these vernacular houses looked like a century after their construction.?Gardner has teamed up with Victoria historian and preservationist Gary Dunnam to present these rich images along with brief historical sketches of the houses and, where possible, the persons who occupied them when they were newly constructed. The result is an understated and elegant suggestion of what life may have been like for the merchants, bankers, agriculturalists, and others who built and lived in these homes during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.?Designed to appeal to those with a love for old houses and especially for the preservation of historic structures, All the Houses Were Painted White offers its readers a stately appreciation of these homes and their place in the South Texas landscape. It is also a tribute to the architects, owners, and anonymous craftspeople who built the houses?to their vision, skill, ingenuity, imagination, creativity, and endurance
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Subject Historic buildings -- Texas -- Coastal Bend
Architecture, Domestic -- Texas -- Coastal Bend
Architectural photography -- Texas -- Coastal Bend
Architecture / Historic Preservation.
Architecture / Decoration & Ornament.
Photography / Subjects & Themes / Architectural & Industrial.
Architectural photography
Architecture, Domestic
Historic buildings
Texas -- Coastal Bend
Form Electronic book
Author Dunnam, Gary, 1943-
ISBN 9781623497958
1623497957