Houston County (Texas) Cemeteries
Author | : Houston County Historical Commission |
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Release | : 1987 |
Genre | : Cemeteries |
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Author | : Houston County Historical Commission |
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Release | : 1987 |
Genre | : Cemeteries |
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Author | : Houston County Historical Commission (Tex.) |
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Total Pages | : 1016 |
Release | : 1987 |
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Author | : Houston County Historical Commission. Preservation Committee |
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Total Pages | : 401 |
Release | : 1977 |
Genre | : Cemeteries |
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Total Pages | : 398 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : Houston County (Tex.) |
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Author | : Roy C. Smith |
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Release | : 2005 |
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Cemetary Records of Houston County, Texas.
Author | : Joy L. Snow |
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Total Pages | : 120 |
Release | : 2014 |
Genre | : Crockett (Tex.) |
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Author | : Houston County Historical Society (Tenn.) |
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Total Pages | : 137 |
Release | : 1989 |
Genre | : Cemeteries |
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Author | : Suzanne Turner |
Publisher | : Texas A&M University Press |
Total Pages | : 305 |
Release | : 2010-03-22 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 1603441638 |
Glenwood Cemetery has long offered a serene and pastoral final resting place for many of Houston's civic leaders and historic figures. In Houston's Silent Garden, Suzanne Turner and Joanne Seale Wilson reveal the story of this beautifully wooded and landscaped preserve's development—a story that is also very much entwined with the history of Houston. In 1871, recovering from Reconstruction, a group of progressive citizens noticed that Houston needed a new cemetery at the edge of the central city. Embracing the picturesque aesthetic that had swept through the Eastern Seaboard, the founders of Glenwood selected land along Buffalo Bayou and developed Glenwood. Since then, the cemetery's monuments have memorialized the lives of many of the city's most interesting residents (Allen, Baker, Brown, Clayton, Cooley, Cullinan, Farish, Hermann, Hobby, House, Hughes, Jones, Law, Rice, Staub, Sterling, Weiss, and Wortham, among many others). The monuments also showcase the artistry and craftsmanship of some of the region's finest sculptors and artisans. Accompanied by the breathtaking photography of Paul Hester, this book chronicles the cemetery's origins from its inception in 1871 to the present day. Through the story of Glenwood, readers will appreciate some of the natural features that shaped Houston's evolution and will also begin to understand the forces of urbanization that positioned Houston to become the vital community it is today. Houston's Silent Garden is a must-read for those interested in Houston civic and regional history, architecture, and urban planning.
Author | : Houston County Historical Commission |
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Total Pages | : 1016 |
Release | : 1987 |
Genre | : Cemeteries |
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Author | : Tristan Smith |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 188 |
Release | : 2023-08-14 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1439678545 |
Author Tristan Smith offers an insightful guide through two dozen of Houston and Galveston's most historic cemeteries. Houston and Galveston's historic cemeteries lie scattered amongst the neighborhoods and thoroughfares of the nation's fourth largest city. Some of these portals to the past nestle in hidden pockets of the bustling metropolis. Other cemeteries carve out the kind of contemplative sanctuary that rivals the city's largest greenspaces. Explore the burial grounds around the Bayou City, where astronauts, musicians, movie stars and civic leaders rest alongside rogues, scoundrels and murderers.