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Author | : Dorothy Knox Howe Houghton |
Publisher | : Sara and John Lindsey the Arts |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2014-11-04 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781623492465 |
Download Houston's Forgotten Heritage Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This ambitious book tells a richly detailed story of Houston home life and culture from the settlement of Harrisburg and Houston in the 1820s and 1830s to World War I, when rapid economic development and modernization began to spell demolition for many notable nineteenth-century houses and public buildings. The large section of illustrations shows examples of cabins, cottages, bungalows, and mansions, inside and out, from the Ashbel Smith house, built in 1830, to the mansions on Courtlandt Place, Houston's first enclave subdivision.
Author | : Dorothy Knox Howe Houghton |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 416 |
Release | : 1991 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : |
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This ambitious book, originally published by Rice University Press in 1991, describes Houston home life and culture from the settlement of Houston to World War I, when rapid economic development spelled demolition for many notable nineteenth-century public buildings.
Author | : Dorothy Knox Howe Houghton |
Publisher | : Rice Univ Studies |
Total Pages | : 387 |
Release | : 1991 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780892633104 |
Download Houston's Forgotten Heritage Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This ambitious book, originally published by Rice University Press in 1991, describes Houston home life and culture from the settlement of Houston to World War I, when rapid economic development spelled demolition for many notable nineteenth-century public buildings.
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Total Pages | : 387 |
Release | : 1991 |
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Download Houston's Forgotten Heritage : Landscape, Houses, Interiors, 18824-1914 Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : Dorothy Knox Howe Houghton |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 416 |
Release | : 1991 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : |
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This ambitious book, originally published by Rice University Press in 1991, describes Houston home life and culture from the settlement of Houston to World War I, when rapid economic development spelled demolition for many notable nineteenth-century public buildings.
Author | : Kate Sayen Kirkland |
Publisher | : University of Texas Press |
Total Pages | : 403 |
Release | : 2012-09-21 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0292748469 |
Download The Hogg Family and Houston Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Progressive former governor James Stephen Hogg moved his business headquarters to Houston in 1905. For seven decades, his children Will, Ima, and Mike Hogg used their political ties, social position, and family fortune to improve the lives of fellow Houstonians. As civic activists, they espoused contested causes like city planning and mental health care. As volunteers, they inspired others to support social service, educational, and cultural programs. As philanthropic entrepreneurs, they built institutions that have long outlived them: the Houston Symphony, the Museum of Fine Arts, Memorial Park, and the Hogg Foundation. The Hoggs had a vision of Houston as a great city—a place that supports access to parklands, music, and art; nurtures knowledge of the "American heritage which unites us"; and provides social service and mental health care assistance. This vision links them to generations of American idealists who advanced a moral response to change. Based on extensive archival sources, The Hogg Family and Houston explains the impact of Hogg family philanthropy for the first time. This study explores how individual ideals and actions influence community development and nurture humanitarian values. It examines how philanthropists and volunteers mold Houston's traditions and mobilize allies to meet civic goals. It argues that Houston's generous citizens have long believed that innovative cultural achievement must balance aggressive economic expansion.
Author | : Sandra Lord and Debe Branning |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 128 |
Release | : 2020 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1467141305 |
Download Ghosts of Houston's Market Square Park Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Visitors to Market Square Park can pause on their stroll through the downtown centerpiece for a palpable experience of its past. Houston's first four city halls laid their foundations here, and relics of the square's heritage remain embedded in the sidewalks of the park. Chalk up a chance sneeze on Milam Street to the final ghostly gasp of dust from Robert Boyce's sawpits. Step from Congress Street into La Carafe, Houston's oldest commercial building, for the kind of atmosphere that even deceased bartenders are reluctant to leave. From the phantom tailors above Treebeard's to the forgotten mysteries of the town's founding, Sandra Lord and Debe Branning resurrect the history humming through the four blocks surrounding Market Square Park.
Author | : Paul Galvani |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 205 |
Release | : 2014-05-27 |
Genre | : Cooking |
ISBN | : 1439664617 |
Download Lost Restaurants of Houston Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
“Stories of immigration, culture-clash . . . and old-fashioned hard work are told through the history of Houston’s long-gone, but still-beloved restaurants.” —Yesterday’s America With more than fourteen thousand eating establishments covering seventy different ethnic cuisines, Houston is a foodie town. But even in a place where eating out is a way of life and restaurants come and go, there were some iconic spots that earned a special place in the hearts and stomachs of locals. Maxim’s taught overnight millionaires how to handle meals that came with three forks. The Trader Vic’s at the Shamrock offered dedicated homebodies a chance for the exotic, and Sonny Look’s Sirloin Inn maintained the reputation of a city of steakhouses. From Alfred’s Delicatessen to Youngblood’s Fried Chicken, Paul and Christiane Galvani celebrate the stories and recipes of Houston’s fondly remembered tastemakers. “In the book, the Galvanis share Houston’s history and love of food. They take the reader on the banks of the bayou when the city received its first inhabitants before time hopping from the Original Mexican Restaurant to The Original Kelley’s Steakhouse. Other stops include Alfred’s Delicatessen and the San Jacinto Inn.” —Houston Business Journal
Author | : Ray Viator |
Publisher | : Texas A&M University Press |
Total Pages | : 226 |
Release | : 2019-02-13 |
Genre | : Photography |
ISBN | : 1623497728 |
Download Houston, Space City USA Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
On July 20, 1969, humanity paused with attention locked to television and radio broadcasts as the astronauts of the Apollo 11 mission dramatically touched down on the dusty face of the moon. The first word from the lunar surface: Houston. Houston, Space City USA is a visual celebration of the city’s historic ties to the US human space program. When President Kennedy declared, “We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard,” he did so from the campus of Rice University. More than half a century later, Houston continues to serve as the nerve center of the American human space program. Author and photographer Ray Viator, a longtime Houstonian, has lovingly captured the spirit of a city’s devotion to space exploration from then to now. Using striking photographs of the full moon as a visual motif of Houston’s connection to spaceflight, Viator also weaves together historic images to show how former cow pastures transformed into mission control. Some connections are obvious—the Houston Astros or the Houston Rockets. Others are hidden in plain sight, like the arm patches on the uniform of every Houston police officer that read, “Space City U.S.A.” Viator’s lens captures this and more. Houston, Space City USA not only marks the important milestone of the first lunar landing, but it also helps readers discover and rediscover a city’s constellation of connections to one of humankind’s greatest achievements. The author's proceeds from the sale of this book will benefit Houston Public Media.
Author | : Steven Strom |
Publisher | : University of Texas Press |
Total Pages | : 201 |
Release | : 2010-02-15 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 0292721137 |
Download Houston Lost and Unbuilt Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Offers a fascinating look at what has been lost--and what might have been built--in Houston and sounds a call or preserve what is left of Houston's built heritage before more architectural treasures are lost forever.