Early Texas Architecture

Early Texas Architecture
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Publisher : TCU Press
Total Pages : 260
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ISBN-10 : 9780875652238
ISBN-13 : 0875652239
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Book Synopsis Early Texas Architecture by : Gordon Echols

Download or read book Early Texas Architecture written by Gordon Echols and published by TCU Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gordon Echols traces the development of various styles form the most rudimentary and little-known rural dwellings to the sophisticated Greek Revival governor's mansion in Austin and the Victorian buildings that were made possible by new wealth earned in trading cotton, cattle and petroleum.


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