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All the Houses Were Painted White - Historic Homes of the Texas Golden Crescent (Hardcover)
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All the Houses Were Painted White - Historic Homes of the Texas Golden Crescent (Hardcover)
Series: Sara and John Lindsey Series in the Arts and Humanities
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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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