Houston's Forgotten Heritage: Landscape, Houses, Interiors, 1824-1914 by Knox Howe Houghton, Dorothy

Houston's Forgotten Heritage: Landscape, Houses, Interiors, 1824-1914 (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781623492465)

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Houston's Forgotten Heritage: Landscape, Houses, Interiors, 1824-1914 by Knox Howe Houghton, Dorothy

Houston's Forgotten Heritage: Landscape, Houses, Interiors, 1824-1914

$50.00
Houston's Forgotten Heritage: Landscape, Houses, Interiors, 1824-1914 by Knox Howe Houghton, Dorothy

Houston's Forgotten Heritage: Landscape, Houses, Interiors, 1824-1914

$50.00
Format: Hardcover
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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 authors discuss landscape and horticulture, the development of domestic architecture, the evolution of home interiors, and domestic life, and its influence on the social and cultural fabric of the city.

"Houston's Forgotten Heritage stands out because of its integration of architecture, landscape, social history, and interior design, along with the authors' ability to place Houston within the broader context of American history."--Texas Architect

" . . . a solidly researched, enlightening work."--Houston Chronicle




Author: Dorothy Knox Howe Houghton, Alice (Barrie) M. Scardino Bradley, Katherine S. Howe
ISBN-10: 1623492467
ISBN-13: 9781623492465
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Language: English
Published: 11/04/2014
Pages: 408
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 3.35lbs
Size: 11.20h x 8.70w x 1.00d
By Dorothy Knox Howe Houghton
By Dorothy Knox Howe Houghton
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DOROTHY KNOX HOWE HOUSTON is a direct descendant of Jane Birdsall and John Richardson Harris, the family for whom Harris County is named. She is a graduate of Bryn Mawr College and holds a Master's degree from the University of Texas at Austin. She is a member of the Junior League of Houston and is active in numerous other civic and cultural group. She is also the author of The Houston Club and its City. BARRIE M. SCARDINO BRADLEY has served as executive director of the Houston chapter of the American Institute of Architects, as editor of Cite: The Architecture and Design Review of Houston, and as architectural archivist of the Houston Metropolitan Research Center at the Houston Public Library. She now resides in Beaumont, Texas. She is also the coauthor of Clayton's Galveston. SADIE GWIN BLACKBURN is a direct descendant of Harvey Allen and holds two degrees from Rice University. KATHERINE S. HOWE is director of the Rienzi and Dora Maar House at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.

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