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Author : Garden Club of America
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Total Pages : 828 pages
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Download or read book Bulletin of the Garden Club of America written by Garden Club of America and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 828 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Kate Sayen Kirkland
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 0292748469
Total Pages : 403 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (927 download)
Download or read book The Hogg Family and Houston written by Kate Sayen Kirkland and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2012-09-21 with total page 403 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Ann Dunphy Becker
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0738596698
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (385 download)
Download or read book Houston's River Oaks written by Ann Dunphy Becker and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2013 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the early 1920s, when T.W. House Jr., A.C. Guthrie, and Thomas Ball came to the conclusion that Houston needed a new country club, complete with an 18-hole golf course, they formed Country Club Estates. They chose to build on land called the House tract just west of downtown. Very quickly, 300 memberships were sold, with each including one share of stock in the company. Within a year, Will and Mike Hogg, along with Hugh Potter, recognized this as a perfect idea for the bustling city of Houston. They purchased 1,100 acres, eventually creating the River Oaks Corporation. Images of America: Houston's River Oaks takes the reader from 1923 to 1970 and tells the story of one of the most carefully planned subdivisions in America. Today, River Oaks is known as an enviable place to call home. The careful planning undertaken by these Houstonians 90 years ago produced results of unmatched beauty and a quality of life still enjoyed today.
Author : Stephen Fox
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
ISBN 13 : 1648430538
Total Pages : 606 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (484 download)
Download or read book The Architecture of Birdsall P. Briscoe written by Stephen Fox and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2024-06-03 with total page 606 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Birdsall P. Briscoe (1876–1971) practiced architecture from 1912 to 1956, the span of years during which Houston was transformed from an ambitious town on Buffalo Bayou into an international city, its economy powered by cotton, trade, and oil. The country houses Briscoe designed for three generations of affluent clients, sited in such Houston neighborhoods as Courtlandt Place, Shadyside, Broadacres, and River Oaks, display his exceptional skill in formulating stylistic and social identities for his wealthy clients and their families. In The Architecture of Birdsall P. Briscoe, architectural historian Stephen Fox examines the country houses designed by Briscoe, offering a glimpse into the architect’s methods as well as analyzing how Briscoe constructed a “social architecture” to frame his clientele during periods of economic expansion and contraction. Fox demonstrates how Briscoe cultivated and managed elements of taste, style, and fashion to embody assertions of class identity and solidarity in the context of Houston’s capitalist economy. Additionally, Fox shows how Briscoe and his peers interpreted and reflected early twentieth-century Progressive Era design ideals in giving shape to the vision of local civic leaders. Illustrated throughout with masterful color photography by Paul Hester, this original study of one of Texas’ most distinguished residential architects will enthrall readers with both its detail and its contextual clarity. As he did in his book on the architecture of John F. Staub, Fox delivers a treasure trove of insight into a vital period of Houston’s social history and the architect who helped design it.
Author : Garden Club of America
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Total Pages : 1386 pages
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Download or read book Bulletin written by Garden Club of America and published by . This book was released on 1958 with total page 1386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Shana Miriam Cohen
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Total Pages : 702 pages
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Download or read book American Garden Clubs and the Fight for Nature Preservation, 1890-1980 written by Shana Miriam Cohen and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 702 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Stephen Fox
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
ISBN 13 : 9781585445950
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (459 download)
Download or read book The Country Houses of John F. Staub written by Stephen Fox and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This ambitious study of Staub's work by architectural historian Stephen Fox goes beyond a description of Staub's houses. Fox analyzes the roles of space, structure, and decoration in creating, defining, and maintaining social class structures and expectations and shows how Staub was able to incorporate these elements and understandings into the elegant buildings he designed for his clients. In the process, he contributes greatly to a fuller understanding of Houston's emergence as a premier American city."--BOOK JACKET.
Author : Mac Griswold
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Total Pages : 418 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Golden Age of American Gardens written by Mac Griswold and published by . This book was released on 1991-09-30 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An engaging tribute to America's grand era of private estate gardens and their illustrious owners, this book sweeps across the country to present over 500 of the nation's most exquisite gardens and the people who built them. In addition to a wealth of horticultural details, we learn of the garden-maker's flamboyant private and public lives--of the gossip, parties, dreams, politics, and economic one-upmanship of the period. 280 illustrations, 130 in full color.
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Total Pages : 800 pages
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Download or read book Pamphlets on Forestry. Regions written by and published by . This book was released on 1954 with total page 800 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : David B. Warren
Publisher : Scala Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Bayou Bend Gardens written by David B. Warren and published by Scala Books. This book was released on 2006 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bayou Bend Gardens in Houston, Texas, is one of the most beautiful public gardens in the United States. Originally conceived in 1926 by the legendary Texas collector and philanthropist, Miss Ima Hogg (1882-1975), to surround Bayou Bend, her magnificent home, the gardens are a splendid oasis along Houston's Buffalo Bayou. An active and adventurous gardener, Miss Hogg supervised the plans for the eight formal gardens that are set among the woods and ravines bordering the estate. The gardens feature a variety of native and imported plants, including the azaleas, camellias, magnolias and crape myrtles for which Bayou Bend has become famous. Bayou Bend is situated in the heart of River Oaks, which was a remote and tranquil suburb of Houston when it was originally developed in the 1920s and is now a stately enclave in the nation's fourth-largest city. In 1957, Miss Hogg bequeathed her home and gardens to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Fully renovated and conserved, the house displays one of the nation's premier collections of American fine and decorative arts from 1620-1870. This exquisitely illustrated book will bring this Southern garden to life through gorgeous photography and an in-depth history of how the gardens were created, from the first phase of plantings to today's full glory. It will appeal to a wide audience of people who are interested in gardening, garden history, social and design trends, the decorative arts, Texas and the history of the American South. David B. Warren, the author of the book, is the founding director emeritus of Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens. David B. Warren, the author of the book, is the founding director emeritus of Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens 89 colour & 49 b/w illustrations
Author : Garden Club of America
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 60 pages
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Download or read book Annual Meeting written by Garden Club of America and published by . This book was released on 1939 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 604 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
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Author : Charles A. Birnbaum
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 518 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)
Download or read book Shaping the American Landscape written by Charles A. Birnbaum and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A generous selection of illustrations, together with a list of surviving landscape sites accessible to the public, brings both the subjects and their art to life.
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Publisher : princeton alumni weekly
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Total Pages : 988 pages
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Download or read book Princeton Alumni Weekly written by and published by princeton alumni weekly. This book was released on 1971 with total page 988 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 252 pages
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Download or read book Landscape Architecture written by and published by . This book was released on 1940 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 664 pages
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Download or read book American Home written by and published by . This book was released on 1939 with total page 664 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : George H. Edmonds
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ISBN 13 : 9780615238654
Total Pages : 158 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (386 download)
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