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Architecture
Keeping out of the cold, wind, rain and heat has occupied mankind for Millennia.
Making our protection from the elements durable, and at the same time beautiful,
is what architecture is all about.
Here are Texas hotels, theaters, libraries
and office buildings from the past. Some of them are still with us - these are
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Texas
Skyscrapers >
- The
ALICO Building - Waco circa 1911
- The
Flatiron Building - Fort Worth
- Los
Nueve Pisos - Harlingen
- The
Magnolia Building, Dallas, Texas, 1921
"The Magnolia Building (or
at least Pegasus on top) has become the icon of the city - despite recent glitzy
competitors. A reporter once described the Magnolia as "a great peg driven into
the ground holding Dallas in its place." - The
Niels & Mellie Esperson Buildings, Houston, Texas, 1927, 1941
- The
Petroleum Building, c1932, Midland, Texas
- State
National Bank Building - Corsicana, Texas, 1926
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Texas
Theatres >
- The
Gem Picture Palace, Palestine, Texas by Sandy Fiedler
- The
Grand Theater, Electra, Texas, 1921
- The
Millett Opera House, Austin, Texas, 1878
- Paramount
Theater, Austin, Texas, 1915
- The
Yucca Theater, Midland, Texas, 1929
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Forum:
Subject: Ft. Worth Flatiron
Building - 1907
Thank you for the Great article and photo's of my favorite
building in the entire metroplex!!!!! As a lover of the unique, and a D/FW designer
for the last couple of decades, I've had a fascination with the Ft. Worth Flatiron
Building since my first sight of it...... - S. Hanks
Our Johnston
family really enjoyed the article on the Neils
Esperson Bldg. The decorative masonry is also a tribute to the work of my
husbands grandfather Hugh White Johnston..... - The Johnston Family
Thank you so much for Texas Escapes web page. I found it while I was looking
for info about the Mellie
and Neils Esperson Buildings. When I was born in 1941, my dad, Henry Edward
Criss, Sr., was working as a pipefitter, building the Mellie. I am
writing a chronology of his and my life and I needed info about these two important
buildings -- and here it is on the Internet -- for us all to enjoy. - Dona
Criss Terry, Houston, Texas
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