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Never
shake hands with a stucco man by Delbert Trew 8-7-12
If
you have ever wondered why so many old houses are still standing, it’s probably
because the sides are coated with a concrete process called stucco.Dog
Trot Houses by Bob Bowman 7-7-12
Dog
trot houses were built and occupied by East Texas’ earliest settlers. Many of
them migrated here in the early 1800s from the Old South and brought southern
customs, including the way buildings were constructed with them. Storm
Cellars by Bob Bowman 11-6-11
In the midst of a recent
tornado outbreak, an oldtimer called and asked if I remembered storm cellars...
New
rock wall piece of history by Delbert Trew 4-5-11
Recently
I built a dry-stacked rock wall in Bull Canyon. By dry-stack I mean building a
rock wall using no mortar between the rocks. I learned the method while visiting
in Nashville, Tenn., years ago where miles of such rock walls still stand after
being built by slaves in the early 1800s.Shotgun
shacks cheap, practical by Delbert Trew 12-8-10
A
memory or two involving the famous "long skinny houses" that graced the West on
both farms and ranches and later on during the many oil booms and busts. Book
spurs memories of ol' saddle houses by Delbert Trew 10-12-10
Recently
while reading an old Western paperback, a chapter described an old Western saddle
house. This certainly brought back a lot of pleasant memories for me as I recalled
each of our saddle houses down through the years...A
Tour of Dog-Trots by Bob Bowman 8-15-10
If you’re
a fan of dog-trot houses--and know what they are--here is an opportunity you shouldn’t
miss. The SFA Gardens of Stephen F. Austin State University will host a tour of
two historic Shelby County dog-trot homes... Steel
House by Byrone Brown 5-5-10
Sculptor and architect
Robert Bruno has bequeathed to us his Steel House, sometimes referred to as “The
Metal Mansion”, just outside of Lubbock in Ransom Canyon.Saloon
doors knew how to swing by Delbert Trew 6-2-09
If
every invention worked, looked and satisfied its purpose as well as the swinging
saloon door the world would be a much better place to live. Don't laugh until
you read further...
Indianola Remnants by
Mike Cox 5-1-08
Indianola, once the “Queen City of the
West,” recovered from a killer hurricane in 1875 but it did not survive a second
devastating storm in 1886... If you want to see some of Indianola’s stately Victorian
houses, just go to Victoria or Cuero... Cementville
and the Abandoned Quarries 3-12-08Rock
Fences by Mike Cox 2-7-08
"While rock fences also are known as “German fences,” research by University
of Texas graduate Laura Knott, a landscape architect specializing in historic
preservation revealed that dry-laid fences did not originate in Germany. Rather,
the style used in Texas and elsewhere in the South seems to have been modeled
after rock fences common to Great Britain."
To
Build a House II by C. F. Eckhardt
Adobe Houses
"...Indians did
not build in adobe. Adobe was brought to the Americas by the Spanish. Adobe is
mud brick, made with mud and straw-the same bricks the Hebrews in Egypt were told
to make without straw. Finding the right kind of dirt to make adobe from was sometimes
tricky..." To
Build a House by C. F. Eckhardt
Texas Log Cabins and Log Houses
The
first house a man might build, at least in East and Central Texas, was a log cabin.
Log cabins, by the way, looked nothing like the log houses usually called 'log
cabins' today. The most common size was 12" x 14", usually the logs were not dressed...
Dog-Trot
Houses by Clay Coppedge
Driving west on State Highway 36 toward Gatesville,
just past Flat, if you look at just the right time at the right place you can
see an old dog-trot house sitting about 100 yards off the road...
Victorian
Secrets
Victorian Architecture: Painted Ladies, Gingerbread and Carpenter
Gothic in Texas. The
Quito Quarry 5-19-05
Santa Rosa sandstone east of Barstow
Lost
Buildings of the "Macaroni" Railroad in Inez, Texas 1-10-05
Photos and
text by Sara Duncan
Railroad laborers' cabins
Austin's Moonlight Towers by Johnny Stucco 11-6-04
Officially recognized
as state archeological landmarks
Listed on the National Register of Historic
PlacesQuarry
Quandary
Texas’ Untoward Underground by Brewster Hudspeth 7-15-04Buildings
inside Buildings by John Troesser 4-21-04
Little Church in the Warehouse (Fort Worth)
The Siddon-Barnes Log Cabin, Chico,
Texas
History in the Hotel Lobby, Austin, Texas
Limestone
Fence Posts by Brewster Hudspeth 3-17-04
Ten Things You Need to Know About Limestone Fence PostsJuan's
Cabin by Bob Bowman 3-17-04
The still-standing log cabin of Juan Antonio Badillo, one of a handful of Tejanos
who died at the Alamo on March 6, 1836The
Church Lights by Bob Bowman 12/1/03
When the church decided to phase out
the old kerosene lights for safety reasons, Clark went to Jefferson Lighting Company
of Ann Arbor, Michigan, and told them what he wanted. The reproduction fixtures
were custom-made for the church down to the ornate decorations and adapted to
electricity.Revisiting
Outhouses by Bob Bowman 9/01
The only existing East Texas outhouse ever
built by the Work Projects Administration Saving
Sallie's Home by Bob Bowman 8/03
The proud old house looked as if it
might fall down. Turkey vultures perched on its roof like sinister messengers
of doom. The
Millard Sorghum Silo of Nacogdoches by Robert Rand Russell 8/03
That old
red brick silo, sound and plumb as it was in 1915 due to the Old World craftsmanship
of John "Dutch" Heaberlin and the enterprising Jesse Millard, Sr., prevails as
a witness of East Texas history and prosperity... Another landmark casting a shadow.
Now this one also shines with a story...Outhouses
by Bob Bowman 6-03
The old-fashioned outhouse, which served thousands of rural
East Texans before indoor bathrooms became affordable, has again become fashionable,
but not as a working privy. It is showing up in historical displays, as art and
in advertisements.The
Corn Crib by Bob BowmanAnother
Megargel Landmark: the Megargel High School Gym by Jamo C. Powell, Colonel
(Ret.) US Army The
Alamo, San Antonio, Texas by John Troesser Temple
to the Brave, Beaumont, Texas by John Troesser The
Top Ten Facts About The Construction of The San Jacinto Monument The
Starr Family Mansion by Archie McDonald
The
Muldoon Quarry - A Sedimental Journey
The
Castle Builder by Bob Bowman
Masons:
Building Temples in East Texas by Archie McDonald
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