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Buildings were the dreams of our ancestors in brick and mortar. These modest (and occasionally) grandiose dreams lost to disaster have inspired us to record what remains - before progress claims the survivors.

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Courthouse: Rains County Courthouse Terry Jeanson 11-16-09

Theatre: The Rebirth of the Pines Chris Adams 11-7-09

Preservation: San Antonio Humble Gas Station Wins National 'This Place Matters' Contest Terry Jeanson 11-4-09

Bridge: Forgotten Texas Bridges Will Beauchamp 10-13-09

"We require from buildings, as from men, two kinds of goodness: first, they are doing their practical duty well: then that they be graceful and pleasing in doing it - which is itself another form of duty." - John Ruskin (1851)

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Texas Banks - Buildings Worthy of Your Interest

Brick Collecting

Texas Bridges - Iron bridges, railroad drawbridges, bascule bridges, causeways and suspension

Carnegie Libraries in Texas - Of the 1689 Carnegie Libraries built, 32 were in Texas.

Texas Centennial - 1936 Texas Centennial projects

Texas Churches - Churches in Texas

Cornerstones - The first to be set - the last to be saved.

Texas Courthouses - Texas courthouses. Illustrated with photos or old post cards

Texas Depots - Texas railroad architecture from "cathedral" stations to the lowly switching tower

Drive-by Architecture - Buildings of special interest

Endangered Buildings in Texas - Historic Properties of Texas

Texas Gargoyles - Ugly is Beautiful. Scary, whimsical, and allegorical details on Texas buildings that could afford them

Texas Gas Stations - Abandoned, obsolete, put to new uses, defunct or fictitious

Texas Grain Elevators - Grain elevators, silos ... Landmarks casting long shadows

Texas Hotels - "Rooms With a Past" series - Texas hotels built before 1950.

Texas Homes - Historic Homes

Texas Jails - The Texas county jails. "The Big House" may be in Huntsville, but "The Small House" is everywhere

Texas Lodges - Lodges in Texas

Texas Monuments - Texas monuments & shrines

Texas Museums - Museums in Texas

Pitted Dates - 165 Years of Texas Architectural History Written in Stone

Post Offices in Texas - Going Postal: Post Offices in Texas

Texas Preservation - Historic Preservation in Texas

Razed in Texas - A look at our lost architectural heritage

Texas Schoolhouses - The most modest of Texas buildings

Texas Skyscrapers

Texas Stores - Country Stores, General Stores, Drugs Stores, Feed Stores

Texas Theatres - America's most endangered buildings

Texas Water Towers - The unsung tin men of Texas small towns

Architecture - Special Subjects

Dog Trot Houses by Bob Bowman

Dog-Trot Houses by Clay Coppedge

To Build a House by C. F. Eckhardt
Texas Log Cabins and Log Houses

To Build a House II by C. F. Eckhardt
Adobe Houses

Rock Fences by Mike Cox

Saloon Doors Knew How to Swing by Delbert Trew

Outhouses by Bob Bowman

Revisiting Outhouses by Bob Bowman

Victorian Secrets
Victorian Architecture: Painted Ladies, Gingerbread and Carpenter Gothic in Texas.

Eagle Eyes of Texas

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Texas Small Town Architecture - Browse Texas Towns

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Texas Centennial Index by Sarah Reveley new category
During the 1936 Texas Centennial celebration, the state built memorial museums, restored historical structures,�improved parks, erected statues of�important Texans, and intalled over 1,000 historical markers.

Texas Architecture - Recommended Books