Clayton's Galveston : the architecture of Nicholas J. Clayton and his contemporaries /
"Clayton and others such as Nathaniel Tobey, Jr., Edward J. Duhamel, and Alfred Muller had ample opportunity to leave their mark on a city growing at a fevered pace. Waves of growth and destruction caused by immigration and the fires of 1877 and 1885 made innovation essential as well as inevita...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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College Station :
Texas A & M University Press,
2000.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Series: | Sara and John Lindsey series in the arts and humanities ;
no. 8. |
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| Summary: | "Clayton and others such as Nathaniel Tobey, Jr., Edward J. Duhamel, and Alfred Muller had ample opportunity to leave their mark on a city growing at a fevered pace. Waves of growth and destruction caused by immigration and the fires of 1877 and 1885 made innovation essential as well as inevitable. Clayton himself designed more than 150 of the buildings constructed from 1870 to 1900, including civic buildings, commercial projects for the Strand district, and special contracts for Galveston's elite, especially the palatial homes he built along East Broadway. The works closest to his heart, those awarded him by the Catholic Church, showcase his self-assured "free eclecticism" and his interpretation of contemporary French and British styles."--Jacket. |
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| Physical Description: | x, 291 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0890968810 9780890968819 |