Exquisitely Bored in Nacogdoches

The 1897 Judge Stephen W. Blount House in Nacogdoches In her autobiography, A Kind of Magic (1963), Edna Ferber compared Galveston , Te...

* aaand a couple of late 19th century churches.... Links go to each structure's Texas Historical Commission Atlas entry. I also used...

There's a two-story Victorian there - can you see it ? Overwhelmed . That's the best word to describe how someone (such as myself) ...

This is a classic example of design #4 from the pattern book Cottage Souvenir #2 - Revised and Enlarged , George F. Barber , architect. This...

Texas Architect magazine used my picture of the First Presbyterian Church in Galveston, Texas , in its current issue. This is extra speci...

The John Gross House , built in the Greek Revival style in 1866, expanded in 1889 in the Queen Anne/Victorian style, with among other things...

The Victorian style of architecture spans the period of roughly 1825-1900, essentially the reign of Queen Victoria . I include in this post...

The granddaughter of Ben Milam recently emailed me some scans of newspaper clippings and black and white photographs associated with her gr...