Descriptive and Predictive Modeling of Central Courthouse Square Towns in the South Central United States
Title | Descriptive and Predictive Modeling of Central Courthouse Square Towns in the South Central United States PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 530 |
Release | 1971 |
Genre | City planning |
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The Courthouse Square in Texas
Title | The Courthouse Square in Texas PDF eBook |
Author | Robert E. Veselka |
Publisher | University of Texas Press |
Pages | 261 |
Release | 2010-07-05 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 0292786786 |
With its dignified courthouse set among shade trees and lawns dotted with monuments to prominent citizens and fallen veterans, the courthouse square remains the civic center in a majority of the county seats of Texas. Yet the squares themselves vary in form and layout, reflecting the different town-planning traditions that settlers brought from Europe, Mexico, and the United States. In fact, one way to trace settlement patterns and ethnic dispersion in Texas is by mapping the different types of courthouse squares. This book offers the first complete inventory of Texas courthouse squares, drawn from extensive archival research and site visits to 139 of the 254 county seats. Robert Veselka classifies every existing plan by type and origin, including patterns and variants not previously identified. He also explores the social and symbolic functions of these plans as he discusses the historical and modern uses of the squares. He draws interesting new conclusions about why the courthouse square remains the hub of commercial and civic activity in the smaller county seats, when it has lost its prominence in others.
Catalogue
Title | Catalogue PDF eBook |
Author | Harvard University. Graduate School of Design. Library |
Publisher | |
Pages | 738 |
Release | 1974 |
Genre | Architecture |
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Designing America
Title | Designing America PDF eBook |
Author | Joel B. Goldsteen |
Publisher | Van Nostrand Reinhold Company |
Pages | 344 |
Release | 1994 |
Genre | Architecture |
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The Upland South
Title | The Upland South PDF eBook |
Author | Terry G. Jordan-Bychkov |
Publisher | |
Pages | 146 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | Architecture |
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The Upland South is a regional band of natural beauty that runs from Virginia and North Carolina west through Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas and their bordering states. This book explores the region's character through an analysis of its traditional cultural landscape.
Architecture Series: Bibliography
Title | Architecture Series: Bibliography PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 576 |
Release | 1986 |
Genre | Architecture |
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Suburban Fantasies
Title | Suburban Fantasies PDF eBook |
Author | David Paul Tuttle |
Publisher | |
Pages | 532 |
Release | 1983 |
Genre | Architecture |
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