Title & Author:

Houston's forgotten heritage : landscape, houses, interiors, 1824-1914 / by Dorothy Knox Howe Houghton [and others].

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication:

Houston, Tex. : Rice University Press, ©1991.

Description:

xiii, 387 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm

Notes:
"A project of the Junior League of Houston, Inc."
Limited ed. of 300 copies.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-361) and index.
A brief history of Harris County (Margaret Swett Henson) -- The evolution of the Houston landscape (Sadie Gwin Blackburn) -- The development of domestic architecture (Barrier M. Scardino) -- Photographs -- Interiors (Katherine S. Howe) -- Domestic life (Dorothy Know Howe Houghton).
Kate Broocks Bates Award entry.

ISBN:

0892633115
9780892633111
0892633107 (pbk.)
9780892633104 (pbk.)

Subject:

Dwellings Texas Houston History.
Architecture, Domestic Texas Houston.
Interior decoration Texas Houston History.
Landscapes Texas Houston History.
Habitations Texas Houston Histoire.
Décoration intérieure Texas Houston Histoire.
Paysages Texas Houston Histoire.
Architecture, Domestic
Dwellings
Interior decoration
Landscapes
Manners and customs
Houston (Tex.) Social life and customs.
Texas Houston

Form/genre:

History

Added entries:

Houghton, Dorothy Knox Howe, 1944-
Junior League of Houston.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 76131
Call No.: ID:92-B430
Status: Available