Diedrich Rulfs: Designing Modern Nacogdoches - Couverture rigide

Jackson, Jere Langdon

 
9781936205172: Diedrich Rulfs: Designing Modern Nacogdoches
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ISBN 10 : 1936205173 ISBN 13 : 9781936205172
Editeur : Stephen F. Austin State University Press, 2014

Synopsis

Diedrich Anton Wilhelm Rulfs, the German-born architect who immigrated to Nacogdoches, Texas in 1880, transformed the historic frontier town into a modern city. The life and work of Rulfs and his interaction with his contemporaries is the story of Nacogdoches in the crucial years at the turn of the 20th century.

The substantial visual legacy of Rulfs to the history of a pioneering town can be enjoyed today. Over fifty architectural creations are extant and form the core for the city's extensive National Registry Districts. Rulfs incorporated the motifs of his homeland along with elements from current trends in American architecture into Nacogdoches projects. He comfortably used classical and Palladian features, romantic (Gothic), flamboyant (Queen Ann), and eclectic (Mediterranean) styles.

Rulfs proved himself a master at servicing many architectural needs: modest domestic structures, commercial buildings, city blocks, hotels, elaborately fashionable mansions, churches for all denominations, and public schools. While few towns the size of Nacogdoches had, or could have supported, a talented resident architect, Rulfs returned the admiration by working flawlessly with the community. His success resided in his professionalism, his intimate knowledge of his clients, and his willingness to accommodate his designs to the needs and budgets of his patrons. Rulfs, as the architect and builder of choice in Nacogdoches between 1880 to the mid-1920s, left an architectural legacy.

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À propos de l?auteur

JERE LANGDON JACKSON is a Regents Professor of History at SFASU for East Texas Studies. He has received the Texas Governor's Special Service Award in the Field of Historic Preservation.

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Éditeur
Stephen F. Austin State University Press
Date d'édition
2014
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1936205173
ISBN 13 
9781936205172
Reliure
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Nombre de pages
368
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