6 edition of Texas Log Buildings found in the catalog.
Published
1982 by University of Texas Press .
Written in English
| The Physical Object | |
|---|---|
| Format | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | 240 |
| ID Numbers | |
| Open Library | OL9514989M |
| ISBN 10 | 0292780516 |
| ISBN 10 | 9780292780514 |
This book deals with architecture, one of the most obvious and visible aspects of culture. The square, single-pen house was brought to Texas by settlers from both the Upper and Lower South, and also from Mexico and Germany. Constructed Shell We provide materials and labor. Corner Notching 5.
In rare cases where there is no accessibility to your site we can also build onsite. I suspect, instead, that she regards me and my students as slightly demented. The log home industry is notorious for endless debates about wood species. Craftsmen in Texas built log structures out of pine, oak, cedar, cottonwood, pecan, cypress, gum, elm, bois d'arc, and probably several other types. French came both from Louisiana and directly from Europe. Various porches embellished the basic house forms.
Folk architecture reveals as much about the culture it represents as do the professionally designed glass-and-steel skyscrapers and other delights of the latter-day architectural millennium in our own modern, technological civilization. I am as chauvinistically Texan as any, but my field observations in the eastern states and in Europe have revealed the Texas structures to be comparatively primitive, on the average. As a general rule, technologies and items of material culture in traditional societies decline in quality of craftsmanship with increasing distance from the source region, or hearth. The Guadalupe, Medina, and Pedernales rivers flow through its rolling hillside.
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Status could be gained by discarding the log house and replacing it with one of frame, brick, or stone. The earliest section of the house dates to circa ; a similarly-designed log addition was made inand a stone connecting center section dates from the late 18th century.
Austin was bearing with resignation his log cross, confessing that "we Still live in log cabins. Conestoga is mastering the log cabin kit industry. Constructed Shell We provide materials and labor. Worth worked with M.
Windows were small, originally employing sliding wood shutters before glass was commonly available. Even the house of the governor of the colony was made of logs. They also provide a means to record the energy use and maintenance of the services within the building.
Termite infestation meant taller foundations for log houses. This book preserves a record of the log houses, stores, inns, churches, schools, jails, and barns that have already become all too few in the Texas countryside.
In a Texas Log Buildings book as culturally, economically, and physically diverse as Texas, considerable regionalization of log architecture was inevitable. Also, Texas Log Buildings book employer must keep a record of work hours, reporting times, and total time for the preceding week for all new or intermittent drivers.
This book deals with architecture, one of the most obvious and visible aspects of culture. The southern AngloAmerican, the black, and the Hispano share cultural dominion of the state with Germans, Slavs, Scandinavians, Amerindians, and a host of smaller groups.
What is a building log book? The earliest surviving building in our state is the Lower Swedish Cabin, which dates from circa and is located along the Darby Creek in Drexel HillDelaware County. House logs, framing lumber, plywood, doors, windows, etc.
The typical slave cabin was log. Conestoga assemblers have fully completed many campground and resort property log cabin builds, as well as many log home kits. A Regional Folk Architecture 2. All we need is clear site access and reasonably firm ground.Building Codes. The Texas statutes, administrative rules, and local ordinances occasionally adopt, incorporate, or refer to technical codes published by independent organizations.
These codes describe scientific and safety standards for structures and discuss specifications for fire safety, electrical systems, plumbing fixtures, construction practices, and many other topics. A regional folk architecture --The origin & diffusion of log folk architecture --Raising a log wall --Corner notching --Construction of floors, roofs, & chimneys --Log dwelling types & floorplans --Log public buildings --Rural log outbuildings --Texas log culture regions.
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