{"product_id":"galveston-architecture-guidebook-9780892633463","title":"Galveston Architecture Guidebook","description":"\u003cp\u003eGalveston contains the largest and most historically significant collection of nineteenth-century buildings of any Texas city. As a result of preservation efforts in recent years  Galvestons architecture and history have risen to national prominence. This is the first comprehensive guide to the architecture of this unusual Gulf Coast city.  The Galveston Architecture Guidebook includes the citys imposing business blocks  institutional buildings  and houses  both large and small. Conceived in the nineteenth century  Galvestons town plan was highly sophisticated  reflecting the citys role as a major Southern port from the end of the Civil War to the turn of the twentieth century. The guidebook also addresses more recent architectural episodes  such as the growth of the citys highly acclaimed medical center  the development of its neighborhoods  and the evolution of its beach front.  Each entry in the guidebook includes a photograph  an identifying number keyed to a tour map  as well as historical  descriptive  and critical commentary. Also included are several appendices for easy reference: an illustrated building typology  an architectural glossary  and a selected bibliography.  The Galveston Architectural Guidebook will be invaluable to all those who visit Galveston. Historic preservationists  scholars of nineteenth-century material culture  architects  and historians will be fascinated by the broad range of buildings and urban conditions it documents. Finally  anyone interested in Galveston or the Gulf Coast will find in this book a wealth of information.  Preservationist Ellen Beasley has received the Rome Prize in Urban Planning and Design at the American Academy in Rome and a Loeb Fellowship to the Harvard Graduate School of Design. She is the author of The Alleys and Back Buildings of Galveston  published by Rice University Press in 1996.  Architectural historian Stephen Fox is a Fellow of the Anchorage Foundation of Texas and has written extensively about Houston and Texas architecture.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45666270347317,"sku":"ByrdShop_0892633468","price":37.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780892633463.jpg?v=1782426220","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/galveston-architecture-guidebook-9780892633463","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}