Historic Architecture in Alabama
Author: Robert S. Gamble
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 234
ISBN-13: 9780817311346
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Author: Robert S. Gamble
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 234
ISBN-13: 9780817311346
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Author: Robert S. Gamble
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Published: 1990-01-01
Total Pages: 234
ISBN-13: 9780608051192
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Robert S. Gamble
Publisher: University Alabama Press
Published: 1987
Total Pages: 480
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Alice Meriwether Bowsher
Publisher: University Alabama Press
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 238
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis stunning book of photography and commentary celebrates the state's diverse architectural heritage by presenting a wide-ranging view of Alabama's buildings and places.
Author: Robert Oliver Mellown
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
Published: 2013-09-03
Total Pages: 231
ISBN-13: 0817356800
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe University of Alabama: A Guide to the Campusand Its Architecture is a richly illustrated guidebook to the architecture and development of the University of Alabama’s campus as it has evolved over the last two centuries. In 1988 the University of Alabama Press published Robert Oliver Mellown’s The University of Alabama: A Guide to the Campus, a culmination of a decade’s worth of research into both the facts and the legends surrounding the architecture, history, and traditions of the Capstone. Over twenty years later, this new guide brings to light the numerous additions, expansions, and renovations the university has undergone on its spacious grounds in Tuscaloosa. In addition to updated sections devoted to the university’s historic landmarks—such as Foster Auditorium, where “the stand in the schoolhouse door” occurred; Denny Chimes,where the handprints and footprints of famous Tide athletes are memorialized in concrete; and the Gorgas House, which with stood the destruction of Union troops at the end of the Civil War—new sections account for the acquisition of Bryce Hospital’s campus, the expansions at Bryant-Denny Stadium to accommodate the growing Crimson Tide fan base, and the burgeoning student recreation facilities, playing fields, and residential communities. Chapters are arranged into various campus tours for walking or driving—Antebellum, Victorian, Early Twentieth-Century, East Quad, West Quad, Science and Engineering Corridor, Student Life, Bryce, Medical, Southeast, Athletics, and Off Campus. Alumni, prospective students and their parents, new faculty, out-of-state visitors, and foreign dignitaries will all welcome this useful, compact, and colorful guide to one of the most beautiful campuses in the country.
Author: Lynda Brown
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Published: 1979
Total Pages: 13
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Jennifer Hale
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2009-06-25
Total Pages: 183
ISBN-13: 1614235244
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOnce the center of agricultural prosperity in Alabama, the rich soil of the Black Belt still features beautiful homes that stand as a testimony to the regions proud heritage. Join author Jennifer Hale as she explores the history of seventeen of the finest plantation homes in Alabamas Black Belt. This book chronicles the original owners and slaves of the homes, and traces their descendants who continued to call these plantations home throughout the past two centuries. Discover why the families of an Indian chief and a chief justice feuded for over a century about the land on which Belvoir stands. Follow Gaineswoods progress as it grew from a humble log cabin into an opulent mansion. Learn how the original builder and subsequent owners of the Kirkwood Mansion are linked together by a legacy of exceptional and dedicated reservation. Historic Plantations of Alabamas Black Belt recounts the elegant past and hopeful future of a well-loved region of the South.
Author: Elizabeth Barrett Gould
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Published: 1988
Total Pages: 344
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrom Fort to Port covers the architectural history of the city of Mobile, Alabama, from the time of the French fort of 1711 to the end of World War I in 1918. The text, with 332 illustrations, traces the history of Mobile's architecture from the town's beginnings as a colonial military outpost o its establishment as a modern commercial port city. Included is a record of the evolution of commercial, civic, religious, and residential buildings as they were affected by the environment, by building practices, and by the historical and social changes brought about through two centuries.
Author: Delos Hughes
Publisher: NewSouth Books
Published: 2016-12-01
Total Pages: 176
ISBN-13: 1588383342
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAlabama’s oldest courthouses have witnessed a panorama of history. Historic Alabama Courthouses resurrects historical facts and images of buildings that were the centers of much of the state’s public life during its first century. Photographs of more than 120 buildings, the earliest that the author could find for each structure, are gathered in this significant volume along with historical, architectural, social, legal, and political accounts of their contributions to the landscape of Alabama. Historic Alabama Courthouses also emphasizes architects and builders. Although the names of many of the principals are unknown, those who can be identified play large roles in the stories told in the book. Not only are the architects’ personal histories important, but also the history of the architecture profession in the state can be observed through the relationships and projects they created. Finally, the stories of Alabama’s courthouse builders and contractors are accounts of technical innovation, entrepreneurship, and sometimes imitation, revealing that fashions spread as widely and rapidly in building design and construction as in any other endeavor.
Author: Jim Fraiser
Publisher: Pelican Publishing Company, Inc.
Published: 2012-03-01
Total Pages: 148
ISBN-13: 9781455614912
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA look at historic structures in this coastal city. A study in the architecture, culture, and history of one of the most elegant cities in the Deep South, this collection of profiles preserves in full-color photographs this fragile town on the Alabama Gulf Coast. Each historic district is covered in chronological order beginning with the Church Street District in the 1830s, and readers will discover the interesting characters who built and owned the 60 featured buildings.