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Staudt Sunday House. The Sunday Houses are unique to the German immigrant culture of the Texas Hill Country. [1] In reverse of the old European tradition of living in town while working the rural farms, the early Fredericksburg German settlers made their main homes on the acreage they worked.
The Texas Hill Country Trail is a non-profit organization which promotes heritage tourism, economic development, and historic preservation. It is one of ten regions which make up the Texas Heritage Trails Program of the Texas Historical Commission .
The dogtrot, also known as a breezeway house, dog-run, or possum-trot, is a style of house that was common throughout the Southeastern United States during the 19th and early 20th centuries. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Some theories place its origins in the southern Appalachian Mountains .
The Lyda organization grew to be a major Texas general contractor, carrying out such projects as the Alamodome, the expansion of the University of Texas Memorial Stadium, the Hyatt Hill Country Resort Hotel, the San Antonio Convention Center, the Westin La Cantera Resort Hotel and the Fiesta Texas theme park, as well as hospitals, hotels, banks ...
The architecture of the U.S. state of Texas comes from a wide variety of sources. Many of the state's buildings reflect Texas' Spanish and Mexican roots; in addition, there is considerable influence from mostly the American South as well as the Southwest. Rapid economic growth since the mid twentieth century has led to a wide variety of ...
Location of Victoria County in Texas. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Victoria County, Texas. This is intended to be a complete list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Victoria County, Texas. There are one district and 114 individual properties listed on the ...
Average mortgage rates tick higher as of Thursday, January 9, 2024, with the 30-year fixed benchmark continuing to hover above 7.00%. Despite three back-to-back interest cuts from the Federal ...
508 Park Avenue, Dallas, 1929 6851 Gaston Avenue, Dallas, 1936; Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas, 1930; Cotton Bowl Stadium, Dallas, 1936; Dallas High School Arts and Sciences Building, Dallas, 1930 and 1941