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The earliest domes were likely domed huts made from saplings, reeds, or timbers and covered with thatch, turf, or skins. Materials may have transitioned to rammed earth, mud-brick, or more durable stone as a result of local conditions. [1] The earliest discovered remains of domed constructions may be four small dwellings made of Mammoth tusks ...
Llano Uplift. Precambrian and Paleozoic inlier surrounded by Cretaceous uplands. The Llano Uplift is a geologically ancient, low geologic dome that is about 90 miles (140 km) in diameter and located mostly in Llano, Mason, San Saba, Gillespie, and Blanco counties, Texas. It consists of an island-like exposure of Precambrian igneous and ...
A wigwam, wickiup, wetu (Wampanoag), or wiigiwaam (Ojibwe, in syllabics: ᐧᐄᑭᐧᐋᒻ) [1] is a semi-permanent domed dwelling formerly used by certain Native American tribes and First Nations people and still used for ceremonial events. The term wickiup is generally used to refer to these kinds of dwellings in the Southwestern United ...
The symbolic meaning of the dome has developed over millennia. Although the precise origins are unknown, a mortuary tradition of domes existed across the ancient world, as well as a symbolic association with the sky. Both of these traditions may have a common root in the use of the domed hut, a shape which was associated with the heavens and ...
San Fernando Cathedral. San Antonio. 1738–1750. One of the oldest Cathedrals in the United States; the oldest Cathedral in Texas. Listed on the National Register of historic places. Mission Espada. San Antonio. 1745. Part of the San Antonio Missions; listed as a UNESCO world heritage site.
Clochán. A clochán on the Dingle Peninsula, Kerry, Ireland. A reconstruction of a square-shaped beehive hut at the Irish National Heritage Park, County Wexford. A clochán (plural clocháin) or beehive hut is a dry-stone hut with a corbelled roof, commonly associated with the south-western Irish seaboard. The precise construction date of most ...
February 23, 2015. 770 Clepper Dr. 30°23′33″N 95°41′25″W / 30.3925°N 95.690278°W / 30.3925; -95.690278 (Arnold-Simonton House) Montgomery. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark; early Texas Greek Revival structure built in 1845; moved from original site on Rankin St. to Stewart St. in 1977 and moved again in 2010 to ...
December 19, 1960. (#66000807) Amarillo. 34°49′00″N 101°11′17″W / 34.816667°N 101.188056°W / 34.816667; -101.188056 (J A Ranch) Armstrong. Founded by John George Adair and Charles Goodnight, this is still one of the largest ranches in the Texas Panhandle, and remains in the hands of Adair descendants.