Unknown hotel, East Texas, exterior | Two-story hotel connected to a house, the hotel has two brick chimneys, an upper and lower front porch with an outdoor staircase, and a sign on the upper porch's railing. There is a bench on the porch, a truck out front and people sitting outside the hotel | From a series of unique photographic images, which Williams took on his travels through central Texas in the 1920s, show examples of vernacular architecture. Williams donated the negatives to the UT's School of Architecture in 1961 and were subsequently transferred to the Alexander Architectural Archives. | Location possibly Huntsville, Hempstead, or Houston
Creator/Contributor:
Williams, David R. (David Reichard), 1890-1962 (photographer)
Date Created/Date Issued:
1920s
Owning Repository:
Alexander Architectural Archives, University of Texas Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin
Photographs, black-and-white photographs, still image, and Architectural photographs
Rights - Use and Reproduction:
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/UND/1.0/
Language:
not applicable
Topic:
Vernacular architecture, Hotels, Wood, and Bricks
Time Period Covered:
1920-1930
Place Name:
Texas, East
Geographic Coverage:
Texas (state)
General Note:
Eugene George reviewed the images and attempted to identify the projects' locations. Suggested locations offered as a note in the description are supplied by George
Citation Note:
David Reichard Williams collection, Alexander Architectural Archives, University of Texas Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin