Stone building with two-story and single story sections and with street lamp in front
Title:
Stone building with two-story and single story sections and with street lamp in front
Description:
Unknown building, Austin, exterior | Stone building with prominent two-story and recessed single story sections and with decorative street lamp in front. The prominent two-story section is narrow and has a double-door entrance, grid windows, and gable roof. A picket fence lined with a flower bed fronts the recessed section, with stone pillars marking the entrance gate. Part of a commercial sign is captured on the left edge of the image, and a moonlight tower is visible in the background on the right. | From a series of unique photographic images, which Williams took on his travels through central Texas in the 1920s, showing examples of vernacular architecture. Williams donated the negatives to the UT's School of Architecture in 1961 and they were subsequently transferred to the Alexander Architectural Archives.
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 and Stone buildings
Time Period Covered:
1920 to 1930
Place Name:
Austin (Tex.)
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