Galveston Architecture Guidebook

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Galveston Architecture Guidebook

Author	: Ellen Beasley
File Size	: 47,7 Mb
Publisher	: Galveston Historical Foundation
Language	: English
Release Date	: 26 April 1996
ISBN	: STANFORD:36105018395827
Pages	: 292 pages

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Galveston Architecture Guidebook by Ellen Beasley Book PDF Summary

The Galveston Architecture Guidebook will be invaluable to all those who visit Galveston. Historic preservationists, scholars of nineteenth-century material culture, architects, and historians will be fascinated by the broad range of buildings and urban conditions it documents. Finally, anyone interested in Galveston or the Gulf Coast will find in this book a wealth of information.

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