Texas Log Buildings : : A Folk Architecture / / Terry G. Jordan.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press Complete eBook-Package Pre-2000
• VerfasserIn: Jordan, Terry G.,
• MitwirkendeR: Jordan, Terry G.,
• Place / Publishing House: Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021]; ©1978
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (240 p.)

Once too numerous to attract attention, the log buildings of Texas now stand out for their rustic beauty. This book preserves a record of the log houses, stores, inns, churches, schools, jails, and barns that have already become all too few in the Texas countryside. Terry Jordan explores the use of log buildings among several different Texas cultural groups and traces their construction techniques from their European and eastern American origins.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface to the Second Paperback Printing -- Acknowledgments -- 1. A Regional Folk Architecture -- 2. The Origin & Diffusion of Log Folk Architecture -- 3. Raising a Log Wall -- 4. Corner Notching -- 5. Construction of Floors, Roofs, & Chimneys -- 6. Log Dwelling Types & Floorplans -- 7. Log Public Buildings -- 8. Rural Log Outbuildings -- 9. Texas Log Culture Regions -- 1. A List of Texas Restoration Projects Open to the Public That Include Log Structures -- 2. A List of Replicas or Reconstructions of Log Buildings in Texas -- Notes -- Glossary of Log Construction Terms Encountered in Texas -- Bibliography -- Index