Wraparound porches are a passive cooling feature by avoiding direct sunlight aka infrared radiation on windows. Awnings / shutters are another choice. I expect a greater emphasis on passive cooling in new house building in the future. Not sure porches will be in those designs but one can hope?
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Texas County Courthouses:
090 Gray County, Pampa, Texas
090 Gray County, Pampa, Texas
I like this one
You do not have a soul. You are a soul that has a body.
We sing Hallelujah! The Lamb has overcome!
We sing Hallelujah! The Lamb has overcome!
90
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STATE HIGHWAY NO. 90
Minute Order 083014, dated 04/18/1985
In Navasota from SH 6 northward via Anderson, Roans Prairie, and Bedias approximately 42.5 miles to US 75 in Madisonville. (Grimes and Madison Counties)
https://www.dot.state.tx.us/tpp/hwy/SH/SH0090.htm
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Days Left 90
Rockport, Aransas County, Texas
Baldwin-Brundrett House
Aransas County Judge W.H. Baldwin, who promoted Rockport as a deep water port, lived in this house in the 1890s. George A. Brundrett, Jr., was a Confederate veteran and cattle rancher on 15,000 acres on Matagorda Island; his family lived here from 1917-1942. Brundrett's second wife, Flavilla, often turned the parlor into a makeshift hospital, and it is said that 200 people took shelter here during the 1919 hurricane. This one-story house retains its basic design from the 1880s and exemplifies the Queen Anne style adapted to the Texas coast. The house has a front facing gable, hip roof, lace-like corner brackets, and its original windows and doors. The only modification has been the enclosure of the back porch.
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark 2011
Marker is property of the State of Texas
Rockport, Aransas County, Texas
Baldwin-Brundrett House
Aransas County Judge W.H. Baldwin, who promoted Rockport as a deep water port, lived in this house in the 1890s. George A. Brundrett, Jr., was a Confederate veteran and cattle rancher on 15,000 acres on Matagorda Island; his family lived here from 1917-1942. Brundrett's second wife, Flavilla, often turned the parlor into a makeshift hospital, and it is said that 200 people took shelter here during the 1919 hurricane. This one-story house retains its basic design from the 1880s and exemplifies the Queen Anne style adapted to the Texas coast. The house has a front facing gable, hip roof, lace-like corner brackets, and its original windows and doors. The only modification has been the enclosure of the back porch.
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark 2011
Marker is property of the State of Texas
You Had One Job 90
This sign says somethin...well maybe in Kentucky.
This sign says somethin...well maybe in Kentucky.
aggiewilliford: Thank You Youngest Child for having a house in your parents town, Very Good, see it all the time, Love You! Dad
Gig'em, Ole Army Class of '70
Texas County Courthouses:
089 Gonzales County, Gonzales, Texas
089 Gonzales County, Gonzales, Texas
89
The rare left-side sign!Quote:
STATE HIGHWAY NO. 89
Minute Order 087050, dated 02/24/1988; Adm. Ltr. 008-1988, dated 08/08/1988
From US 181, 3.2 miles northwest of Sinton, southeastward approximately 6.6 miles to US 181, 3.2 miles east of Sinton. (San Patricio County)
https://www.dot.state.tx.us/tpp/hwy/SH/SH0089.htm
My artwork in honor of Gonzales.dabo man said:
Texas County Courthouses:
089 Gonzales County, Gonzales, Texas
Love you have had death flu for 7 days. Just now recovering, it was awful!
Days Left 89
Hoopes-Smith House
Rockport, Texas
Prominent local businessman and land developer James M. Hoopes (1839-1931) had this home built between 1890 and 1892. The home later served as a hotel and boardinghouse between 1894 and 1930. It was sold in 1934 to T. Noah Smith, Sr. (1881-1955), a prominent oilman and shipbuilder. Features of the Late Victorian Queen Anne home include milled woodwork, roof cresting, a turret, and stained glass windows. It is regarded as a local landmark. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark 1989
State Historical Marker Number: 2557
Hoopes-Smith House
Rockport, Texas
Prominent local businessman and land developer James M. Hoopes (1839-1931) had this home built between 1890 and 1892. The home later served as a hotel and boardinghouse between 1894 and 1930. It was sold in 1934 to T. Noah Smith, Sr. (1881-1955), a prominent oilman and shipbuilder. Features of the Late Victorian Queen Anne home include milled woodwork, roof cresting, a turret, and stained glass windows. It is regarded as a local landmark. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark 1989
State Historical Marker Number: 2557
Gig Em Ags, God Bless Old Army and Marching in Behind the Band! Whooooopppp
You Had One Job 89
Gig Em Ags, God Bless Old Army and Marching in Behind the Band! Whooooopppp
Texas County Courthouses:
088 Goliad County, Goliad, Texas
Wow!!
088 Goliad County, Goliad, Texas
Wow!!
Days Left 88
Baylor-Norvell House
Rockport, Tx
MARKER TEXT Located on the waterfront in a community that has survived many hurricanes, this house was built about 1868 by Dr. John W. Baylor. In addition to his medical practice Dr. Baylor owned a local meat packing business, ranched, and worked to bring a railroad to the county. Schoolteachers Elisha (1857-1933) and Irene (1865-1944) Norvell moved to Rockport from Goliad in 1888 and rented the house before buying it in 1890. Elisha also worked as an agent for the San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railroad and was a realtor. Irene, a musician, sold the house in 1935.
Baylor-Norvell House
Rockport, Tx
MARKER TEXT Located on the waterfront in a community that has survived many hurricanes, this house was built about 1868 by Dr. John W. Baylor. In addition to his medical practice Dr. Baylor owned a local meat packing business, ranched, and worked to bring a railroad to the county. Schoolteachers Elisha (1857-1933) and Irene (1865-1944) Norvell moved to Rockport from Goliad in 1888 and rented the house before buying it in 1890. Elisha also worked as an agent for the San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railroad and was a realtor. Irene, a musician, sold the house in 1935.
Gig Em Ags, God Bless Old Army and Marching in Behind the Band! Whooooopppp
You Had One Job 88
Gig Em Ags, God Bless Old Army and Marching in Behind the Band! Whooooopppp
dabo man said:
Texas County Courthouses:
088 Goliad County, Goliad, Texas
Wow!!
That's a Beatiful building in such a Texas Historical Place.
"Remember Goliad!"
Massacre at Goliad
March 27th, 1836, Palm Sunday
Mexican Forces Colonel Portilla executed around 450 Texas soldiers on Bexar Road in a ravine. Texian soldiers were placed beween two lines of soldiers and ordered to look down at the ground, but Colonel Jack Fannin told them they would not look down or away. He told Portilla and the Mexican firing squad that they would have to "Look Real Men in Their Eyes as They Take Our Lives!" They shot them and left them in the Ravine to die.
Later, the quintessential Texas Ranger, Capt John "Jack" Coffee Hays, was sent on his first military assignment by President Sam Houston, to bury the dead at Goliad. An image and memory that he said he would "Never Forget!"
Tough times made Real Men; it made Legends!
Gig Em Ags, God Bless Old Army and Marching in Behind the Band! Whooooopppp
Right behind this courthouse, in the old jail building, is the Gonzales County Jail Museum. Which my parents took me to...when I was eight...in the middle of a huge thunderstorm... It was so dark inside that I didn't notice the gallows in the corner until a lightning flash came through the windows. It left an impression.
88
SH 88 became part of SH 18 in 1938.
SH 88 became part of SH 18 in 1938.
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FARM TO MARKET ROAD NO. 88
Minute Order 053651, dated 10/24/1963; Adm. Auth., dated 10/09/1961; Adm. Cir. 153-1963, dated 11/01/1963
From SH 186 southward via Elsa and Weslaco to US 281 west of Progresso, a distance of approximately 28.2 miles. (Willacy and Hidalgo Counties)
https://www.dot.state.tx.us/tpp/hwy/fm/fm0088.htm
Well... I would argue that it doesn't suck.
I don't think I've been inside this. Now I definitely would love to check it out.zpj0001 said:
Right behind this courthouse, in the old jail building, is the Gonzales County Jail Museum. Which my parents took me to...when I was eight...in the middle of a huge thunderstorm... It was so dark inside that I didn't notice the gallows in the corner until a lightning flash came through the windows. It left an impression.
Loving all these South Texas road and courthouses. So many amazing memories down there.
ensign_beedrill said:
Well... I would argue that it doesn't suck.
No it does not!
Gig Em Ags, God Bless Old Army and Marching in Behind the Band! Whooooopppp
Days Left 87
Fulton-Bruhl House
Rockport, Texas
Built about 1868, this vernacular early Texas home was purchased in 1872 by James C. Fulton, a noted early business and civic leader. Fulton sold the home in 1907 to his son-in-law, Albert L. Bruhl, a pharmacist and civic leader who served three terms as mayor of Rockport. The home exhibits Greek Revival elements and features Italianate porch supports, a five-bay entrance, and oversized dormers. It has remained in the Bruhl family for over eight decades. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark 1988
Fulton-Bruhl House
Rockport, Texas
Built about 1868, this vernacular early Texas home was purchased in 1872 by James C. Fulton, a noted early business and civic leader. Fulton sold the home in 1907 to his son-in-law, Albert L. Bruhl, a pharmacist and civic leader who served three terms as mayor of Rockport. The home exhibits Greek Revival elements and features Italianate porch supports, a five-bay entrance, and oversized dormers. It has remained in the Bruhl family for over eight decades. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark 1988
Gig Em Ags, God Bless Old Army and Marching in Behind the Band! Whooooopppp
You Had One Job 87
Gig Em Ags, God Bless Old Army and Marching in Behind the Band! Whooooopppp
Texas County Courthouses:
087 Glasscock County, Garden City, Texas
087 Glasscock County, Garden City, Texas
dabo man said:
Texas County Courthouses:
087 Glasscock County, Garden City, Texas
I love this one! I'm tempted one summer to drive and see all the early Texas landmarks. Love the old courthouses.
Gig Em Ags, God Bless Old Army and Marching in Behind the Band! Whooooopppp
dabo man said:
Texas County Courthouses:
087 Glasscock County, Garden City, Texas
Gotta love my hometown. Coming down 158 towards Midland, I take a left just past the courthouse (at the blinking light) to head to my parents
87
Quote:
STATE HIGHWAY NO. 87
Minute Order 085364, dated 01/28/1987; Adm. Ltr. 006-1987, dated 06/11/1987
From US 59 in Timpson via Center, Shelbyville, Milam, Hemphill, Newton, Deweyville, Orange, Port Arthur, Sabine Pass, High Island, and to a point of beginning with the Galveston/Port Bolivar Ferry; and then from a point of termination with the Galveston-Port Bolivar Ferry via Galveston Island to IH 45 and SS 342 in Galveston, a total approximate distance of 264.0 miles. (Shelby, Sabine, Newton, Orange, Jefferson, Chambers, and Galveston Counties)
https://www.dot.state.tx.us/tpp/hwy/SH/SH0087.htm
Been on this one many times (Gaveston and Bolivar Peninsula), I had no idea it went so far north.
Highway 87 isn't contiguous. The road washed out numerous times before the State decided not to rebuild it (late 1980s, IIRC) around the Chambers/Jefferson County line and up the coast.
Annnnd there's a part where you have to take a (free) ferry. What a cool road.
https://www.bolivarpeninsulatexas.com/About/Galveston-Bolivar-Ferry
https://www.bolivarpeninsulatexas.com/About/Galveston-Bolivar-Ferry
Texas County Courthouses:
086 Gillespie County, Fredericksburg, Texas
086 Gillespie County, Fredericksburg, Texas
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