Houston's Hermann Park : A Century of Community /

Richly illustrated with rare period photographs, Houston's Hermann Park: A Century of Community provides a vivid history of Houston's oldest and most important urban park. Author and historian Barrie Scardino Bradley sets Hermann Park in both a local and a national context as this grand pa...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Bradley, Barrie Scardino, 1945-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: College Station : Texas A & M University Press, 2014.
Edición:1st ed.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
Texas > Houston > Hermann Park.
Texas > Houston.
Houston (Tex.) > History.
Hermann Park (Houston, Tex.) > History.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Then
  • Before Hermann Park, 1836-1909
  • Houston gets a park, 1910-1914
  • The Kessler Plan, 1915-1923
  • Hare & Hare, 1924-1951
  • No plan, 1952-1961
  • Other plans, 1962-1989
  • Now
  • Community action
  • Hermann Park Conservancy
  • The Olin Plan
  • It happens!
  • Appendixes
  • Appendix 1: Hermann Park-Houston chronology
  • Appendix 2: Remarks of George Hermann, June 7, 1914
  • Appendix 3: Last will and testament of George Henry Hermann
  • Appendix 4: Trees of Hermann Park
  • Appendix 5: Birds of Hermann Park
  • Appendix 6: Directors of the Hermann Park Conservancy (1992-2014)
  • Appendix 7: The institutions of Hermann Park
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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