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Raiford L. Stripling Collection

Raiford L. Stripling (1910-1990) was a 1931 graduate of the A&M College of Texas. After graduation he worked with College Architect Frederick E. Giesecke and staff architect Samual Charles Phelps Vosper and with the National Park Service in Santa Fe, New Mexico, with NPS staff member Charles E. Peterson, an opportunity that introduced him to the analytical examination of vernacular…

San Ygnacio Project

In the late 1970s, inspired by the land, culture, and resources of Texas and Mexico, artist Michael Tracy took up residence in a three-room sandstone house in the historic village of San Ygnacio in the borderlands along the Rio Grande near Laredo. In this crucible of heat and cold, Tracy’s work flourished and he became a part of the fabric…

Sharrock-Niblo Farmstead

When the Niblo property was recently sold for housing development, the City of Dallas required that the limestone escarpment it was built upon be retained as city land, and was thus able to protect the buildings remaining on the site. These buildings may well be two of the oldest on their original sites within the city: a two-crib log barn…

Pointe du Hoc

The historical study the CHC did at Pointe du Hoc is composed of four distinct parts: (1) Surveying and recording of the historic structures, site, and site features, (2) Tilt meter installation and data collection, (3) Analysis of the cliff edge through survey and historic photographs, and (4) Laser scanning of cliffs and site surrounding the Observation Post. Though operation…

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Montezuma Castle

Montezuma Castle is a cliff dwelling constructed by the Sinaguan People of Arizona’s Verde Valley in the late 12th century. The Sinaguan culture thrived in agriculture and trade until they abandoned the Verde Valley in the 15th century. Montezuma Castle was proclaimed a National Monument on December 8, 1906 and was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in…

Texas A&M Campus Remembered

As part of the Provost’s funding for the 125th Anniversary of the university, the School of Architecture was awarded $10,000 to study the historic buildings in the central campus and to recommend a list of buildings that should receive historic markers. The research proposal was developed by David G. Woodcock, FAIA, Professor of Architecture and Director of the Historic Resources…

Mrs. Sam Houston House

The house is sited facing the La Bahia Road, and occupies a corner lot in the town platted in 1835, on land previously known as Coles Settlement. With the success of cotton plantations, and the foundation of Baylor University in 1845, Independence became one of the wealthiest communities in the state. The two-story symmetrical rectangular frame residence has horizontal siding…

Fort Pulaski National Monument

Fort Pulaski was constructed in 1847 as part of the coastal fortification system adopted by President James Madison. Many considered the fort’s 7 1/2 foot solid brick walls to be unbreachable, however the advent of the rifled cannon proved the fallacy of that assumption. On April 10-11, 1862, with the use of rifled artillery, Union troops opened wide gaps in…

Pueblitos of Dinetah

The Pueblitos are small multi-roomed masonry dwellings found in the Navajo homeland, or Dinetah Region of northwest New Mexico, dating from the early 17th century. The Pueblitos are significant indicators of the complex social relations that existed among the Navajo, Pueblo, other tribes, and with the Spaniards. Boulder Fortress is a four-room pueblito located on a detached sandstone talus boulder.