| A History of Ashton Villa Contributor(s): Hafertepe, Kenneth (Author) |
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ISBN: 0876111126 ISBN-13: 9780876111123 Publisher: Texas State Historical Assn OUR PRICE: $8.96 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 1991 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - General - History | United States - 19th Century |
| Dewey: 976.413 |
| LCCN: 91013918 |
| Series: Fred Rider Cotten Popular Histories |
| Physical Information: (1.50 lbs) 68 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Cultural Region - Deep South - Cultural Region - Gulf Coast - Cultural Region - South - Cultural Region - Southwest U.S. - Cultural Region - Western U.S. - Geographic Orientation - Texas - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Cultural Region - Mid-South |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This volume tells the story of the stately Italianate Galveston mansion known as Ashton Villa. Built in 1859, Ashton Villa stood out in antebellum Galveston for its extensive use of new materials: brick and cast iron. It has weathered many a storm, including the Great Hurricane of 1900, when floodwaters invaded its first floor. Now as a historic house museum, Ashton Villa speaks eloquently about the lives and aspirations of an upper-class Texas family in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. |