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Judge Sebron G. Sneed House
The Judge Sebron G. Sneed House (also, Sneed House and Comal Bluff) is a historic former limestone Plantation complexes in the Southeastern United States#Plantation house, plantation house in Austin, Texas, commissioned by Judge Sebron Graham Sneed. It was likely designed by architect and general contractor, Abner Cook, Abner Hugh Cook, co-owner of the sawmill where Sneed had purchased lumber for the construction of the house. Cook is most notable for designing the Texas Governor's Mansion in Austin. History In 1848, Judge Sebron Graham Sneed and his family moved to Austin from Fayetteville, Arkansas. In 1850, Sneed purchased a 470-acre farm from the Santiago Del Valle, Santiago Del Valle Land Grant for $1000. The homestead was built starting in 1852 by Sneed's Slavery in the United States, slaves and was completed by 1857.Sam Ramos"The Plantation at Comal Bluff: Sneed House ruins tell a story beneath and behind modern Austin" (May 23, 2014). ''The Austin Chronicle'' The walls of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Federal Style
Federal-style architecture is the name for the classicizing architecture built in the newly founded United States between 1780 and 1830, and particularly from 1785 to 1815, which was heavily based on the works of Andrea Palladio with several innovations on Palladian architecture by Thomas Jefferson and his contemporaries first for Jefferson's Monticello estate and followed by many examples in government building throughout the United States. An excellent example of this is the White House. This style shares its name with its era, the Federalist Era. The name Federal style is also used in association with furniture design in the United States of the same time period. The style broadly corresponds to the classicism of Biedermeier style in the German-speaking lands, Regency architecture in Britain and to the French Empire style. It may also be termed Adamesque architecture. The White House and Monticello were setting stones for federal architecture. In the early American repub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
