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Texas Tech: The Unobserved Heritage

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Dr. Barrick takes the reader on a fasinating tour of the core of the Texas Tech campus as it was originally conceived and designed by William Ward Watkin, the principal architect of Rice University. Construction began in the "Roaring '20's," when the roaring Spanish Renaissance architectural style was in full swing, and before the truly artistic craftsmanship of architectural detailing would be swept aside by the bare and functional moderne style. The architects, with the energetic participation of the Board of Directors and Tech's first President, Dr. Paul W. Horn, established a style that still gives beauty, cohesion and identity to the sprawling West Texas campus. This little book is clearly written and well illustrated, and full of interesting little tidbits, like the near scandal that arose over the placing of a bust of Abe Lincoln on the Administration Bldng. It would be a welcome addition to the library of any Red Raider, anyone interested in 20th Century American architecture, or West Texas history.

Dr. Barrick takes the reader on a fasinating tour of the core of the Texas Tech campus as it was originally conceived and designed by William Ward Watkin, the principal architect of Rice University. Construction began in the "Roaring '20's," when the roaring Spanish Renaissance architectural style was in full swing, and before the truly artistic craftsmanship of architectural detailing would be swept aside by the bare and functional moderne style. The architects, with the energetic participation of the Board of Directors and Tech's first President, Dr. Paul W. Horn, established a style that still gives beauty, cohesion and identity to the sprawling West Texas campus. This little book is clearly written and well illustrated, and full of interesting little tidbits, like the near scandal that arose over the placing of a bust of Abe Lincoln on the Administration Bldng. It would be a welcome addition to the library of any Red Raider, anyone interested in 20th Century American architecture, or West Texas history.