Posted Jun 9, 2008, 7:53 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Austin <------------> Birmingham?
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Mansion's designer built many of city's historic buildings
Abner Cook brought Greek Revival to Texas.
By Mike Ward
AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF
Monday, June 09, 2008
Abner Hugh Cook, the master builder who designed and constructed the Governor's Mansion when Texas was only a decade old, loved tall, stately columns, sophisticated detail and a monumentality of form rarely seen on the Texas frontier.
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http://www.statesman.com/news/conten.../0609cook.html
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