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Fort Worth and Denver South Plains Railway Depot (The Depot Restaurant), 1801 Ave. G, 1928 with additions; Wyatt C. Hedrick, architect; NR & LHL |
Spanish
Renaissance
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Fort Worth and Denver South Plains Railway Depot (The Depot Restaurant), 1801 Ave. G, 1928 with additions; Wyatt C. Hedrick, architect; NR & LHL |
Due to the Spaniards’ role in the early history of West Texas and similarities between the landscape and climate of this area and that of Spain, architects for the new college decided it was appropriate to turn to Spain for architectural inspiration. The grand scale Dormer: a vertically set window on a sloping roof; popular for university buildings across the Southwest for several years.
After the first campus buildings were completed in 1925, several other Lubbock structures were designed in the Spanish Renaissance style - one characterized by lavishly decorated arcades with ornamental door openings, wall surfaces changing from stone to brick, and windows framed in carved stonework, sometimes flanked with small columns with ornamental capitals. Other features are low-pitched tiled roofs and towers capped by domes, ornate spires, and/or finials. Ornamentation is derived from Gothic, Moorish, and Renaissance forms.
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Administration Bldg., TTU,
1925; William Ward Watkin, Houston, and Sanguinet-Staats
& Hedrick, Ft. Worth, associate architects Fire Station #2 (United Way), 2201 19th St., 1927 with additions & alterations; Peters & Haynes, architects Fort Worth and Denver South Plains Railway Depot (The Depot Restaurant), 1801 Ave. G, 1928 with additions; Wyatt C. Hedrick, architects; NR & RTHL 2109 18th St., 1928 Baker Building, 1211 13th St., 1928; LHL 2201 16th St., 1929; Peters, Strange & Bradshaw, architects (Pictured) George R. Bean Elementary, 2901 Ave. N, 1939 with additions; Haynes & Strange, architects Roscoe Wilson Elementary, 2807 25th St., 1939 with additions; Haynes & Strange, architects |
