{"product_id":"diedrich-rulfs-designing-modern-nacogdoches-9781936205172","title":"Diedrich Rulfs: Designing Modern Nacogdoches","description":"Diedrich Anton Wilhelm Rulfs, the German-born architect who immigrated to Nacogdoches, Texas in 1880, transformed the historic frontier town into a modern city. The life and work of Rulfs and his interaction with his contemporaries \u003ci\u003eis\u003c\/i\u003e the story of Nacogdoches in the crucial years at the turn of the 20th century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe substantial visual legacy of Rulfs to the history of a pioneering town can be enjoyed today. Over fifty architectural creations are extant and form the core for the city's extensive National Registry Districts. Rulfs incorporated the motifs of his homeland along with elements from current trends in American architecture into Nacogdoches projects. He comfortably used classical and Palladian features, romantic (Gothic), flamboyant (Queen Ann), and eclectic (Mediterranean) styles.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRulfs proved himself a master at servicing many architectural needs: modest domestic structures, commercial buildings, city blocks, hotels, elaborately fashionable mansions, churches for all denominations, and public schools. While few towns the size of Nacogdoches had, or could have supported, a talented resident architect, Rulfs returned the admiration by working flawlessly with the community. His success resided in his professionalism, his intimate knowledge of his clients, and his willingness to accommodate his designs to the needs and budgets of his patrons. Rulfs, as the architect and builder of choice in Nacogdoches between 1880 to the mid-1920s, left an architectural legacy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Stephen F. Austin University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781936205172\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 433\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 12.30h x 11.30w x 1.50d","brand":"Jere Jackson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52379403845813,"sku":"9781936205172","price":55.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_777f744b-c3f0-42c5-b274-6580a7afa743.jpg?v=1774372696","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/diedrich-rulfs-designing-modern-nacogdoches-9781936205172","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}