What made me all the more curious was the fact that I took several architectural history classes at UT Austin during the 1980s. Two paintings spark the Samuel Gideon projectĭespite his long career and many achievements, however, I had not heard of Gideon until an American-Statesman editor forwarded an email from King about her UT Dallas class. It's likely that, wherever you live in Texas, Gideon documented your town and its historic buildings during his travels in the first half of the 20th century. According to the center's website, the letters, clippings, articles, essays, student papers, sketches, photographs, negatives, slides and paintings come to 8.17 linear feet. Gideon's papers are preserved at UT's Briscoe Center for American History. Along the way, he became an authority on early Texas buildings. He also traveled throughout Texas and Mexico, taking pictures and painting watercolors.

He was a key player in preserving an Austin home of William S. Gideon published widely and served on a multitude of civic and academic bodies.

Texas History: The Texas State Cemetery shapes its identity for 21st century He had married Sadie Griffin of Bryan, Texas, in 1908. and Texas A&M University before moving over to the University of Texas in 1913. 9, 1875, Gideon studied architecture at Harvard University and M.I.T., then graduated from the School of Fine Arts at Fontainebleau, France. 13, 1945.īorn in Louisville, Kentucky, on Dec.

A few facts were already available about Gideonīefore the project began, some things about the Pemberton Castle builder could be discerned by way of a short Handbook of Texas Online entry, first published in 1952 and updated in 1995, and repeated on the website for the Texas State Cemetery, where Gideon was buried after his death on Aug.

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