Join Houston Mod as we venture behind the Pine Curtain for a modern architecture tour including sites in Nacogdoches, Lufkin, Diboll, and San Augustine. February 10-12. Tickets are $45 for Houston Mod members and $55 for non-members.
Our travels will be led by: Stephen Fox, Architectural Historian and Master Mod, Perky Beisel, PhD, SFASU Professor of History, Nacogdoches Historic Landmark Preservation Committee Board Member, and FoHNI member, Judy Kugle, Nacogdoches Historic Landmark Preservation Committee Board Member and FoHNI member.
The tour will begin on Friday afternoon at 2 PM, location TBD. (driving and walking) and continue all day Saturday with a city-wide tour (driving and walking).
A long list of commercial and residential sites on the tour includes:
Fredonia Hotel 1955, J. N. MacCammon (Dallas) and Carlos B. Schoeppl (Miami)
President’s House, SFASU 1957, Shirley Simons (Tyler)
Tucker House (SFASU Piney Woods Native Plant Center) 1939, Raiford Stripling (San Augustine)
Lufkin National Bank Building Wilbur Kent; MacKie & Kamrath (Houston), consulting architect
First Christian Church 1954, Wilbur Kent
T. L. L. Temple Memorial Library 1965, John Desmond (Baton Rouge)
The Fredonia Hotel will serve as the tour home base, with the nearby La Pension and other options listed below. Rooms should be booked individually as soon as you’re ready to commit!
LODGING OPTIONS TO CONSIDER:
The Fredonia Hotel
200 North Fredonia Street, Nacogdoches TX 75961
(936) 564-1234
La Pension (4 short blocks from The Fredonia – converted historic house)
803 N Mound Street, Nacogdoches TX 75961
(936) 234-0056
Mockingbird Suites (2 short blocks from the Fredonia – converted historic house)
418 N. Mound Street, Nacogdoches, TX 75961
(936) 552-6406
Hampton Inn and Suites (2.5 mi. from The Fredonia)
3625 South Street, Nacogdoches TX 75964
(936) 560-9901
Please note that transportation to and from the tour locale, lodging, and daily meals are not included in the ticket price. Please pay for tickets via PayPal to info@houstonmod.org or mail a check payable to Houston Mod, P.O. Box 541353, Houston, TX 77254.
Email any tour questions to Houston Mod at info@houstonmod.org.
