Wau Ban See Ranch

PROJECT LOCATION: McCullough County. Texas
CLIENT: Jacqueline and R. Kinnan Goleman
DOC: N/A

DESCRIPTION:
The site is a ranch in McCullough County, Texas. Original stone barracks and stores, spring house and dog run barn date from the middle of the nineteenth century and were erected by Texas Rangers. Subsequent stone and frame structures were built by owners over the next one hundred years.

Full architectural services were provided for the documentaion to HABS standards of this historic ranch compound dating from 1864. A written predesign report was included as part of the services rendered. Project scope involved the adaptive use of seven stone structures to serve as residential components to an events/conference center. New structures included a large screened events building with adjacent gardens and a new commercial kitchen and lodge.

Documentation explored new digital photographic and CADD technology in the field in conjuction with traditional documentation techniques for archival documentation. The field work involved five faculty and two students from the University of Texas at San Antonio, and was achieved over the course of a spring vacation. The work included field measurement and drawing, photography using large format and digital techniques, and theodolites for recording of topographic information.