Museum of Houston

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Title	Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, original building, Houston, Texas
Author/Creator	Unknown photographer.
Original Date Created	04/12/1924
Institution	Woodson Research Center, Rice University
Description	Black and white photograph of the original Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, building, designed by architect William Ward Watkin
Description.Abstract	Architect William Ward Watkin (1886-1952) served as the first Supervising Architect for Rice Institute, overseeing the construction of the first campus buildings. Watkin also taught in Rice's Architecture Dept. and designed many Houston buildings such as the original Museum of Fine Arts, Houston building, the original downtown Houston Public Library building (now known as the Julia Ideson Building), and many notable residences. His daughter Ray Watkin Strange is a philanthropist and generous donor to Rice University.
Subject Categories	Watkin, William Ward, 1886-1952; Architects--Texas.; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.;
Source	Forms part of the William Ward Watkin records (http://www.rice.edu/fondren/woodson/mss/ms352.html), MS 352 Box 6 Folder 37 Item 3, at the Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University (http://www.rice.edu/fondren/woodson/, 713-348-2586).
Rights	This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 United States License.