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Title	William M. Rice Institute, proposed general plan of campus
Author/Creator	Cram, Goodhue, and Ferguson
Original Date Created	October 05,1909
Institution	Woodson Research Center, Rice University
Description	Proposed general plan of Rice Institute campus. Note row of faculty housing at North end of campus (right side of drawing). Created by the New York office of Cram, Goodhue and Ferguson. Watkin consulted on the general plan and oversaw the construction of the first campus buildings.
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.; Rice University--history;
Source	Forms part of the Rice University Archives vault collection 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.