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Title	Rice Institute campus, construction of Administration Building, 1910
Author/Creator	Unknown photographer.
Original Date Created	December 12,1910
Institution	Woodson Research Center, Rice University
Description	Rice campus, worker sawing board for construction of Administration Building (Lovett Hall). Original photo numbered [I/30]. Possibly taken by William Ward Watkin as Supervising Architect.
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; College buildings--Texas--Houston.; Rice University--history;
Source	Forms part of the William Ward Watkin papers, Box 4 folder 3 item 20,at the Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University (http://www.rice.edu/fondren/woodson/, 713-348-2586). Full collection guide online at http://www.rice.edu/fondren/woodson/mss/ms352.html.
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