Portrait of William Ward Watkin

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Date

ca. 1930

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.

Description

Black and white portrait, inscribed on the back of the photograph: William Ward Watkin died June 24, 1952.

Citation

"Portrait of William Ward Watkin." (1930) Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University: https://hdl.handle.net/1911/37125.

Publisher

Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University

Citable link to this page

https://hdl.handle.net/1911/37125

Rights

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