The building is extremely clean and well maintained.
Julia ideson library floor plans.
500 mckinney street houston tx 832 393 1646.
Her father owned a bookstore and had a large personal library.
Houston had hired its first professional librarian julia ideson in 1902 and as the city quickly grew she worked tirelessly on plans for a larger facility.
The family moved to houston in 1892 when julia was 12 years old.
Her father owned a bookstore and had a large personal library.
150 persons seated 200 persons.
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The julia ideson building is named for julia ideson houston s first librarian julia bedford ideson was born in 1880 in hastings nebraska.
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Cocktail hour in the first floor foyer and a buffet dinner on the second floor.
In the fall of 1899 ideson enrolled at the.
But within a decade of completion the country s fortunes had turned and during the great depression the interior became a canvas for muralists of the works progress administration wpa.
It replaced the houston lyceum and carnegie library which opened in 1904 on the corner of travis and mckinney but was quickly outgrown by houston s growing population and the building needed to be replaced.
She attended public schools and graduated from houston high school in 1899.
But there are many other firsts.
The julia ideson building was completed in 1926 as houston s main library.
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In the fall of 1899 ideson enrolled at the.
The julia ideson is the largest historic preservation project i have ever worked on.
2 preservation 7 the ideson library as it appeared upon completion of construction in 1926.
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The family moved to houston in 1892 when julia was 12 years old.
She attended public schools and graduated from houston high school in 1899.
The julia ideson building is named for julia ideson houston s first librarian julia bedford ideson was born in 1880 in hastings nebraska.
Floor plans first floor floor plan second floor floor plan third floor floor plan available spaces main foyer 1st floor room size.
The new building at 500 mckinney opened in 1926 and served houston as the city s main library until the opening fifty years later of the new and larger central library next door.
The first designed by distinguished past architects ralph adams cram and william ward watkin the first large public private partnership the first with an archive and archival staff the first i could walk to from our.
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Preliminary drawings including a site plan floor plans two the preservation and expansion of the julia ideson building by barry moore vol.
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Graceful and ornate the 1926 spanish renaissance style julia ideson building reflects the optimistic spirit of the 1920s in an oil boom town.