Julia Ideson Building
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| Julia Ideson Building | |
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| U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
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| Location: | 500 McKinney Street Houston, Texas United States |
| Added to NRHP: | 1977 |
| NRHP Reference#: | 77001447 |
Julia Ideson Building is a Houston Public Library facility in Houston, Texas, United States.
The building is part of the Central Library; it houses the archives, manuscripts, and the Texas and Local History Department.[1] The Houston Metropolitan Research Center is located in the building.[2]
[edit] History
Designed by Ralph Adams Cram of Cram and Ferguson, Boston, the Ideson Building opened in 1926 as the Central Library for HPL; the building, exhibiting a Spanish Revival style, replaced a prior Carnegie building. In 1976 the Jesse H. Jones Building (as the building was named in 1989) opened, and the Central Library moved to the new building.[2]
The building received listing in the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.[3] The Ideson building reopened in 1979.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ "Central Library Julia Ideson Building Texas Room and Archives." Houston Public Library.
- ^ a b c Houston Public Library from the Handbook of Texas Online
- ^ National Register Information System, National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service.
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