Built 1926 RTHL # 13888 Opened 1926 Phone +1 832-393-1662 Architect Ralph Adams Cram | NRHP Reference # 77001447 TSAL # 323 Area 6,100 m² Added to NRHP 23 November 1977 | |
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Location 500 McKinney Street
Houston, Texas Architectural style Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Other, Spanish Renaissance Address 550 McKinney St, Houston, TX 77002, USA Hours Open today · 10AM–8PMWednesday10AM–8PMThursday10AM–6PMFridayClosedSaturday10AM–5PMSundayClosedMonday10AM–6PMTuesday10AM–6PM Similar Jefferson Davis Hospital, Bayou Place, Total Plaza, Market Square Park, Wedge International Tower | ||
Chapter 01 julia ideson building houston metropolitan research center
The Julia Ideson Building is a Houston Public Library facility in Downtown Houston, Texas, United States. It is named for Julia Bedford Ideson, the first Head Librarian of the Houston Public Libraries, who served in that role for forty years.
Contents
- Chapter 01 julia ideson building houston metropolitan research center
- Julia ideson building in houston tx
- History
- References
The building, with Spanish Renaissance architecture, is part of the Central Library; it houses the archives, manuscripts, and the Texas and Local History Department. The Houston Metropolitan Research Center is located in the building.
Julia ideson building in houston tx
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.
The building received listing in the National Register of Historic Places in 1977. The Ideson building reopened in 1979.
Lana Berkowitz of the Houston Chronicle stated that there are legends of the Ideson Building being haunted by the ghost of Jacob Frank Cramer, a library caretaker, and Petey, his dog.