1937 - Texas Memorial Museum - Austin, TX
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N 30° 17.218 W 097° 43.925
14R E 621939 N 3351264
As part of the planning for the 1936 Texas Centennial, academics, citizens and other politicians desired to create a state museum for Texas.
Waymark Code: WM10CW1
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 04/15/2019
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Texas Memorial Museum"The Regents of The University of Texas at Austin hired Paul Cret, a French architect, as the supervising architect of The University of Texas at Austin campus and Texas Memorial Museum. The building as it stands today is only the first of the three planned units; original plans called for wings extending north and south. Cret later had his name removed from the project because the Regents would not commit to building the wings because of a lack of funds.
Constructed of Texas limestone, the museum is 75 feet high, 116 feet long, and 80 feet wide. The square shape of the building and the bronze front doors indicate that the museum was built in the popular 1930s Art Deco Style. Burgundy-colored paneling inside the great entrance hall, is of French rouge marble from the Pyrenees. Inside the 35 foot tall Great Hall are the seals of the six nations that have ruled Texas: Spain, France, Mexico, the Republic of Texas, the Confederate States of America, and the United States of America."
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