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The Women’s Museum: An Institute for the Future (Coliseum, Hall of Administration)

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1910, C. D. Hill; 1936 renovated, George Dahl; 2000 renovated, Smith Group/F&S with Wendy Evans Joseph

The old Coliseum to the north of the Grand Plaza received new facades by Dahl, with a tall central arch and stepped forms relating it to the new buildings along both sides of the Esplanade of State. The concrete and plaster sculpture, Spirit of the Centennial (1936), was designed by Raoul Josset and carved by José Martin. The mural within the arch was by Carlo Ciampaglia. The cavernous interior was renovated in 2000 as The Women’s Museum, the first national museum of women’s history, which closed in 2011 after years of financial difficulties.

Writing Credits

Author: 
Gerald Moorhead et al.
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What's Nearby

Fair Park
Parry Avenue Entrance and Grand Plaza
Esplanade of State
Hall of State (State of Texas Building)
Deedie and Rusty Rose House, “Turtle Creek House”

Citation

Gerald Moorhead et al., "The Women’s Museum: An Institute for the Future (Coliseum, Hall of Administration)", [Dallas, Texas], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/TX-02-DS91.2.

Print Source

Buildings of Texas

Buildings of Texas: East, North Central, Panhandle and South Plains, and West, Gerald Moorhead and contributors. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2019, 179-179.

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