Aviary at the Houston Zoo

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Aviary at the Houston Zoo
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Faux bois tree sculpture at the Aviary at the Houston Zoo
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Location1513 N. McGregor, Houston, Texas
Coordinates 29°42′59″N95°23′31″W / 29.71639°N 95.39194°W / 29.71639; -95.39194
Arealess than one acre
Built1926 (1926)
ArchitectRodriguez, Dionicio
Architectural style Faux bois sculpture
MPS Sculpture by Dionicio Rodriguez in Texas MPS
NRHP reference No. 05000858 [1]
Added to NRHPAugust 9, 2005

The Aviary at the Houston Zoo is a historic work of art created by Mexican-born architect and artist Dionicio Rodriguez located at the Houston Zoo in Houston, Texas, and listed on the National Register of Historic Places. [1] The faux bois sculptures were built in 1926 and dubbed the "flying sculpture". Although Hurricane Carla destroyed the aviary's wire superstructure in 1961, Rodriguez's sculptures remain and are composed of a tree, a fountain, logs, ledges and rock bordering a shallow pond which are now part of the flamingo habitat at the zoo. [2] [3]

References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Bradley, Alice (Barrie) M. Scardino (November 8, 2013). Houston's Hermann Park: A Century of Community. Texas A&M University Press. ISBN   9781623491093.
  3. Light, Patsy Pittman (February 11, 2008). Capturing Nature: The Cement Sculpture of Dionicio Rodríguez. Texas A&M University Press. ISBN   9781585446100.