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词条 Robert M. Ayres
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  1. Early life and education

  2. Career

  3. Personal life

  4. Gallery

  5. References

  6. Further reading

  7. External links

Robert Moss Ayres (August 19, 1898 – August 7, 1977) was an American architect who lived and worked in Texas. He was the son and business partner of Atlee Ayres.

Early life and education

Ayres was born in San Antonio to Atlee B. Ayres and Olive Moss Ayres. His parents sent him to the private military preparatory San Antonio Academy,[1] and later to the college preparatory Haverford School. Upon graduation from Haverford, he studied architecture with Paul Philippe Cret at the University of Pennsylvania.[2]

Career

Ayres spent a year with an architectural firm in New York City before returning to San Antonio. In 1921, his father announced he had joined his firm, partnering as Atlee B. and Robert M. Ayres, Architects.[3]

He worked on a number of projects with his father, including the following:[4]

  • 200 block of Mary Louise in Monticello Park, San Antonio[5]
  • McNay Art Museum [6]
  • Menger Hotel modernization and addition of a new wing.[7]
  • Smith-Young Tower (1929) [8]
  • Administration Building (Randolph Air Force Base), known as the "Taj Mahal" (1931) [9]
  • Nave, Royston, Memorial, Victoria [10]
  • Old Cameron County Jail [11]
  • San Antonio Municipal Auditorium, for which he and the firm a gold medal from the AIA in 1929 for the design[12]

He was president of the San Antonio chapter of the American Institute of Architects.[2]

Personal life

On December 2, 1925, he married San Antonio socialite and community organizer Florence Collett. The couple had four children. He died on August 7, 1977 and was buried in Mission Burial Park North in San Antonio. Florence died in 1992 and is buried next to him.[13]

Gallery

References

1. ^{{cite web|title=San Antonio Academy|url=https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/kbs07|work=Hdandbook of Texas Online|publisher=Texas State Historical Association|accessdate=March 31, 2014}}
2. ^{{cite web|last=Cocke|first=Stephanie Hetos|title=Robert Moss Ayres|url=https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fay07|work=Handbook of Texas Online|publisher=Texas State Historical Association|accessdate=March 31, 2014}}
3. ^{{cite journal|title=Personals|journal=The American Architect and Architecture|date=July 6, 1921|volume=120|page=416|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zeUeAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA416-IA8&dq=architect+%22robert+m+ayres%22&hl=en&#v=onepage&q=architect%20%22robert%20m%20ayres%22&f=false|accessdate=March 31, 2014}}
4. ^{{cite web|title=Ayres and Ayres, Architects|url=http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/utaaa/00041/aaa-00041.html|work=Alexander Architectural Archive|publisher=UT-Austin|accessdate=March 31, 2014}}
5. ^{{cite web|title=Monticello Park|url=https://www.sanantonio.gov/historic/Docs/DestinationsSA/MonticelloPark.pdf|publisher=City of San Antonio|accessdate=March 31, 2014}}
6. ^{{cite web|last=Sawyer|first=Ellen|title=The McNay Art Museum|url=https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/klm02|work=Handbook of Texas Online|publisher=Texas State Historical Association|accessdate=March 31, 2014}}
7. ^{{cite web|last=Stuck|first=Eleanor|title=Menger Hotel|url=https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/dgm02|work=Handbook of Texas Online|publisher=Texas State Historical Association|accessdate=March 31, 2014}}
8. ^{{cite web|title=Smith-Young Tower|url=http://atlas.thc.state.tx.us/viewform.asp?atlas_num=2091001682&site_name=Smith-Young%20Tower&class=2002|publisher=Texas Historical Commission|accessdate=March 31, 2014}}
9. ^{{cite web|title=Base Administration Building|url=http://atlas.thc.state.tx.us/viewform.asp?atlas_num=2087001434&site_name=Base%20Administration%20Building&class=2002|publisher=Texas Historical Commission|accessdate=March 31, 2014}}
10. ^{{cite web|title=Nave, Roystan Memorial|url=http://atlas.thc.state.tx.us/view_narrative.aspx?narrative=victoria.htm&title=HISTORIC%20AND%20ARCHITECTURAL%20RESOURCES%20OF%20VICTORIA&filepath=E:\\atlas_text\r_listed\\html|publisher=Texas Historical Commission|accessdate=March 31, 2014}}
11. ^{{cite web|title=Old Cameron County Jail|url=http://atlas.thc.state.tx.us/viewform.asp?atlas_num=2094001594&site_name=Cameron%20County%20Jail%2C%20Old&class=2002|publisher=Texas Historical Commission|accessdate=March 31, 2014}}
12. ^{{cite web|title=San Anonio Municipal Auditorium|url=http://atlas.thc.state.tx.us/viewform.asp?atlas_num=2081000624&site_name=City%20of%20San%20Antonio%20Municipal%20Auditorium&class=2002|publisher=Texas Historical Commission|accessdate=March 31, 2014}}
13. ^{{Find a Grave|125078684|Florence Collett Ayres}}

Further reading

  • Cocke, Stephanie Hetos, "Atlee B. and Robert M. Ayres," Texas Architect, November–December 1989.
  • {{cite book|last=Frenzel|first=Paul|title=Historic Homes of Gonzales|publisher=Reese's Printing|place=Gonzales, TX|year=1999}}

External links

  • {{Find a Grave|125078665|Robert Moss Ayres}}
  • Texas Courthouses on Texas Escapes.com
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