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24-402: McNay was an American painter and art teacher who inherited a substantial oil fortune upon the death of her father. The museum was named after her, and has been expanded to include galleries of medieval and Renaissance artwork and a larger collection of 20th-century European and American modernist work. She built a home in 1927 designed by Atlee Ayres and his son Robert M. Ayres . Upon her death,

48-546: A glass-fronted gallery for sculpture from the museum's collection, a gallery for paper works, wall cases for small objects, and lecture hall and learning centers. The center's design, materials, and architectural details both contrast with and complement the original Spanish Colonial Revival-style residence, which it adjoins. See also: List of museums in Central Texas Atlee Ayres Atlee Bernard Ayres (July 12, 1873 – November 6, 1969)

72-580: A judge and Democratic Party political boss in South Texas . Jim Wells County comprises the Alice, Texas micropolitan statistical area , which is included in the Corpus Christi - Kingsville -Alice combined statistical area . According to the U.S. Census Bureau , the county has a total area of 868 sq mi (2,250 km ), of which 3.4 sq mi (8.8 km ) (0.4%) are covered by water. At

96-490: A median income of $ 30,266 versus $ 17,190 for females. The per capita income for the county was $ 12,252. About 20.1% of families and 24.1% of the population were below the poverty line , including 31.8% of those under age 18 and 21.3% of those aged 65 or over. Located in South Texas, Jim Wells County is part of the oldest Democratic stronghold in the entire United States, a region that has consistently voted for Democrats since

120-744: A new partnership with his son Robert M. Ayres . Many of the firm's works were designed in the Spanish Colonial Revival style architecture , which was massively popular throughout San Antonio and the surrounding area. They include the Hogg house (1924), the Mannen house (1926), the Newton house (1927), and the Atkinson house (1928), which is now known as the Marion Koogler McNay Art Museum . The firm

144-550: A partnership with Charles A. Coughlin that lasted until Coughlin's death in 1905. One of their projects was the three-story home of Ethel Draught, at 1215 N. St. Mary's St, now part of the campus of Providence Catholic School . Early in his solo career in San Antonio, Ayres designed a hotel (1907) later known as the Heimann Building, and now occupied by Avance , a non-profit serving children and families in need. He also made

168-602: A subsidiary of Columbia University . There, he won first prize in the school's annual design competition. His teachers included William Ware , a student of Richard Morris Hunt . Ayres took drawing lessons at the Art Students League at night and studied painting under the noted teacher and artist Frank Vincent DuMond . Upon his graduation in 1894, he returned to San Antonio and worked for various architects. He subsequently moved to Mexico City , where he practiced until 1900. That year he moved back to San Antonio and began

192-438: The 2000 census , 39,326 people, 12,961 households and 10,096 families were residing in the county. The population density was 46 people/sq mi (18 people/km ). The 14,819 housing units had an average density of 17 per square mile (6.6/km ). The racial makeup of the county was 77.90% White, 0.60% African American, 0.62% Native American, 0.43% Asian, 118.83% from other races, and 2.43% from two or more races. About 75.71% of

216-566: The Blumberg and Breustedt mansions in Seguin . In San Marcos he designed a home for banker Lloyd Johnson in 1919. In Gonzales , his homes include the Booth House, now a bed & breakfast, and other fine homes. He designed San Antonio's Plaza Hotel (1927), its Federal Reserve Bank Building (1928), and, with his son Robert, its first skyscraper, the thirty-story Smith-Young Tower (1929), "still one of

240-639: The Southwestern United States. The museum also is home to the Tobin Collection of Theatre Arts, which is one of the premiere collections of its kind in the U.S., and a research library with over 30,000 volumes. The McNay Art Museum added the Jane and Arthur Stieren Center for Exhibitions in 2008, built by architect Jean-Paul Viguier , to display their Modern collection. The 45,000-square-foot structure houses light-filled galleries for special exhibitions,

264-403: The average family size was 3.45. Age distribution was 31.4% under 18, 9.0% from 18 to 24, 26.5% from 25 to 44, 20.6% from 45 to 64, and 12.4% who were 65 or older. The median age was 33 years. For every 100 females, there were 95.20 males. For every 100 females aged 18 and over, there were 91.40 males. The median household income was $ 28,843, and the median family income was $ 32,616. Males had

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288-539: The city's most commanding works." His firm helped design the exterior of the San Antonio Municipal Auditorium (1923) and the Administration Building at Randolph Air Force Base (1931), often affectionately referred to as the "Taj Mahal," and remodeled the historic Menger Hotel (1949–53). Ayres authored the book Mexican Architecture: Domestic, Civil & Ecclesiastical in 1926. He

312-514: The days of Woodrow Wilson . The Jim Wells County Democratic Party has maintained its influence in the county despite massive demographic changes due to civil rights , the collapse of Jim Crow and poll taxes , and mass immigration from Mexico. The only Republicans to win the county in presidential elections since its creation are Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1956 , Richard Nixon in his 1972 landslide and Donald Trump in 2020 . Since 2004, Jim Wells County has become slightly less Democratic than it

336-450: The first member of his party to win the county in a race for a state office. In the same election, Democrat Beto O'Rourke won the county in the Senate contest with 53.85% of the vote. Jim Wells County is known as the home of the " Box 13 scandal ", the infamous ballot box that gave Lyndon Baines Johnson an 87-vote edge out of 988,295 cast over popular former governor Coke Stevenson in

360-487: The house was bequeathed to the City of San Antonio to house the museum. The museum focuses primarily on 19th- and 20th-century European and American art by such artists as Paul Cézanne , Pablo Picasso , Paul Gauguin , Henri Matisse , Georgia O'Keeffe , Diego Rivera , Mary Cassatt , and Edward Hopper . The collection today consists of over 20,000 objects and is one of the finest collections of contemporary art and sculpture in

384-615: The plans for the still-surviving Halff house (1908), and for a villa for Col. George Washington Brackenridge that was later torn down. He also designed the David J. and May Bock Woodward House , which currently functions as a club house for the Woman's Club of San Antonio and was placed on the National Register of Historic Places listings in Bexar County, Texas on February 16, 1996. Ayres drew

408-650: The plans of Courthouses for Cameron County in Brownsville , 1912; for Jim Wells County Alice , begun 1912; for Kleberg County in Kingsville , 1914; and for Refugio County in Refugio , completed 1917. He also oversaw adding a third floor and extensive reconstruction of the original 1887 Val Verde County Courthouse at Del Rio in 1915. From 1914 to 1917, Ayres served as the State Architect of Texas. In 1924, he created

432-412: The population were Hispanics or Latinos of any race. Of the 12,961 households, 40.2% had children under 18 living with them, 58.0% were married couples living together, 15.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 22.1% were not families. About 19.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.50% had someone living alone who was 65 or older. The average household size was 2.99, and

456-628: Was a charter member of the Texas Society of Architects , and he was one of a group of architects instrumental in securing passage of state legislation in 1937 for the licensing of architects to practice. Atlee B. Ayres was first architect from San Antonio to be honored as a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects , in 1931. He married Olive Moss Cox in San Antonio in 1896, and the couple had two sons, Atlee Jr and Robert. After his wife's death in 1937, he married Katherine Cox in 1940. Ayres

480-763: Was active with other public, commercial buildings, and residences in South Texas towns, such as the 1920 Uvalde home of then-Congressman John Nance Garner , and the 12-story addition to the Hamilton Hotel in Laredo in 1923. He designed the Seguin High School in 1914 (now the Mary B. Erskine School), the Starcke Furniture Co. building (1912), the Aumont Hotel (1916), Langner Hall at Texas Lutheran University , as well as

504-899: Was also adept in using other revival modes, including the English Tudor of the Jesse Oppenheimer residence (1924) and the Colonial Revival of the H. Lutcher Brown residence (1936). Other commissions include the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired , the Texas State Office Building, the Carothers Dormitory (1937) and the original Pharmacy Building, among others on the campus at the University of Texas at Austin . He

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528-644: Was an American architect . He lived in central Texas . Atlee B. Ayres was born in Hillsboro, Ohio , on July 12, 1873, the son of Nathan Tandy and Mary Parsons Ayres. The family moved to Texas, lived in Houston , and then moved to San Antonio in 1888, where Ayres's father managed the Alamo Flats luxury apartment hotel for many years. In 1890, Ayres went to New York to study at the Metropolitan School of Architecture,

552-525: Was during the late twentieth century. Despite this shift, the Democratic nominee won at least 53.77 percent of the county's vote in every presidential election from 1976 through 2016. In 2020, the county ended its streak of Democratic victories when it was won by Donald Trump by a 10% margin. In the 2018 gubernatorial election , Republican Greg Abbott won 52.04% of the vote in Jim Wells County, becoming

576-481: Was still practicing architecture when he died at the age of ninety-six on November 6, 1969, in San Antonio. He was buried in Mission Burial Park in San Antonio. Jim Wells County, Texas Jim Wells County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas . As of the 2020 census , its population was 38,891. The county was founded in 1911 and is named for James B. Wells Jr. (1850–1923), for three decades

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