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Aviary at the Houston Zoo
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Faux bois tree sculpture at the Aviary at the Houston Zoo
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Location	1513 N. McGregor, Houston, Texas
Coordinates	29°42′59″N 95°23′31″W / 29.71639°N 95.39194°W / 29.71639; -95.39194
Area	less than one acre
Built	1926 (1926)
Architect	Rodriguez, Dionicio
Architectural style	Faux bois sculpture
MPS	Sculpture by Dionicio Rodriguez in Texas MPS
NRHP reference No.	05000858
Added to NRHP	August 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. 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.

References

1. ^ "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.

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