Background
Watkin, William Ward was born on January 21, 1886 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Fred Ward and Mary Mathilda (Hancock) Watkin.
Watkin, William Ward was born on January 21, 1886 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Fred Ward and Mary Mathilda (Hancock) Watkin.
Graduate high school, Danville, Pennsylvania, 1903. Bachelor of Science in Architecture, University of Pennsylvania, 1908. Studied and traveled in Europe.
Colonel Carl Biehl), Rosemary (wife of Lieutenant Nolan Barrick, United States Navy), William Ward (major, United States Army). Married second, Josephine Cockrell Watkin, October 19, 1933. Practiced with Cram, Goodhue and Ferguson, architects, Boston and New York, 1908-1910.
Associate architect, Rice Institute, Houston, Texas, 1910-1914.
Instructor in architecture, Rice Institute, 1912-1915, assistant professor, 1915-1922, professor since 1922. Architect for Chemical Laboratory, Faculty Club and Stadium, Rice Institute.
Museum of Fine Arts. Public Library. Palmer Memorial Chapel.
Golding Chapel, Christ Church, Central Church of Christ, et cetera, Houston.
Saint Mark’s Church, Beaumont. Consultant architect Houston Public Schools, 1923-1925. Methodist Hospital, Houston, 1951.
Associate architect the Young Women"s Christian Association Buildings, Beaumont, Galveston and Houston, Texas.
Consultant architect Fondren Library, Abercrombie Engineering Laboratory, Rice Institute, and Texas Technology College, Lubbock, Texas Delaware Hispano-American Exposition, Seville, Spain, 1929.
Member Board Architectural Consultants on Federal (triangle) buildings, Washington, District of Columbia, United States Treasury Department. Member sol. advising committee School of Fine Arts, University of Pennsylvania, 1949. Fellow American Institute Architects.
Member Houston Philosophical Society (president 1931), Texas Philosophical Society President Southwest Athletic Conference, 1920.
Clubs: Faculty (ex-president), Torch, Houston Country.
Married Annie Ray Townsend, June 1, 1914 (died Paris, France, March 2, 1929). Married second, Josephine Cockrell Watkin, October 19, 1933. Children: Annie Ray (wife of Lieutenant.