Presidential Mural at Sabine Street: George Herbert Walker Bush at the Fonde Recreation Center

Sculpture Walk at the Centennial Gardens: Can you ID these busts?

Historic Figures in Bronze at the McGovern Centennial Gardens (formerly Houston Garden Center) 

Hawkins Sculpture walk seen from the observation platform on the hill 

Hover over photos to read names

Map of layout of McGovern Centennial Gardens with Points of Interest identified  

IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE TOP TO BOTTOM 

Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca (Spanish Explorer)

Benito Juárez aka Benito Pablo Juárez García (1806-1872)(President of Mexico and national hero)

Simon Bolivar (1783-1830) (Venezuelan  leader of South America's Independence movement)

Jose Marti (1853-1895) (Precursor of Cuban Independence)

 Jose De San Martin (1778-1850) (Liberator of Argentina, Chile, Peru)

Vicente Roccafuerte (1783-1847) (President of Ecuador)

General Bernardo O'Higgins Libertador de Chile (1778-1842)(Liberator of Chile)

 Field Marshall Ramon Castilla y Marquesado (1797-1867)  (President of Peru)

Dr. Jose P. Rizal (1861-1896) (National Hero of The Philippines)

Rabindranath Tagore - Bronze Statue at Ray Miller Park in West Houston

Rabindranath Tagore Head Detail (bronze)
Tagore Grove at Ray Miller Park in the Energy Corridor 

Rabindranath Tagore - Significance of Indian Wise Man
explained on tablet at monument

Ray Miller Park in West Houston 1600 Eldridge Pkwy S, Houston, TX 77077 

Daughters of the Republic of Texas Historical Marker at the Westin Hotel in Downtown Houston

South-East corner of Westin Hotel with directional signs
The historical marker is location near the trees on the left 

Texas Historical Commission Marker 

Perennial rather than Centennial: MLK's daily presence at Hermann Park

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 

Statute by American artist Ed Dwight 

located in McGovern Centennial Gardens

in Hermann Park 

 Dr Martin Luther King Jr.

Statute of MLK at the McGovern Centennial Gardens in Hermann Park
Houston Museum of Natural Science and parking garage in background 

First Methodist Church - Historic FUMC Church on Main Street Corridor in Downtown Houston

First United Methodist Church of Houston Historical Marker 

FUMC Logo on gate with church facade behind (Main Street side) 

Corner marker with cross 

The old and the modern: Church tower silhouette against Office Towers 

First Methodist Church Tower 

1320 Main Street Houston TX 77002 

Thomas William House, Jr. Historical Marker (former mayor of Houston)

Corner of San Jacinto St and Rusk Street - Federal Building / Post Office 

701 San Jacinto St #149, Houston, TX 77002 

Large Spindle Piece - Bronze sculpture by Henry Moore (1898-1986) in Buffalo Bayou Park

Large Spindle Piece - Bronze sculpture by Moore, Henry (1898 - 1986) in Buffalo Bayou Park. Three Allen Center (left)
 and 1400 Smith Chevron Building (right) in the background

Spindle sculpture close-up 

Buffalo Bayou Trail passing the Spindle Sculpture (Jan 2016)

NEARBY: 
THE FEDERAL RESERVE BUILDING 

Federal Reserve Bank Branch on Allen Parkway (Jan 2016 photo) 

Federal Reserve Bank Branch Facade Detail 

Federal Reserve Bank Branch on Allen Parkway (March 2014 photo) 

Japanese Stone Lanterns in Hermann Park

CENTENNIAL GARDEN

Japanese Stone Lantern at Centennial Garden 

JAPANESE FRIENDSHIP GARDEN

Heron at pond in Japanese Garden 

Japanese Garden with lake at Hermann Park (Aug 2015)