Mary Gibbs and Jesse H. Jones Reflection Pool
The Mary Gibbs and Jesse H. Jones Reflection Pool is a reflecting pool in Houston's Hermann Park, in the U.S. state of Texas. The design of the Houston Zoo's Reflection Pool is meant to be a replica of the Mary Gibbs and Jesse H. Jones Reflection Pool.- Type: Body of water
- Description: reflecting pool in Hermann Park in Houston, Texas, U.S.
- Also known as: “Mary Gibbs and Jesse H. Jones Reflecting Pool”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Houston Museum of Natural Science and Japanese Garden.
Houston Museum of Natural Science
Museum
The Houston Museum of Natural Science is a natural history museum located on the northern border of Hermann Park in Houston, Texas, United States. The museum was established in 1909 by the Houston Museum and Scientific Society, an organization whose goals were to provide a free institution for the people of Houston focusing on education and science. Houston Museum of Natural Science is situated 940 feet northeast of Mary Gibbs and Jesse H. Jones Reflection Pool.
Japanese Garden
Garden
Photo: Another Believer, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Houston's Japanese Garden is a 5.5-acre Japanese garden in Hermann Park, in the U.S. state of Texas. The garden was designed by Tokyo landscape designer Ken Nakajima and opened in 1992. Japanese Garden is situated 470 feet west of Mary Gibbs and Jesse H. Jones Reflection Pool.
Pioneer Memorial
Obelisk
Photo: Another Believer, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Pioneer Memorial is an outdoor 1936 granite obelisk by Frank Teich, erected in Hermann Park in Houston, Texas, in the United States. Pioneer Memorial is situated 410 feet south of Mary Gibbs and Jesse H. Jones Reflection Pool.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Houston Museum District and Texas Medical Center.
Houston Museum District
Suburb
Photo: WhisperToMe, Public domain.
The Houston Museum District is an association of 21 museums, cultural centers and community organizations located in Houston, Texas, dedicated to promoting art, science, history, and culture.
Texas Medical Center
Suburb
The Texas Medical Center is a neighborhood in south-central Houston, Texas, United States. It is immediately south of the Museum District and west of Texas State Highway 288.
Central City
Neighborhood
Central City is a neighborhood in Houston, Texas, United States. In 2009, residents of Central City supported a bill by Garnet Coleman that would limit the ability of Texas Medical Center, Inc. to exercise its eminent domain rights on residential property.
Mary Gibbs and Jesse H. Jones Reflection Pool
- Category: reflecting pool
- Location: Harris County, Texas, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
29.71976° or 29° 43′ 11″ northLongitude
-95.39095° or 95° 23′ 27″ westOpen location code
76X6PJ95+WJOpenStreetMap ID
way 39148472OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=reflecting_poolWikidata ID
Q63975645
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Japanese—“Mary Gibbs and Jesse H. Jones Reflection Pool” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “瑪麗·吉布斯和傑西·H·瓊斯倒影池”
- Japanese: “メアリー・ギブスとジェシー・H・ジョーンズ記念池”
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