Details for Ellwood-Craig House
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5245010512
Data
| Marker Number | 10512 |
| Atlas Number | 5245010512 |
| Marker Title | Ellwood-Craig House |
| Index Entry | Ellwood-Craig House |
| Address | 1953 Lakeshore Dr. |
| City | Port Arthur |
| County | Jefferson |
| UTM Zone | 15 |
| UTM Easting | 410918 |
| UTM Northing | 3306119 |
| Subject Codes | inventors and inventions; houses, residential buildings; Classical Revival (architectural style) |
| Marker Year | 1973 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | Yes |
| Marker Location | |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | In Situ |
| Marker Size | 16" x 12" |
| Marker Text | (Pompeiian Villa) Built in 1900 as the winter home of Isaac L. Ellwood (1833-1910), principal developer of barbed wire. Architects G. C. Nimmons and W. K. Fellows, of Chicago, designed the house in a classic revival style with a raised Roman Doric portico. The name was derived from a planned, but unrendered, series of courtyard frescoes of Bacchanalian motif, reminiscent of ancient Pompeii. Port Arthur pioneer G. M. Craig lived here from 1903 until 1950. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1974 |