Details for The Woodhouse Home
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5469005898
Data
Marker Number | 5898 |
Atlas Number | 5469005898 |
Marker Title | The Woodhouse Home |
Index Entry | Woodhouse Home, The |
Address | 609 N. Wheeler St. |
City | Victoria |
County | Victoria |
UTM Zone | 14 |
UTM Easting | 695248 |
UTM Northing | 3187893 |
Subject Codes | municipal official; houses, residential buildings; Queen Anne (Architectural style) |
Marker Year | 1983 |
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | Yes |
Marker Location | 609 N. Wheeler St., Victoria |
Private Property | No |
Marker Condition | In Situ |
Marker Size | Medallion and Plate |
Marker Text | Harry G. Woodhouse (1865-1918), a former conductor with Southern Pacific Railway, completed this house for his family in 1910. While living in Victoria, he became a successful farmer and served several terms on the city council. Interesting features of the home, which remained in the Woodhouse family for seventy years, include the Classical pediment and the Queen Anne porch with Doric piers on the first floor and Ionic columns above. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1983 |