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McFadden House, 1906 McFadden, Beaumont, TX
A two-story-and-attic frame mansion, square in plan with central projecting ells on each side. The roof is hipped with a balustraded deck, dormers (with finials), gabled ells, and wide eaves with simple brackets. Across the front of the house and extending about one-third of the way back on each side is a one-story wrap-around gallery with Ionic columns and a balustrade with urn finials above. Superimposed over this porch is a two-story flat-roofed portico with paired colossal Ionic columns and balustrade above. The entablature of the portico has a frieze of swags which continues as a plain frieze around the rest of the house. Several of the windows are grouped in pairs or threes. Most have nine-over-nine light double-hung sash-type windows with simple moldings. The double front door is glazed with decorative mullions in the side lights and transom, under an elaborate molded enframent with segmentally arched transom and fluted pilasters.
The carriage house is a large two-story-and-attic frame house of cruciform plan with the stables behind the main section in the long arm of the cross. The building resembles an early twentieth century residence with the exception of the wide carriage door at the center of the front porch, flanked by two large bulls-eye windows.
STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE
The McFaddin House is characteristic of the Classic Revival mansions built by Texas millionaires at the turn of the century. Massiveness, the colossal Classic portico super- imposed over a one-story wraparound gallery, and the concentration of expensive detailing at the entrance are each typical of the period in the state.
The McFaddin House was built for one of Texas oldest and wealthiest families. Founder of the family was James McFaddin, who came to Texas from Louisiana in 1833. His son, William McFaddin, participated in the Battle of San Jacinto and the siege of the Alamo, and created a cattle and oil empire on the basis of land he received for his service in the Texas Army.
William McFaddin built a home in Beaumont in 1854. After the house burned in 1905, his daughter, Di Vernon Averill decided to build 200 yards east of the ruins. The Averills hired Henry Conrad Mauer, noted Beaumont-area architect (June 6 1873-July 7, 1939). Mauer was a native Texan, who earned an architecture degree from Pratt Institute. He returned to Texas in 1898, and practiced in E1 Paso. In 1901, he moved to Beaumont, where he lived until his death. He was best-known as a builder of elegant homes, and designed residences for M.L. Hinchee, V. Weiss, M.J. Bass, C.T. Heisig, and J.E. Broussard.
Mauer built the Averill house in 1906. He framed in the structure, and finished the top floor so that the Averills could move in. Too late, however, the Averills realized that they could not finish the house, and Mrs. Averill appealed to her brother, William Perry H. McFaddin, to buy and complete it.
William P. H. McFaddin was one of Beaumont''''s wealthiest businessmen. He was born in Beaumont, February 5, 1856. He attended Texas Military Institute from 1873 to 1874, and a business college in St. Louis, Missouri, from 1876 to 1877 From the early 1870s until his death, McFaddin was identified with the cattle, oil, and land industries of south Texas. He was a pioneer railroad builder and oil developer President of McFaddin, Wiess, Kyle Land Company, which he organized in 1901; and director of the First National Bank of Beaumont.
Photo April 29, 2009
McFadden House, 1906 McFadden, Beaumont, TX
A two-story-and-attic frame mansion, square in plan with central projecting ells on each side. The roof is hipped with a balustraded deck, dormers (with finials), gabled ells, and wide eaves with simple brackets. Across the front of the house and extending about one-third of the way back on each side is a one-story wrap-around gallery with Ionic columns and a balustrade with urn finials above. Superimposed over this porch is a two-story flat-roofed portico with paired colossal Ionic columns and balustrade above. The entablature of the portico has a frieze of swags which continues as a plain frieze around the rest of the house. Several of the windows are grouped in pairs or threes. Most have nine-over-nine light double-hung sash-type windows with simple moldings. The double front door is glazed with decorative mullions in the side lights and transom, under an elaborate molded enframent with segmentally arched transom and fluted pilasters.
The carriage house is a large two-story-and-attic frame house of cruciform plan with the stables behind the main section in the long arm of the cross. The building resembles an early twentieth century residence with the exception of the wide carriage door at the center of the front porch, flanked by two large bulls-eye windows.
STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE
The McFaddin House is characteristic of the Classic Revival mansions built by Texas millionaires at the turn of the century. Massiveness, the colossal Classic portico super- imposed over a one-story wraparound gallery, and the concentration of expensive detailing at the entrance are each typical of the period in the state.
The McFaddin House was built for one of Texas oldest and wealthiest families. Founder of the family was James McFaddin, who came to Texas from Louisiana in 1833. His son, William McFaddin, participated in the Battle of San Jacinto and the siege of the Alamo, and created a cattle and oil empire on the basis of land he received for his service in the Texas Army.
William McFaddin built a home in Beaumont in 1854. After the house burned in 1905, his daughter, Di Vernon Averill decided to build 200 yards east of the ruins. The Averills hired Henry Conrad Mauer, noted Beaumont-area architect (June 6 1873-July 7, 1939). Mauer was a native Texan, who earned an architecture degree from Pratt Institute. He returned to Texas in 1898, and practiced in E1 Paso. In 1901, he moved to Beaumont, where he lived until his death. He was best-known as a builder of elegant homes, and designed residences for M.L. Hinchee, V. Weiss, M.J. Bass, C.T. Heisig, and J.E. Broussard.
Mauer built the Averill house in 1906. He framed in the structure, and finished the top floor so that the Averills could move in. Too late, however, the Averills realized that they could not finish the house, and Mrs. Averill appealed to her brother, William Perry H. McFaddin, to buy and complete it.
William P. H. McFaddin was one of Beaumont''''s wealthiest businessmen. He was born in Beaumont, February 5, 1856. He attended Texas Military Institute from 1873 to 1874, and a business college in St. Louis, Missouri, from 1876 to 1877 From the early 1870s until his death, McFaddin was identified with the cattle, oil, and land industries of south Texas. He was a pioneer railroad builder and oil developer President of McFaddin, Wiess, Kyle Land Company, which he organized in 1901; and director of the First National Bank of Beaumont.
Photo April 29, 2009