The Old Texan
East Terrace House Built 1872
Hilda and I toured this Historic home Sunday.
It was beautifully decorated for Christmas. There were young girls in every room dressed in beautiful evening gowns explaining about the rooms and the furnishings. Much of the furniture is original with the house and everything else is of the time period.
The down side was that no cameras were allowed inside.The history is below if you are interested.
EAST TERRACE HOUSE (JW MANN HOUSE)
East Terrace House Museum
John Wesley Mann built East Terrance at 100 Mill Street in 1872, and the house was given to the Heritage Society in 1960 by F.M., R.T. and B.W. Young. Gifts from the Cooper Foundation, Eleanor Jurney Pape, Lucille Massey, and the others enabled restoration of the house by 1966. The house is Italianate Villa, a style popular along the Hudson River, and in that area referred to as Hudson River Architecture. The dining room, and large bedroom above it, was added about 1880. The second addition, the Entertainment Wing with its own entrance hall was added in 1884. Mr. Mann, whom had a brick kiln business, had his workmen put aside the most perfect bricks to use for his house, the terraces, storm cellar and the large chimneys of the four servant houses that once stood on the property.
May 1, 1997
Kevin Johnson / The Baylor Lariat
The East Terrace House, built in 1872, is one of the many historic homes in Waco.
By Alison Hovanec
Lariat Reporter
On the east bank of the Brazos River, surrounded by elm and pecan trees, is East Terrace House.
John Wesley Mann and his wife Cemira built East Terrace House using Italianate Villa architecture. The house was built in three stages between 1872 and 1884.
Italianate Villa architecture is characterized by hooded windows, arched door ways, a cupola and a mansard roof.
A cupola is a tower with three windows placed on top of the house. The family used this to watch barges and boats travel up and down the Brazos River.
East Terrace House was named for the brick terraces landscaping the lawn to the bank of the river.
Mann was president of the Suspension Bridge Company and First National Bank of Waco. He also owned the brick company that supplied the bricks for the Suspension Bridge. This contributed to his wealth since 2.9 million bricks were used to construct the bridge.
According to Bruce Lipscombe, Curator of Collections for the historic Waco Foundation, the Mann family members liked to entertain guests in their upstairs ballroom. After an evening of music and dancing, their guests were invited to spend the night in the 'dormitory room.' The dormitory room contained six beds allowing their company to relax and get a good night sleep.
The master bedroom was decorated with conservative furniture because the Victorians never let people see their private quarters. There is also a true nursery adjoining the parents room by a door.
In 1884 East Terrace House received the first indoor plumbing in Waco.
Silver moon roses, the flower of Waco, line the fence at the entrance of the house providing a sense of pride and tradition.
Copyright © 1997 The Lariat
East Terrace House Built 1872
Hilda and I toured this Historic home Sunday.
It was beautifully decorated for Christmas. There were young girls in every room dressed in beautiful evening gowns explaining about the rooms and the furnishings. Much of the furniture is original with the house and everything else is of the time period.
The down side was that no cameras were allowed inside.The history is below if you are interested.
EAST TERRACE HOUSE (JW MANN HOUSE)
East Terrace House Museum
John Wesley Mann built East Terrance at 100 Mill Street in 1872, and the house was given to the Heritage Society in 1960 by F.M., R.T. and B.W. Young. Gifts from the Cooper Foundation, Eleanor Jurney Pape, Lucille Massey, and the others enabled restoration of the house by 1966. The house is Italianate Villa, a style popular along the Hudson River, and in that area referred to as Hudson River Architecture. The dining room, and large bedroom above it, was added about 1880. The second addition, the Entertainment Wing with its own entrance hall was added in 1884. Mr. Mann, whom had a brick kiln business, had his workmen put aside the most perfect bricks to use for his house, the terraces, storm cellar and the large chimneys of the four servant houses that once stood on the property.
May 1, 1997
Kevin Johnson / The Baylor Lariat
The East Terrace House, built in 1872, is one of the many historic homes in Waco.
By Alison Hovanec
Lariat Reporter
On the east bank of the Brazos River, surrounded by elm and pecan trees, is East Terrace House.
John Wesley Mann and his wife Cemira built East Terrace House using Italianate Villa architecture. The house was built in three stages between 1872 and 1884.
Italianate Villa architecture is characterized by hooded windows, arched door ways, a cupola and a mansard roof.
A cupola is a tower with three windows placed on top of the house. The family used this to watch barges and boats travel up and down the Brazos River.
East Terrace House was named for the brick terraces landscaping the lawn to the bank of the river.
Mann was president of the Suspension Bridge Company and First National Bank of Waco. He also owned the brick company that supplied the bricks for the Suspension Bridge. This contributed to his wealth since 2.9 million bricks were used to construct the bridge.
According to Bruce Lipscombe, Curator of Collections for the historic Waco Foundation, the Mann family members liked to entertain guests in their upstairs ballroom. After an evening of music and dancing, their guests were invited to spend the night in the 'dormitory room.' The dormitory room contained six beds allowing their company to relax and get a good night sleep.
The master bedroom was decorated with conservative furniture because the Victorians never let people see their private quarters. There is also a true nursery adjoining the parents room by a door.
In 1884 East Terrace House received the first indoor plumbing in Waco.
Silver moon roses, the flower of Waco, line the fence at the entrance of the house providing a sense of pride and tradition.
Copyright © 1997 The Lariat