The McFaddin’s home was one of a number of grand residences built in Beaumont, Texas, in the distinctive Beaux-Arts Colonial style by local architect, Henry Conrad Mauer, during the early twentieth century. When W. P. H. and Ida Caldwell McFaddin moved their young family, two sons and one daughter, into their house in 1907, Beaumont was still enjoying the economic effects of the discovery of oil at nearby Spindletop in 1901. Of course, McFaddin owned part interest in the land where oil was discovered and it was the Age of Excess among oil barons. The house served as a lavish backdrop for the frequent entertainments and elegant parties the McFaddins hosted.
Today it is a museum of the period in the life of Texas when cattle barons became oil barons. Three floors of authentically decorated rooms, the gazebo, and the grounds are open for group tours and can serve as wonderful places for group events. 409.832.1906
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