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Pompeiian Villa |
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1953 Lakeshore Dr., Port Arthur,
TX,
USA
Latitude & Longitude:
29° 52' 56.87520999996",
-93° 55' 21.08942000004"
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Texas State
Historical Marker |
The last remaining landmark of the dream city planned by the founder of Port Arthur, railroad magnate Arthur E. Stilwell (1859-1928). The house was built in 1900 as the winter resort home of Isaac L. Ellwood (1833-1910), the developer of barbed wire. The same year financier John W. Bet-A-Million Gates (1855-1911) had a mansion built nearby. It was razed in 1960. Ellwood sold the villa in 1901 to James Hopkins of St. Louis, who in 1903 sold it to George M. Craig (1862-1950), principal developer of Port Arthur, for 10 per cent of the Texas Company (present Texaco, Inc.). Craig lived here until his death.
This page last updated: 7/15/2008 |
Pompeiian Villa Historical Marker Location Map, Port Arthur, Texas
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