C. W. Post Home

Historical marker location:

615 West Main, Post, Texas

( 615 West Main, Post)

Marker installed: 1964

Home built 1912 by C. W. Post, Cereal Foods millionaire, founder of town of Post, who promoted Texas settlement and agriculture by selling land on liberal terms, founding industries.

With theme, "I Want Quality", Post installed solid oak doors, woodwork, redwood' floors, leather wallpaper.

Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, 1964.

houses residential buildings land surveys, land companies, promotional towns business

The first oil well in the United States was drilled in Texas in 1859. The discovery of oil transformed the economy of the state and helped to make Texas one of the wealthiest states in the nation.