Historical Marker

The Woodhouse Home

Historical marker location:

609 N. Wheeler St., Victoria, Texas

( 609 N. Wheeler St., Victoria)

Harry G. Woodhouse (1865-1918), a former conductor with Southern Pacific Railway, completed this house for his family in 1910. While living in Victoria, he became a successful farmer and served several terms on the city council. Interesting features of the home, which remained in the Woodhouse family for seventy years, include the Classical pediment and the Queen Anne porch with Doric piers on the first floor and Ionic columns above.

Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1983.