"Ace of Clubs" House
Texarkana, Bowie County, Texas
Marker Inscription
Has 3 groups of octagonal rooms (leaves of a club) opening on a rotunda backed by long rectangular rooms (the Club's stem). Rotunda has a marble mantel, French mirrors and spiral stairway and is topped with 20-foot tower. Built 1884 by J. H. Draughan. Owned since 1894 by Henry Moore family. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1964
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
Built in 1884 by J. H. Draughan, the "Ace of Clubs" House takes its playful name from its floor plan: three groups of octagonal rooms — the leaves of a club — open onto a central rotunda, with rectangular rooms forming the club's stem. The rotunda rises into a twenty-foot tower and is finished with a marble mantel, French mirrors, and a spiral stair. The Henry Moore family made it their home from 1894 onward.
Why it matters
This whimsical, card-suit floor plan makes the house one of the most distinctive surviving examples of Gilded Age domestic architecture in East Texas.
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Related people
- · J. H. Draughan
- · Henry Moore
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