Flowers House
Eddy, McLennan County, Texas
Marker Inscription
This was the home of local cotton gin operator Felix A. Flowers (1870-1950) and his wife Lucinda Mixson flowers (1875-1949), a local social and civic leader. The house was designed by Missouri-born Roy E. Lane (1884-1956), a prominent central Texas architect who designed many structures in Waco between 1907 and 1936. Completed in 1910, the house reflects craftsman influences evident in much of Lane's work and is a reminder of the economic prosperity that cotton brought to the area in the early 20th century. The house remained in the Flowers family until it was sold in 1957. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1998
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
Completed in 1910, this house was the home of cotton gin operator Felix A. Flowers and his wife Lucinda, a local social and civic leader. It was designed by Missouri-born architect Roy E. Lane, a prominent figure who shaped much of Waco's built landscape between 1907 and 1936, and its Craftsman details are typical of his work. The home stayed in the Flowers family until 1957 and stands as a reminder of the wealth that cotton brought to Central Texas in the early 20th century.
Why it matters
The house is a tangible measure of the cotton economy that enriched Central Texas, built by the gin operators who turned the region's dominant crop into local prosperity.
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Related people
- · Felix A. Flowers
- · Lucinda Mixson Flowers
- · Roy E. Lane
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