Giddings-Stone House
Brenham, Washington County, Texas
Marker Inscription
This house was completed in 1870 for prominent Brenham banker, lawyer, and landowner Jabez Giddings (1814-1878) (for whom Giddings, Texas, is named) and his wife Ann (1822-1902). It was later owned by their daughter, Mary Louise, and her husband, Heber Stone, the son of Galveston Mayor Dewitt Stone. It is a late example of the Greek revival style and features a center passage plan and a five-bay, two-story porch with Doric columns. Late 19th-century modifications include metal balusters on the second floor, a side porch with smaller columns, and servants wing at the rear.
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
Completed in 1870 for the Brenham banker, lawyer, and landowner Jabez Giddings—namesake of the town of Giddings—this stately house is a late flowering of the Greek Revival style, with a five-bay, two-story porch carried on Doric columns. It passed to his daughter Mary Louise and her husband Heber Stone, son of a Galveston mayor, and gained late-nineteenth-century touches like metal balusters and a rear servants' wing. The home reflects the wealth and ambition of Texas's post–Civil War commercial elite.
Why it matters
Fine houses like this trace how prosperous families in Reconstruction-era Texas expressed their standing through architecture, keeping older national styles alive on the frontier.
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Related people
- · Jabez Giddings
- · Heber Stone
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