Hodges-Hardy House
Wichita Falls, Wichita County, Texas
Marker Inscription
Local builders W. Lee Moore and James A. Richolt constructed this residence in 1893-95 for Samuel H. Hodges, an attorney and real estate investor. The late Victorian style house has a wraparound porch and Eastlake detailing. Hodges sold the property in 1910 to Dan Hardy, a merchant, oilman, and landowner. Hardy and his wife Myrtle were prominent philthropists and civic leaders. The house remained in their family for over 70 years. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1984.
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
In the boomtown years of the 1890s, local craftsmen raised this late Victorian residence in Wichita Falls for attorney and real estate investor Samuel Hodges, complete with a wraparound porch and the delicate spindled Eastlake trim then in fashion. In 1910 it passed to Dan Hardy, a merchant and oilman who, with his wife Myrtle, became known for civic leadership and generosity. The house stayed in the Hardy family for more than seventy years.
Why it matters
The home traces the arc of a North Texas town from frontier settlement into the oil-fueled prosperity that transformed the region in the early twentieth century.
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Related people
- · Samuel H. Hodges
- · Dan Hardy
- · Myrtle Hardy
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