Holman House
Monahans, Ward County, Texas
Marker Inscription
Built about 1910 by Mr. and Mrs. Jas. R. Holman, 1898 settlers in Monahans. "Dad" Holman had a lumber and coal business, dray, and livery stable; he met daily trains and took home seekers of salesmen to the family hotel. One of family's six children was Eugene Holman (1895-1962), petroleum industry leader who rose in 1944 to presidency of Standard Oil of New Jersey, the world's largest oil company. Outstanding in labor relations, he was an advisor to U. S. Dept. of Commerce; won (1960) American Petroleum Institute gold medal of distinguished achievement.
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
Built around 1910 by James R. Holman, a livery and lumber man who met the daily trains and ferried newcomers to the family hotel, this house sat at the center of early Monahans life. Its most famous son, Eugene Holman, rose from this West Texas town to the presidency of Standard Oil of New Jersey in 1944, then the world's largest oil company. The home links a frontier railroad town to the boardrooms of the American petroleum industry.
Why it matters
It shows how the oil century could carry a boy from a small West Texas depot town to the head of a global corporation.
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