Mulcahy House
Houston, Harris County, Texas
Marker Inscription
William Percival Mulcahy and his wife, Mattie, purchased this house from the developers of Houston Heights in 1909. Mr. Mulcahy began his 10-year career with the South Texas Commercial Bank in downtown Houston as a teller. At his death in 1923, he was president of Damon State Bank. Ownership of the Mulcahy House stayed in the family for 90 years. The Dutch Colonial Revival style home has a distinctive T-shaped, cross gambrel roof, a front-facing projecting gambrel with minimal eave overhang, and a native cypress clad frame. The inset front porch, supported by square, paneled posts, features the bay’s central window of 40 lights over one. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark – 2014
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
In 1909, banker William Mulcahy and his wife Mattie bought this newly built home in the developing Houston Heights, where Mulcahy was climbing from bank teller to bank president. Its Dutch Colonial Revival design is distinctive: a T-shaped cross-gambrel roof, native cypress siding, and an inset front porch on square paneled posts. The family held the house for ninety years, a rare span of continuous ownership.
Why it matters
The house documents the rise of Houston Heights as an early planned suburb and the comfortable domestic architecture of the city's growing professional class.
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Related people
- · William Percival Mulcahy
- · Mattie Mulcahy
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