Thomas J. and Mary Donoghue House
Houston, Harris County, Texas
Marker Inscription
Thomas J. Donoghue, a Texas company (Texaco) founder and executive, and his wife, Mary, built this house in 1915-16. Designed by noted New York architect Whitney Warren of the firm of Warren and Wetmore, it is an excellent example of Georgian revival architecture with wood and stone carvings by master artisan Peter Mansbendel. A part of the exclusive early 20th century Courtlandt Place neighborhood, the house remained in the Donoghue family until 1966. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1994
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
Thomas J. Donoghue, a founder and executive of the Texas Company (Texaco), and his wife Mary built this Georgian Revival house in 1915–16. Designed by the celebrated New York firm Warren and Wetmore with carvings by master artisan Peter Mansbendel, it stood in Houston's exclusive Courtlandt Place neighborhood and remained in the family until 1966.
Why it matters
The mansion embodies the wealth and refined taste generated by the early-20th-century Texas oil boom, when companies like Texaco transformed Houston into a national industrial power.
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Related people
- · Thomas J. Donoghue
- · Mary Donoghue
- · Whitney Warren
- · Peter Mansbendel
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