Pompeiian Villa, Port Arthur, Texas
The Ellwood-Craig House, the Pompeiian Villa, was built in 1900 as the winter home of Isaac L. Ellwood (1833-1910), principal developer of barbed wire. Architects G. C. Nimmons and W. K. Fellows, of Chicago, designed the house in a classic revival style with a raised Roman Doric portico. The name was derived from a planned, but unrendered, series of courtyard frescoes of Bacchanalian motif, reminiscent of ancient Pompeii. Port Arthur pioneer G. M. Craig lived here from 1903 until 1950.
Open Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
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