Two
story 4-Sqaure/Prairie. Yellow brick. Red tile roof;
low hip roof; wide overhang. Large entry porch w/slotted
brick piers. Cast stone ornaments. Full width raised
open terrace; six square stone planters. Recessed
two story wing on left w/visor roof. Recessed one
sotry porte cochere on right. Small square panes
in main window transoms.
OF
INTEREST:
Jesse Padgitt was a founder of the Padgitt Brothers
Company, a major leather goods firm that originally made
saddles, harnesses, and pistol holsters but turned to the
design and manufacture of medical packs during World
War I. To discourage Mr. Padgitt's aid to the American
forces, saboteurs repeatedly threatened his life and once
unsuccessfully attempted to dynamite this house. In 1952,
Martin M. Crane purchased the house. Mr. Crane was
Lieutenant Governor of Texas under Governor Hogg and
later served as the stateês Attorney General.
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