C. W. Post Home

Duane's take

Here's my telling of what the official marker has to say about this one. Now, when a cereal foods millionaire decides to build himself a home in West Texas, you can bet he's not going to skimp on the details. The year was 1912, and C.

W. Post, the very man who founded the town of Post and made his fortune in cereal foods, put up a home right here in Garza County. And this was no ordinary house.

Post had a theme, a guiding principle he carried into every room, every corner, every square inch of that place. Three words: I Want Quality. You hear that and you think, sure, everybody wants quality.

But C. W. Post meant it in a way that left marks you could run your hand across.

Solid oak doors. Oak woodwork. Redwood floors.

And then there's the detail that'll stop you cold if you've never heard it before: leather wallpaper. Not paint. Not paper.

Leather. On the walls. That's the kind of man we're talking about.

Now, Post wasn't just building a fine house for himself. He was out here promoting Texas settlement, encouraging agriculture, selling land on what the marker calls liberal terms, and founding industries. He was building a town, building a region, and then building himself a home that matched the ambition of everything around it.

Solid oak, redwood, and leather. Three words, and a whole lot of follow-through.

What the marker says

Home built 1912 by C. W. Post, Cereal Foods millionaire, founder of town of Post, who promoted Texas settlement and agriculture by selling land on liberal terms, founding industries. With theme, "I Want Quality", Post installed solid oak doors, woodwork, redwood' floors, leather wallpaper. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, 1964.