Power Home

Duane's take

The official marker tells it this way, and I'll do my best to do it justice. Out in Victoria County, there stands a house with a story worth pullin' over for. The Power Home.

Built in 1894 for a man named Edward Power, and from the moment it went up, it was the kind of place that made you slow down when you drove past. Columns rising up proud. Wide porches stretching out like the house itself had its arms open.

And wood trim worked with the kind of care that says somebody wanted this to last. Somebody wanted people to notice. Well, they did.

They still do. Now, houses like this one, they pass through time in one of two ways. They either get lost to it, or they find the right hands to carry them forward.

The Power Home found the right hands. In 1960, Mrs. James Power made a decision.

She gave the home, this columned, porch-wrapped piece of 1894 Victoria County craftsmanship, to not one organization, but three. The Daughters of the American Revolution. The Daughters of the Republic of Texas.

And the United Daughters of the Confederacy. Three groups, one house, one generous act. That's the kind of ending a good house deserves.

Not the wrecking ball. Not neglect. A gift.

And so it stands.

What the marker says

Built in 1894 for Edward Power, significant for its columns, wide porches, wood trim. Given in 1960 by Mrs. James Power, to the Daughters of the American Revolution, Daughters of the Republic of Texas and the United Daughters of the Confederacy. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1966