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McFaddin-Ward House
McFaddin-Ward House is a museum in Beaumont, TX, part of the Port Arthur and Sulphur guide. Cost: free.
1906 Calder Ave, Beaumont, TX 77701 · Beaumont, TX
Why you should go…
The McFaddin-Ward House is a Beaux-Arts Colonial Revival mansion built in 1905 to 1906 for cattle and oil businessman W.P.H. McFaddin, later turned into a museum by his daughter Mamie McFaddin Ward and opened in 1986. The museum holds an estimated 12,000 decorative arts items and offers free guided tours of the Historic Home, Carriage House and gardens.
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