The Taft Tribune (Taft, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 46, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 22, 1951 Page: 4 of 10
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BUNE
liltipin Ranch House Built
vages of Time and Tropical Storms
COI'NTY RE< i>RB8
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When
I it torn down for
iVst U-, .in:..': pco
|y dismantling the
, Even the plate
and the doorknobs
■arried
S|U,H I.,,t 13 Bio- k Arnn^..*.
F'a«s (Un i 1-2 int.)
Mrs Mary it. Prennen el con
to T. B. Owen. Jr. l-ots ..I ami
20 Block 2, Mam hf A . In. Sin-
' t’onn Brown et H‘ M.Uaoi
Viclreri tTnd 7-R int in in *e tr
out of Tr. 15. Drummond Sub.
lma Jones to J F Houghton
Lots 17 and 18 J. F. Houghton
Addn. Aransas Pass-
Smton Cemetery Assn, to Mrs.
j 1 Knox Grave l and 2 Tier
C, Block 11. Sinton Cemetery
Arthur P McBnde to Gilbert
Lindemann Lots l, 2. 3, Block 60,
Taft.
Jack H. Harris to Ira I. Colley
Lot 4, Block 2, J H.
Addn. Sinton.
J. E. Dodson to Williai
13 HI; < k 320, Aransas Pa*, '**
Maudr Ferguson to Anna a
Ferguson Parker, et al jj* 81
Sec 4 and 3, Paul Sub. Wttu
Jesse T Kyle to P*uj j?
It.n. v.iv right of way loo* 15
Thr s F Williamson Sur.
Snyder Clark Motor Co te y
late Lillian Lena Snyder ju
Lots 1 and 2 Block 511,
Pass (Und. 1-2 int.) Lots it?
a. 9. 17. 18, S 1.J is
24. 25, 26. 27, 28, 2», M 5
32 Block 551. ' A
Amftnda C Truxaw to i*.
M Gray f-ot 9 Block 5 Lou*
and 20 Block 5; J. jr kwl!
Sub., Lot 19 Block 1. L j 2
mer . llama Addn. Inglesidt.
W. M. Bennett et «| to Bsttn*
Ni* I M Anderson Lots 20, n
i ULw.tr 11 Tide ? 13 ft— A ** *
in each bedroom.
The mansion was lighted
throughout by an acetylene light-
ing plant, and the lighting fix-
tures were of bias* and crystal.
The doorknobs on the interior of
the house were brass with silver
plating. The exterior doorknobs
were of nickel plated brass.
The furniture in the home was
of imported ebony and walnut
bought in New York and New
Orleans, and the bevelled-edge
mirrors were also Imported from
Italy.
The setting for this fine old
home has been given in a pre-
vious story, but it might ho add-
ed that a wide concrete wnlk sur-
rounded the mansion; that a
wrought Iron and bronze fountain
designed as a maiden pouring
water from a pitcher stood in
the midst at Duchess de Brabrant
rose on the lawn; that garden
furniture In wrought iron filigree
pattern dotted the lawn and. that
winding walks and drives lead
through the 25 acres of flowers,
shrubs and trees. Approximately
another 15 acres was; planted in
fruit and berries.
Stables for the fine blooded
race horse for the family ; pri
ing the stately home. One by six length strips of the cvpri ss wea-
rough heart Florida pine boards ther-boarding were used horizon
were laid flat, one on top of the tally down Ihe corners of the
other, and secured with 16-penny exterior of the house as a trim;
square nails to form the walls and. the cornices and windows
inside and out. A flight stagger- had a modified version of the
ing of dwse heavy boards prov.-d-* gi-vtcrb'cad trim so popular in
ed an air space for the outside i the er» in which the ranch, houic
walls that were covered with one j was built. All windows and the
by two inch cypres* weather- jet* of double doors used at the
boarding nailed vertically to j front and two side entrance* to
those outside walla. Some of the i the home were of plate glass. The
cypress weather-boarding ran the windows in the three upper fltor-
full height of the house. And the ies and the observation tower
alight staggering of the laminated were of double sash design Plate
board* also provided proper sur- glass casement windows were us-
face for the plastei applied to the ed in the basement,
inside walls. The floors in the three upper
The outside walls of the upper stories were made of the one by
story had the cypress siding cov- six-ineb rough heart pine *tand
ered with slate as an added pro- mg on edge and secured with the
• a. ___ _ j______a..... toms* atra and ♦ vns* nfliU AC USM
» Mary Cornett Wttiebrenner
Bade In 1576 when the con
atrtsetton of the Chiitipin Ranch
«iatft House" was begun it could
■<--be seen that Tom Coleman
hit second wife. Mrs Fran-
.jyps Humph*eya Coleman, had
iptsmaed a home to withstand tne
jrnvagea of time and storms.
<,«***-«. into good Mother Earth
M» workmen dug to excavate a
basement with the same
gloat dimension of the three
wflmrita that were to rite above
gg. TW basement walla extended
^approximately six feet into the
ygMttod and the same distance
■wtmve ground level. Tons of ce-
jmnt, shell, and iron reinforce-
-NMW* went into the foundation of
Mm four-stoty mansion.
The unique laminated cosutruc-
40Ha of all the walls of the home
glass v
were
away.
was a .
Alter the old
torn down t...
her of which it was
(and which 1—
from Florida to
schooner and thence
tipin
being gradually
Second, because the place
potential tire hazard."
_;j mansion had been
the rough heart lum-
It .VZ3 constructed
had been brought
St. Mary's by
to the Cbit-
tipln Ranch by barge up the
i Chiitipin Creek) was hed in
building stock pers on the Robert
t Welder ranch at Sinton and the
; pat Welder ranch near Victoria.
! The tile from the floors of the
old mansion was sent to the Pst
Welder ranch, and some of the
! marble mantels and imported
spent her childhood in me
•Big House” on the ranch, und
from Robert Welder who knew
cverv inch of the old building i
i After the razing of the oin
home Mr. Welder had approxi-
mately one and one half- peres
'of the i.’; und -.urr,-iinding the
site of the building fenced and
'converted into a park for the
employees * f the Plymouth 0-1
Co. The loric magnolia mentioned
in the fiet of !> 'ri- f -* r
j„, aN.uf t‘.- Chiitipin Ran. n
stands in this enclosed park The
basement excavation was filled
! and <• polished concrete slab tops
!!rC S;>-d whole the a,., c re-gat
mansion stood 1 If the writer is
! correct in ner direction.- the mag
nolia left standing is the one
! shown at the right of the front
j entrance to the old home as pic-
) tured in the cut carried with the
first artele dealing with the old
rhiltiDin Ranch The house faced
“Flax is the surest
crop we can grow
ana tt brings us
th» biggest profit
says Vaster Kichie.
Melvin, Texas
■'There's less risk,
it requires lees
labor, and it
spreads the work
so we tan handle
more land.
“Give ua any
kind of a season
with iust a little
min and we'll make
10 bushels. Give us
a good season and
we'll do 15 to 25
bushels an acre.’
& HARDWARE
ELECTRICAL
support prsces
Contractors
Electrical
UP 30%!
dtutpoint
Vcs, Texas htmeee are guaran-
teed at leant $3.70 a bushel for
1952 crop Flaxseed, delivered at
Kenedy! That’s the new support
price set i,y the government to
increase acreage of this badly
n6Add thw’high price to all its
other advantages, and r tar. w
bprd to best. It’s hardy, depend-
able, drought resistant . -- and
beat of all, requires less work than
almost any other rash crop you
can grow. That's why Texas
farmers are sayi-ig: Flax wiu be
my Number One crop in 19u—
Sales and Service
Air Conditioning and
Refrigeration
M. W. EVANS, Service Man
PEEK'S ELECTRIC and HARDWARE
“YOI R IIOTPOINT DF VI FR”
\ C. (Tedi REEKS, Owner
•Rhone For Is... and We’ll Wire For You"
Phone 42 or 123 ODEM, TEXAS
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Chiitipin Ranch had become the gretta
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SOFA BED
OCCASIONAL CHAIR
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No Interest on Carrying Charges forTVeaT
YOUR FRIENDLY FORD DEALER'
Taft, Texas
C, €. Williams, Manager
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Guthrie, Keith. The Taft Tribune (Taft, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 46, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 22, 1951, newspaper, November 22, 1951; Taft, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth749042/m1/4/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Taft Public Library.