Marker Inscription
A Confederate veteran, J. P. Waldo (1839-1896) settled in Houston after the Civil War. He married Mary Virginia Gentry (1849-1922), daughter of railroad promoter Abram Gentry. Waldo soon became a prosperous railroad executive. In 1885 he built this house at the corner of Rusk and Caroline (2 mi. N). A Mansard roof and tower originally topped the mansion. Elegant millwork adorns the interior. In 1905 Waldo's son Wilmer (1876-1962) moved the house to this site, then a fashionable area on the edge of town. He rebuilt it without most of its Victorian detailing. The Waldo family lived here until 1966.
About this site
Waldo Mansion is a historical marker in Houston, Harris County, dedicated in 1978. It is one of 422 historical markers documented in Harris County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 849 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 29.7408, -95.3851 near Houston. The nearest cataloged historic site is Gilmer-Cage-Cohn House (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Kemp, Louis Wiltz, Heyne, Fred J., House, and Nash, William R., House.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5201010800. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
