WH Stark House

LoginSave

The carefully restored WH Stark House reveals the lifestyle of turn-of-the-century society families. The elegant 1894 Victorian home – one of the last and certainly the most historically accurate in town – is filled with ornate and heavy furnishings. If no docents are available for the (mandatory) tour when you show up, or if you're bringing along children under 10, it's also possible to have a look upstairs at the carriage-house museum's free exhibits.

Due to damage sustained from Hurricane Harvey, WH Stark House is closed till December 2017. Call ahead before visiting.

Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

  • Stark Museum of Art

    Stark Museum of Art

    0.1 MILES

    The Stark Museum of Art has collections focused on artworks depicting native birds and wildlife (including works by John James Audubon), Native American…

  • Spindletop & Gladys City Boomtown Museum

    Spindletop & Gladys City Boomtown Museum

    21.03 MILES

    Several prospectors saw promise in the Spindletop salt dome, but it took nearly a decade before an exploratory well leased by Anthony Lucas blew a…

  • Museum of the Gulf Coast

    Museum of the Gulf Coast

    19.19 MILES

    This is a splendid museum that covers the natural, geological and cultural history of the region from 'Jurassic to Janis Joplin.' A large section is…

  • McFaddin-Ward House

    McFaddin-Ward House

    22.78 MILES

    Visit this fabulous 1906 beaux-arts/colonial-revival mansion to see the excess made possible by the Spindletop oil boom. Members of the McFaddin family…

  • Art Museum of Southeast Texas

    Art Museum of Southeast Texas

    21.72 MILES

    This museum manages to pack a surprisingly diverse collection of rotating fine- and folk-art exhibits into its small display space, and the emphasis on…

  • Babe Didrikson Zaharias Museum

    Babe Didrikson Zaharias Museum

    22.71 MILES

    Serious sports fans may recognize the name of Babe Didrikson Zaharias, named Female Athlete of the Century by the AP and Sports Illustrated. The small…

View more attractions

Nearby attractions

1. Stark Museum of Art

0.1 MILES

The Stark Museum of Art has collections focused on artworks depicting native birds and wildlife (including works by John James Audubon), Native American…

2. First Presbyterian Church

0.19 MILES

Constructed of Italian marble and Texas granite, the current building dates to 1912. But the magnificent stained-glass windows, around which the rest of…

4. Rose Hill Manor

17.63 MILES

Built in 1906 by real-estate dealer/banker/mayor RH Woodworth, this historic home is currently open to the public only by appointment, except for special…

5. Pompeiian Villa

18.3 MILES

Commissioned in 1900 as Port Arthur was becoming an oil boomtown, the Pompeiian Villa was constructed in a traditional Roman layout copied from an actual…

6. Museum of the Gulf Coast

19.19 MILES

This is a splendid museum that covers the natural, geological and cultural history of the region from 'Jurassic to Janis Joplin.' A large section is…

8. Texas Energy Museum

21.65 MILES

Downstairs, animated movies and interactive exhibits explain the science of hydrocarbons, petrochemicals and oil extraction in a fairly entertaining…