Eldridge Home on Lakeview

I got a note from Dorothy Topolanek Humphrey (SLHS '48) asking about W. T. Eldridge, Sr.'s home on Lakeview Drive.  I didn't have much information.  All I knew was that Eldridge moved into the home in 1928, and William Ward Watkin, designer of Rice Institute, was the architect.

A little research turned up the following items.  I never knew the home was called 'Casa de Manana.' (Pardon the missing tilde).  Watkin designed several prominent homes.  I'll try to get a copy of The Houston Post article published in 1928; it may provide some interesting details.

Link to an article on William Ward Watkin's work.

Link to article on Watkin's design of the Rice University Campus, particularly Cohen House.