Ezekiel Cullen House

The main plan of the house is single-story central hall flanked by three rooms on each side. The main entry features a pediment-type gable framed with an entablature and decorated with a fan window. The gable rests on an asymmetrical tetrastyle portico. The original house was ornamented with various arrangements of five-pointed stars.^[1] In the original design, Phelps added a fitted trellis to the east and west sides of the portico to enhance shade. Precision-fitting is also evident in the pediment moldings and fascia. Interior features exhibit the same level of craftsmanship. Local carpenters hand-planed pine moldings. A Phelps feature borrowed from other nineteenth-century designs was the five-panel door. Interior panels display precise wainscoting.^[2] Later additions to the house include its north wing and dormer windows.^[1]

Houston oilman Hugh Roy Cullen, a grandson of Ezekiel, hired Raiford Stripling to restore the house in 1952. To ensure the care and maintenance of the house, Cullen donated it to the Ezekiel Cullen Chapter of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas (DRT) in 1953. As of 2000, the local DAR chapter still owned and maintained the property.^[2]