Dining Room

ID: 821 ~ Source: Image courtesy of Historic Waco Foundation
This file appears in: East Terrace House
Dining Room

Added in 1880, the dining room connected the main part of the house to the detached kitchen. It was common in that time period to have the kitchen away from the house in order to prevent fires, and to keep heat and odors out of the main living spaces.

This file appears in: East Terrace House

By Historic Waco Foundation & Prisca Bird
On the east bank of the Brazos River stands East Terrace House, a residence with a past that is as remarkable as its Italianate style of architecture. Future industrialist John Wesley Mann moved to Waco in 1858 from Lebanon, Tennessee. He raised…