Gladys City


Gladys City Oil & Gas
Manufacturing Office


The Gladys City Oil and Gas Manufacturing Company was the first company established in 1892 to develop the potential of the Spindletop area. Patillo Higgins was the founder. His partners were George W. Carroll, George W. O'Brien, and J. F. Lanier.



Inside the building are period furnishings. On the walls are copies of stock certificates and original documents establishing the Gladys City Company.






1. Gladys City Oil & Gas Office
2. Thomas's Drug Store
3. Boiler and Derrick
4. Edgerton Photographic Studio
5. Beaumont Board of Trade
6. General Store
7. Dry Good's Store
8. Post Office
9. Log Cabin Saloon
10. Barber Shop
11. Walkenshaw Tank Co.
12. Broussard Livery Stable
13. Southern Carriage Works
14. Nelson & White Surveyors
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