C. Homer and Edith Fuller Chambers Home

C. Homer and Edith Fuller Chambers Home. . This home connects two major early Beaumont industries: lumber and oil. William Hardee Turner (1869-1933) and his wife, Florence (Stovall) Turner (1877-1936), built the house in 1907. It is highly likely that the pine lumber used came from the local Turner and Nabers Company, of which Hardee Turner was the principal owner. In 1914, the Turners sold their home to Charles Homer Chambers (1878-1952) and Edith (Fuller) Chambers (1877-1964). Their family included two daughters, Jennie Ruth (1902-1989) and Florence (1912-2004). Born in Luling, Homer found early success in the hardware business and came to Beaumont to participate in the oil boom. From 1930-1934, he served on the Beaumont City Council. In 1935, he and business partner C.D. Edwards founded the Chambers and Edwards Oil Company. Ruth received a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Randolph-Macon Women's College in 1923; Florence graduated in 1933 with a Bachelor of Arts from Southwestern University. After contributing to the war effort, the sisters enjoyed hobbies such as gardening and genealogy, becoming active in the Daughters of the American Revolution. The sisters never married, and Florence resided in the Chambers home until 2002. Before Florence passed, she established the C. Homer and Edith Fuller Chambers Foundation., In 1924, extensive remodeling took place in Neoclassical style. This included a two-story addition with a sun parlor on the first floor and a sleeping porch on the second. On the front façade, four large Doric columns were added. The roof was extended and a triangular pediment was added. On the second floor, a bathroom was added above the butler's pantry. Most of the interiors received an upgrade at this time and thereafter were never modernized. The sisters never brought air conditioning or a television into the home. Today, the home is a historical snapshot of 1920s Beaumont.