The Meux Home Museum is a tribute to the beauty of Victorian architecture. This magnificent two-story edifice has artfully composed roofs that thrust skyward from the second story, as do the numerous chimneys.

The exterior walls are covered with a variety of textures and decorations including clapboards, shingles, and ornamental floral-like relief work. The large porch is held up by beautifully turned spindles accented with 'gingerbread', and designed to provide protection from the hot valley sun.

The architecture blends all these beautiful features resulting in an intriguing historic home that invites visitors of all ages to enjoy its beauty and charm. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 14, 1975.

Dr. Meux was born in Tennessee in 1838. During the Civil War, he served in the Confederate Army as an assistant surgeon for four years. He brought his wife, Mary Esther (Molly) and their three children to Fresno and purchased the property for his home in 1888.

Dr. Meux practiced medicine until he retired in his late 70's and lived to be 91 years old. His daughter, Anne, lived in the family home all her life, thus preserving the original architectural features that visitors still enjoy today.

The Meux Home Museum recaptures the flavor of Victorian Fresno by presenting a middle-class residence furnished in the period, as a representative house museum.

A costumed docent will lead you on a one hour tour of this restored urban dwelling of the 1890's. By modern standards elaborate, the Meux Home was nonetheless a middle-class residence, built for $12,000 from a carpenter's catalog.

This home is typical of the Victorian Era it was created for. At that time the architecture took on a variety of forms from different sources that were brought together in a single design. All of this was done in order to create something charming and comfortable.