Mrs. Merriweather Post

The Post Cereal Company that her father built came to her by inheritance, and in the 1920s, with her husband E. F. Hutton, she moved between New York City, Palm Beach and Europe as one of the era's leading tastemakers and a major client of Cartier. Her collecting favored finely made objects with royal connections, chiefly French and Russian. In the 1950s she began planning to leave the collection to the public, buying with her curator Marvin Ross to fill its gaps, and her home, Hillwood, opened as a museum in 1977.

What the plaque says

Mrs. Merriweather Post Daughter of C. W. Post. Lived in Texas 1888-1891. Had part with father in locating colony here 1906; rescued local economy by aid after 1917 drought. Co-donor, site for Post Recreation Center. Donor, South Plains Council Boy Scouts Camp; books and paintings to South Plains College. A leading philanthropist in arts and humanities. Benefactress, C. W. Post College, Long Island University; founder "Music for Young America." Recipient of 30 citations for service, 3 honorary degrees, 6 foreign decorations. A woman endowed with true virtues of generosity and compassion. 1968

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Garza County Historical Museum — steps away
  The county museum of Post, C. W. Post's planned town below the Caprock, kept in the stone sanitarium the town opened in 1912 as the best-equipped medical building west of Fort Worth.
• Slaton Harvey House — 23 mi
  A 1912 Santa Fe Harvey House in the railroad town of Slaton, restored as a museum, event hall and five-room inn overlooking a working BNSF yard.

More markers nearby

• Charles W. Post — steps away
• Old Post High School — steps away
• Postex Cotton Mill — 0.5 mi
• Garza County — 0.6 mi