Todvill Mansion *(aka Bill List Murder House)
William "Bill" List, built this 34,000 square feet home on a 4.5-acre lot that backed up to the Galveston Bay. The home was framed with 175 tons of steel.
The property was a three-story mansion divided into two wings. It had an atrium in the center and a catwalk between the wings at the second level. There was also a 40-foot swimming pool at the bottom of the atrium. Other rooms in Bill List Todville Mansion includes a ballroon, game roon, dining room, kitchen and master bedroom.
Known as "Toddville Mansion" after the road it sat on, it was demolished in the mid to late 90's after years of being abandoned; after Bill's murder inside the home at the hands of his many house guest.
This lot was subdivided into 18 lots and 13 homes built ranging from 1.6-2m dollars.
On the night List was shot to death, the young men living with him in the now famous Bill List Todville Mansion reportedly decided to shoot List as they were tired of his mistreatment towards them.
Elbert Ervin "Smiley" Homan was the one who pulled the trigger. He reportedly pleaded guilty to murder and sentenced to 45 years in prison.