Howard E. and Mary Butt House
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PeterNoG
N 26° 11.250 W 097° 41.305
14R E 631058 N 2897110
This Texas Historical Marker is in front of the Butt House at 718 East Taylor Avenue in Harlingen, Texas.
Waymark Code: WMJRNR
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 12/25/2013
Views: 3
Marker Title: Howard E. and Mary Butt House
Index Entry: Butt, Howard E. and Mary, House
Address: 718 E. Taylor
City: Harlingen
County: Cameron
Subject Codes: houses, residential buildings; Business topics, general
Year Marker Erected: 2000
Designations: Recorded Texas Historic Landmark
Marker Location: 718 E. Taylor
Marker Size: 18" x 28"
Marker Number: 12785
Marker Text:
In 1929 entrepreneur Howard E. Butt moved the headquarters of his developing grocery business to Harlingen. The following year, Howard and his wife, Mary, bought this house from its builders, John and Ruth Townsend, a few months after its completion. During the 1930s, Howard's business (H.E.B. Grocery) grew to more than 28 stores in the Rio Grande Valley and South Texas. Known also for their philanthropy and civic work in Harlingen, Howard and Mary Butt lived here until 1940 but owned the house until 1943. Distinguished by its Palladian windows and spiral entry columns, the architectural style of the house is best described as Italian Renaissance.
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 2000
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