Hensley-Gusman House - Bay City, TX
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WalksfarTX
N 28° 58.912 W 095° 57.855
15R E 211163 N 3209599
Built in 1905 the house is a fine local example of a Victorian-era residence, with stylistic influences of the Queen Anne period.
Waymark Code: WMRR8W
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 07/28/2016
Views: 1
Historical Marker Text
It features a distinctive octagonal plan, with porches providing additional spaces to complete the octagon. Because of its unusual floor plan, the house's central living room contains eight doors but no windows; four of the doors open onto the corner porches.
Prominent features include a cross-gable roof with wood shingled gable ends, and decorative wood brackets at cutaway corners above corner windows. The original wooden porch floors were replaced with concrete in the 1930s, but the decorative wood columns and doors remain.
Retail salesman James Robert Gusman (1862-1944), his wife Bettie Amanda Harrington (1864-1948) and their children moved to Bay City from Weimar in 1911. They bought the house from the Hensley's in 1919, and it remained in their family for generations.
Street address:
2120 Sixth St.
Bay City, TX USA
77414
County / Borough / Parish: Matagorda County
Year listed: 2006
Historic (Areas of) Significance: Architecture/Engineering
Periods of significance: 1900-1924
Historic function: Domestic
Current function: Domestic
Privately owned?: yes
Primary Web Site: [Web Link]
Season start / Season finish: Not listed
Hours of operation: Not listed
Secondary Website 1: Not listed
Secondary Website 2: Not listed
National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed
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