Hensley-Gusman House - Bay City, TX
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WalksfarTX
N 28° 58.912 W 095° 57.855
15R E 211163 N 3209598
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: WMVR8H
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 05/22/2017
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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.
Public/Private: Private
Tours Available?: No
Year Built: 1905
Web Address: Not listed
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