Manning-Gordon-Henderson House - Hamilton, TX
Posted by: WalksfarTX
N 31° 42.184 W 098° 07.475
14R E 582953 N 3507855
Historic home at 121 South Rice Avenue is not open to the public.
Waymark Code: WM108H5
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 03/21/2019
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City of Hamilton"Local contractor Louis V. Manning built this house between 1880 and 1885 on land inherited from his father, pioneer Exekiel Manning, and lived here until 1904. The John H. and Abbie Gordon family owned the house from 1907 to 1936 and the Oliver Dow and Minta Henderson family took up residence here in 1936.
A simple example of a cross-gabled roof Queen Anne house, its distinguishing details include fish-scale textured gables, cutaway bay windows, and a front entry porch with ornamental posts and brackets and a jigsawn frieze. Also of interest is the unusual siding flanking the entry door. This house was recorded as a Texas Historic Landmark in 1999."
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