403 Mounts - West Denton Residential Historic District - Denton, TX
N 33° 13.025 W 097° 08.426
14S E 673297 N 3676893
Known as the Mounts-Wright House, the home at 403 Mounts Ave is a contributing building in the West Denton Residential Historic District.
Waymark Code: WM15Z73
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 03/28/2022
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The house is a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, and a 2016 Texas Historical Marker here provides not only some background on the house, but also for the family who built and owned it (and whose name is on the street where you're standing):
The Mounts family first arrived in Denton County in the 1850s from Virginia. W.H. Mounts (1833-1889) and his wife, Martha Elizabeth (Mattie) Mounts (1838-1914), were early residents of the new county seat of Denton, which had been moved from New Alton in 1857. Through their businesses, farming and landowning, the family contributed significantly to the early developments of Denton.
W.H. Mounts bought 15 acres of land from his mother, Emily Mounts, on April 6, 1867. The land became known as Mounts Farm. Cotton and fruit were grown behind the house. The original Mounts family home burned down in 1893, four years after the death of W.H. Mounts. In 1898, Mattie Mounts hired J.B. Wilson as the contractor for a new two-story house with eight rooms.
The house was built in the Queen Anne style which was consistent with the popularity of the Victorian-era architecture in Denton at this time. The exterior of the house features a veranda wrap-around porch, clapboard siding and fish scale shingles. The interior floors are of heart pine and the front door and stair balusters are examples of Eastlake lathe, gouge and chisel work. The diamond window at the downstairs landing is a focal point for the house's façade.
One of the Mounts' eight children, Sena Mounts married William Wesley Wright in 1896 and the couple's five children were raised in the Mounts-Wright House. The house was officially deeded to Sena in 1914 at the time of her mother's death. Sena Wright died in 1952 and her husband lived in the house until his death in 1959.
Name of Historic District (as listed on the NRHP): West Denton Residential Historic District
Link to nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com page with the Historic District: [Web Link]
Address:
403 Mounts Ave, Denton, TX 76201
How did you determine the building to be a contributing structure?: Narrative found on the internet (Link provided below)
Optional link to narrative or database: [Web Link]
NRHP Historic District Waymark (Optional): Not listed
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