Details for Gantt-Jones House
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5477008336
Data
| Marker Number | 8336 |
| Atlas Number | 5477008336 |
| Marker Title | Gantt-Jones House |
| Index Entry | Gantt-Jones House |
| Address | |
| City | Burton |
| County | Washington |
| UTM Zone | 14 |
| UTM Easting | 729265 |
| UTM Northing | 3344073 |
| Subject Codes | houses, residential buildings |
| Marker Year | 1976 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | Yes |
| Marker Location | From intersection of FM 1697 and FM 2780 in Burton, go N on FM 2780 about 1.1 mile to home on W side of road. |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | In Situ |
| Marker Size | Medallion and Plate |
| Marker Text | One of the homes in the early Union Hill settlement, this Greek Revival residence was built about 1860 for Dr. William Henry Gantt (d. 1867), a physician and scientist who later taught at Galveston Medical College. The second owner, 1865-1890, was Henry B. ("Jo-He") Jones, the inventor of a multi-purpose medicinal ointment. The family of Louis Prenzler lived here from 1908 to 1973. The structure was then purchased and restored by Mr. and Mrs. George L. Temple. |