Details for Mayes House

Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5507016390

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Marker Number 16390
Atlas Number 5507016390
Marker Title Mayes House
Index Entry Mayes House
Address 7 Ridgeway Circle
City Denison
County Grayson
UTM Zone 14
UTM Easting 726110
UTM Northing 3737130
Subject Codes houses, residential buildings; design and construction
Marker Year 2010
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark Yes
Marker Location 7 Ridgeway Circle
Private Property No
Marker Condition In Situ
Marker Size 18" x 28"
Marker Text Architect Donald Mayes (1914-1966) designed and lived in this house with his wife, Rose Marie (Riddle) (1918-2008), whom he married in 1940. In addition to this home, he designed several others in the Edgewood addition, as well as banks, schools, First Presbyterian Church, Grayson County sub-courthouse and dozens of other residences in Denison. Mayes also played a prominent role in changes to the local built environment when he chaired Denison’s Planning and Zoning Commission. The one-story, gable-in-hip Mayes house lacks ornamentation due to rich features including Colorado red ledgestone and hand-split cedar shakes. The home’s horizontality is emphasized by bands of windows with horizontal muntins.

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