J.F. and J. Nutt Building
Granbury, Hood County, Texas
Marker Inscription
Erected for Jesse and Jacob Nutt, blind brothers who aided in establishing county seat at Granbury. Their first (1866) store had been a 16 by 12 log house with a wagon yard in the rear. This structure of hand-hewn Hood county stone was built in 1893 by local contractor Jim Warren. About 1919 Nutt Hotel--famed for dining room--moved in after "grocery" was remodeled. Building has been occupied by 3 generations of the Nutt Family. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1970
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
Blind brothers Jesse and Jacob Nutt helped establish Granbury as the Hood County seat, opening their first store in 1866 in a tiny log house with a wagon yard behind it. In 1893 a local contractor raised this sturdy building of hand-hewn Hood County stone, and around 1919 it became the Nutt Hotel, celebrated for its dining room. Three generations of the Nutt family occupied the landmark.
Why it matters
The building testifies to the entrepreneurial grit of frontier merchants — two blind brothers among them — who founded and sustained a Texas county seat.
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