J. W. and Nannie C. Bailey House
Gonzales, Gonzales County, Texas
Marker Inscription
J.W Bailey (1825-1899) built this home in 1897-98 as a residence for his wife Nannie C. Green (1851-1936) and family. Inherited by their daughter Indian Bailey Kerr and her husband John A. Kerr in 1936, the house remained in the family until 1948. A modest Queen Anne style residence, it features a gable roof, tapered wood porch posts on brick piers, wood sash double and triple-hung windows, long leaf pine woodwork, and a single door entry with a transom. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1996
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
J. W. Bailey built this modest Queen Anne–style residence in 1897–98 for his wife Nannie and their family in Gonzales. With its gable roof, tapered porch posts on brick piers, double- and triple-hung wood windows, and long-leaf pine woodwork, the house is a well-preserved example of turn-of-the-century Texas domestic architecture. It passed to the Baileys' daughter and remained in the family until 1948.
Why it matters
Surviving family homes like this preserve the everyday texture of small-town Texas at the close of the nineteenth century, when Queen Anne styling reached even modest households.
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Related people
- · J. W. Bailey
- · Nannie C. Green
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