Jackson-Hustmyre House
Orange, Orange County, Texas
Marker Inscription
Henry B. Jackson, a prominent local banker and businessman, built this home soon after he purchased the property in 1902. In 1909 he sold it to Frank W. Hustmyre, Vice President of the Orange National Bank and manager and secretary-treasurer of the Orange Grocery Co. Constructed of yellow pine lumber, the residence features a variety of shingling, a gazebo-like balcony with a conical roof and detailing of the Queen Anne style. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1982
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
This Orange, Texas residence was built shortly after 1902 by banker and businessman Henry B. Jackson, then sold in 1909 to Frank W. Hustmyre, a bank vice president and grocery-company manager. Framed in local yellow pine and dressed with varied shingling, a conical-roofed balcony, and Queen Anne detailing, it reflects the prosperity of a Gulf Coast timber-and-commerce town at the dawn of the twentieth century. It was recorded as a Texas Historic Landmark in 1982.
Why it matters
Homes like this one map the confident, ornament-loving domestic architecture that boomtown merchants built across turn-of-the-century America.
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Related people
- · Henry B. Jackson
- · Frank W. Hustmyre
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