Davis, William and Anna, House
505 S. Denton St., Gainesville, TXThe William and Anna Davis House was the home of a prominent lawyer-politician and his family for eighty years. A substantial and relatively intact example of the Queen Anne style of architecture, the Davis House has noteworthy interior features, including elaborate woodwork and original chandeliers that were gas-lit until Judge Davis' death in 1941. Except for the aluminum windows, the alterations that have been made to the house are minor and have not appreciably affected the historic integrity of the house, which retains its architectural and historical prominence in Gainesville, a city with many fine turn-of-the-century homes.
Local significance of the building:Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 1984.
The National Register of Historic Places is the official list of the Nation’s historic places worthy of preservation. Authorized by the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, the National Park Service’s National Register of Historic Places is part of a national program to coordinate and support public and private efforts to identify, evaluate, and protect America’s historic and archeological resources.