Story, Jesse and Mary, House
510 W. Brown, Ennis, TXThe most intact and one of the earliest two-story L-plan dwellings remaining in the city, this house best represents a common regional plan type. Restrained architectural embellishments distinguish the gable ends and the porch. This was the home of J. W. Story, a successful realtor in Ennis during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. While a resident of the house, he served as a city councilman for many years. He sold the property in 1911. By 1922 John Lockart, a conductor with the H. & T.C. Railroad, purchased the dwelling.
Local significance of the building:Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 1986.
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