Banta House
119 E. 20th St., Houston, TXQuite unusual design and use of materials for that period--unique; Banta designed this to be a fireproof house, but included splendid detailing in wood on the interior; Banta had a candy factory in frame building next door, to the west.
Local significance of the building:Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 1983.
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