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Potton House

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1901. 200 S. Gregg St.

This Queen Anne house near the rail yards was built as an investment by Joseph Potton, master mechanic for the Texas and Pacific Railway. The colorful house, built of red Pecos sandstone, was occupied by his daughter and her family, the Haydens, after Potton’s death and was acquired by the city in 1975 to become part of the Heritage Museum of Big Spring (510 Scurry Street). The cross-gable roofs with flared eaves, bracketed soffits, and ornate gable ends with Palladian windows contrast with the rustic character of the rock-faced sandstone walls. The front porch is carried on pairs of slender cast-iron posts, and the original cast-iron and wire fence surrounds the property.

Writing Credits

Author: 
Gerald Moorhead et al.
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What's Nearby

Petroleum Building
Howard County Courthouse
Hotel Settles (Settles Hotel)
Big Spring City Hall and Municipal Auditorium
St. Thomas Catholic Church

Citation

Gerald Moorhead et al., "Potton House", [Big Spring, Texas], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/TX-02-SL11.

Print Source

Buildings of Texas

Buildings of Texas: East, North Central, Panhandle and South Plains, and West, Gerald Moorhead and contributors. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2019, 395-395.

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