page_title: Gonzales, Texas
section_title: Historic houses
hierarchical_section_title: Gonzales, Texas / Historic houses
caption_attribution_description: English: The G.F. Burgess House, located at 803 St. Lawrence St., in Gonzales, Texas was built in 1897 in the Victorian Queen Anne style.
context_page_description: Gonzales is a city in Gonzales County, Texas, United States. The population was 7,237 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat.
context_section_description: Gonzales has an exceptionally high concentration of historic houses and buildings.
  In 2012, This Old House named Gonzales as one of the Best Old House Neighborhoods, noting its well-preserved downtown, its large stock of affordable and fixer-upper fine houses in Queen Anne, Tudor Revival, Italianate, and Greek Revival styles, as well as the town's low cost of living and convenience to the big cities of Austin, San Antonio, and Houston.
  The oldest dwellings in Gonzales date to the mid-19th century, but most of the architecturally notable houses were constructed beginning in the late Victorian period, from about 1880 to about 1915. Queen Anne style houses are the most common, with Colonial Revival and Classical Revival houses as well. J. Riely Gordon and Atlee B. Ayers were among the renowned architects active here. Many of the most notable homes, built for the important families of Gonzales, were erected along St. Louis St. and St. Lawrence St. Those two roads edge, to the south and north, a long stretch of public land one block wide running from the historic downtown commercial center and courthouse all the way to Kerr Creek to the east.
caption: G.F. Burgess House (1897) – 803 St. Lawrence St.
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