Mounts-Wright House 20210609_113655_HDRMOUNTS-WRIGHT HOUSE
THE MOUNTS FAMILY FIRST ARRIVED IN DENTON COUowPvs NTY IN THE
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AND HIS WIFE,
MARTHAELIZABETH VIRGINIA, MATTE( MOUNTS (1(1838-819114 WERE EARLY
RESIDENTS OF THE NEW COUNTY SEAT OF DENTON, WHICH HAD BEEN
MOVED FROM NEW ALTON IN 1857, THROUGH THEIR BUSINESSES,
FARMING AND LANDOWNING, THE FAMILY CONTRIBUTED
SIGNIFICANTLY TO THE EARLY DEVELOPMENT OF DENTON,
W,H. MOUNTS BOUGHT 15 ACRES OF LAND FROM HIS MOTHER, EMILY
MOUNTS, ON APRIL 6, 1867 THE LAND BECAME KNOWN AS MOUNTS
FARM, COTTON AND FRUIT WERE GROWN BEHIND THE HOUSE, THE
ORIGINAL MOUNTS FAMILY HOME BURNED DOWN IN 1893, FOUR
YEARS AFTER THE DEATH OF W,H, MOUNTS, IN 1898, MATTIE MOUNTS
HIRED 1,B, WILSON AS THE CONTRACTOR FOR A NEW TWO-STORY
HOUSE WITH EIGHT ROOMS,
THE HOUSE WAS BUILT IN THE QUEEN ANNE STYLE WHICH WAS
CONSISTENT WITH THE POPULARITY OF VICTORIAN•ERA ARCHITECTURE
IN DENTON AT THIS TIME, THE EXTERIOR OF THE HOUSE FEATURES A
VERANDA WRAP-AROUND PORCH, CLAPBOARD SIDING AND FISH SCALE
SHINGLES, THE INTERIOR FLOORS ARE OF HEART PINE AND THE FRONT
DOOR AND STAIR BALUSTERS ARE EXAMPLES OF EASTLAKE LATHE,
GOUGE AND CHISEL WORK, THE DIAMOND WINDOW AT THE
DOWNSTAIRS LANDING IS A FOCAL POINT FOR THE HOUSE'S FACADE.
ONE OF THE MOUNTS' EIGHT CHILDREN, SENA MOUNTS, MARRIED
WILLIAM WESLEY WRIGHT IN 1896 AND THE COUPLE'S FIVE CHILDREN
WERE RAISED IN THE MOUNTS•WRIGHT HOUSE, THE HOUSE WASv
OFFICIALLY DEEDED TO SENA IN 1914 AT THE TIME OF HER MOTHER'S
DEATH, SENA WRIGHT DIED IN 1952 AND HER HUSBAND LIVED IN TF.E
HOUSE UNTIL HIS DEATH IN 1959,
RECORDED TEXAS HISTORIC LANDMARK — 2016
MARKER IS PROPERTY OF THE STATE OF TEXAS
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