Barton House

Main St., Salado, Texas. County/parish: Bell.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places April 05, 1983. NRIS 83003079.

1 contributing building.

From Wikipedia:

Barton House (Salado, Texas)

The Barton House in Salado, Texas was built in 1866. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.

It is a stone house made of quarry-faced limestone ashlar, built into a hillside. It was built as a home for an early doctor in early Salado. It shows skill in stonemasonry and is unusual for its period in its asymmetrical placement of door and its having a wing.

It was listed as part of a group nomination of Salado-area historic resources.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40968273

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