George W. Fulton Mansion

Infobox_nrhp | name = Fulton Mansion

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caption = The Fulton Mansion in 2006.
location = Fulton Beach Rd,
Fulton, Texas, USA
nearest_city =
lat_degrees = 28
lat_minutes = 03
lat_seconds = 27.36
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 97
long_minutes = 02
long_seconds = 05.28
long_direction = W
built = 1874 to 1877
added = April 24, 1975
refnum=75001945cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-07-22|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
governing_body = Texas Historical CommissionThe George W. Fulton Mansion is one of the earliest Second Empire style buildings constructed in Texas and is one of the most important of the style in the Southwest United States still in existence. Colonel George Ware Fulton and Harriet Gillette Smith built the 3.5 story structure overlooking Aransas Bay between 1874 and 1877. The residence, dubbed "Oakhurst" by its builders, featured the most up-to-date conveniences for the time, such as indoor plumbing, central gas lighting and heating.

The mansion was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. The State of Texas purchased the mansion and convert|2.3|acre|m2 of land in 1976 and opened the site to the public in 1983 as the Fulton Mansion State Historic Site. On January 1, 2008, Fulton Mansion was transferred from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department to the Texas Historical Commission.

References

External links

* [http://www.thc.state.tx.us/hsites/hs_fulton_mansion.shtml Texas Historical Commission: Fulton Mansion State Historic Site]