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Burton Farmers Gin
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark
Burton Farmers Gin in 2016
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Location	Main St. SE of Burton St., Burton, Texas
Coordinates	30°10′40″N 96°35′38″W / 30.17778°N 96.59389°W / 30.17778; -96.59389
Area	less than one acre
Built	1914 (1914)
Built by	Weeren Bros.
MPS	Burton MPS
NRHP reference No.	91000712
RTHL No.	8317
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	June 11, 1991
Designated RTHL	1988

The Burton Farmers Gin is a 2- and 3-story cotton gin house located close to the commercial district of Burton, Texas. It has also been known as Burton Farmers Gin Association's Site No. 3. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991. It hosts the Texas Cotton Gin Museum. Besides the gin, the museum includes cotton warehouses and a shoe shop.

There were 4300 gins in Texas in 1912, according to a Texas Almanac. In the early 20th century, small towns in Washington County, Texas reportedly could support one or two gins. Location next to a railroad or close to cotton production was essential. Burton Farmers Gin was one of four gins that operated in Burton; two ceased operations by the 1910s and the Bauer Gin operated until 1948; these others are all gone. This gin was established by a group of farmers who formed the Burton Farmers Gin Association in 1913. Built in 1914, the gin has gone through numerous alteration and additions. The gin has a 125-HP Bessemer engine, which replaced the original steam engine in 1926. The gin ceased operations in 1974 but its equipment remained in place, and it was in "magnificent" condition. As of 1991, the only other surviving gin was a brick ginhouse in Brenham, Texas.

See also

• Texas Cotton Gin Museum
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Washington County, Texas
• Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks in Washington County

References

1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "Texas Cotton Gin Museum". www.cottonginmuseum.org. Retrieved March 7, 2019.
3. Julie Strong and Bruce Jenson (April 1991), National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Burton Farmers Gin / Burton Farmers Gin Association (Site No. 3), National Archives (accessible by searching within National Archives Catalog Archived January 3, 2017, at the Wayback Machine Retrieved April 20, 2017)

External links

Media related to Burton Farmers Gin at Wikimedia Commons

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