​Avery and Mary Turner House

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Marker No: 18993

Medallion & Plate

Texas Historic Landmark

Geographic: ​35.195541, -101.839577

Location: 1706 South Polk Street, Amarillo

Marker Text: ​Avery and Mary (Ten Eyck) Turner moved here in 1902. Avery was an executive for the Santa Fe Railroad, his employer for 58 years. Mary helped organize the local American Red Cross chapter and was active with the Salvation Army and other groups. In 1910, the Turners built this home modeled after Mary’s parents’ home in New Jersey. The house stayed in the family until Mary’s death in 1951. One of Amarillo’s very few Dutch colonial revival homes, this two-story side gable brick house has a full-width porch with massive Tuscan columns and a large shed roof dormer. An original brick carriage house later became a guest cottage. (2011)