[Historic Marker Application: Burton Farmers Gin] Page: 1 of 40
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Texas Historical Commission Staff (CJB), 10/21/88, 11/8/88
Official Texas Historical Building Marker without post, for attachment
to metal
Washington County (Job #09388)
Location: E. Main Street, Burton
BURTON FARMERS GIN*
IN DECEMBER 1913 A GROUP OF
LOCAL FARMERS MET TO ORGANIZE
THE BURTON FARMERS GIN ASSOCIA-
TIONTHIS TWO-STORY CORRUGATED
METAL-CLAD GIN BUILDING WAS
CONSTRUCTED IN 1914,THE GIN'S
MACHINERY WAS STEAM-POWERED
UNTIL 1925,WHEN AN OIL ENGINE
WAS INSTALLEDTHE ONLY COTTON GIN
IN TOWN AFTER 1948,IT CONTINUED
OPERATIONS THROUGH 19740THE BURTON
FARMERS GIN IS ONE OF THE FEW
REMAINING COMPLETE GIN AND MILL
COMPLEXES IN THE UNITED STATES***
RECORDED TEXAS HISTORIC LANDMARK - 1988***
*1/2 inch lettering
**3/8 inch lettering
***1/4 inch lettering
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Texas Historical Commission. [Historic Marker Application: Burton Farmers Gin], text, November 8, 1988; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth477813/m1/1/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas Historical Commission.