Dr. C. B. Patton House

C.B. Patton was born January 27, 1844, in Troupe County, Georgia, and came to Texas when he was only eight years old. After receiving his medical degree from Tulane University of Medicine, he practiced for fifty years. He served throughout the Civil War with the Confederate Army as a member of the 21st Texas Cavalry under Colonel George W. Carier. He was initiated into the Gonzales Masonic Lodge in August of 1870. In 1872 he transferred his membership to the Murchison Lodge in Hallettsville, and then to the lodge in Sweet Home in 1883.

On October 20, 1873, he married Kate Jenkins Dibrell of Galveston and they had two daughters and one son. His son, S. C. Patton, followed him into the medical profession and settled in Dallas, Texas. He died in November, 1907, and is buried in the Gonzales Masonic Cemetery.

This home was built the same year that Luther Autry bought the first automobile to see Gonzales, causing issues with runaway horse teams. Five other Gonzales residents purchased automobiles soon after.

This beautiful Greek Revival style home with longleaf pine woodwork and well preserved hardwood floors is unique in that it had no fire places but was heated by a coal burning furnace located in the basement. It still stands on a spacious 2 1/2 acre lot. Patton sold his home in 1923 and in 1926 he moved to Batesville, Arkansas, to live with one of his daughters. He died May 16, 1934, and is buried in the Oaklawn Cemetery in Batesville.