Editing Gonzales, Texas (section)

===Historic houses===
Gonzales has an exceptionally high concentration of historic houses and buildings.

In 2012, ''[[This Old House]]'' named Gonzales as one of the Best Old House Neighborhoods,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thisoldhouse.com/toh/photos/0,,20569037_21121468,00.html|title=Best Old House Neighborhoods 2012: The South|date=9 February 2012}}</ref> noting its well-preserved downtown, its large stock of affordable and fixer-upper fine houses in [[Queen Anne style architecture in the United States|Queen Anne]], [[Tudor Revival architecture|Tudor Revival]], [[Italianate architecture|Italianate]], and [[Greek Revival architecture|Greek Revival]] styles, as well as the town's low cost of living and convenience to the big cities of Austin, San Antonio, and Houston.

The oldest dwellings in Gonzales date to the mid-19th century, but most of the architecturally notable houses were constructed beginning in the late Victorian period, from about 1880 to about 1915. Queen Anne style houses are the most common, with [[Colonial Revival architecture|Colonial Revival]] and [[Neoclassical architecture|Classical Revival]] houses as well. [[James Riely Gordon|J. Riely Gordon]] and [[Atlee Ayers|Atlee B. Ayers]] were among the renowned architects active here. Many of the most notable homes, built for the important families of Gonzales, were erected along St. Louis St. and St. Lawrence St. Those two roads edge, to the south and north, a long stretch of public land one block wide running from the historic downtown commercial center and courthouse all the way to Kerr Creek to the east.