301 E BROAD ST 

The R.S. Gaulden House, a massed-plan pyramidal house, was constructed around 1895 for Roy S. and Bonnie Gaulden. Roy was the son of R.A. Gaulden, who served as postmaster from 1897 to 1905. Bonnie Gaulden worked at J.H. Wright’s Big Daylight Store on Main Street. In a strange coincidence, Roy’s father lived in the house at 301 W. Broad Street. 

A massed-plan pyramidal house is a rectangular or square dwelling two or more rooms wide by two or more rooms deep with a pyramidal roof spanning the entire house block. This style is most often built of wood frame construction with wood siding. A recessed porch like the one on this house is often found on the front façade. Built in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, this house type uses mass- produced lumber and occasionally displays detailing or ornament reflective of Classical Revival or Queen Anne architecture. 

This house is an officially recognized historic resource of the City of Mansfield.