The James Turner House, a one-story Greek Revival style building located on 406 South Washington Avenue in Marshall, Texas, was built by a merchant, George Gammon Gregg[1][2] to be the home for him and his bride, Mary Ann Wilson, who were married in 1851.

[3] Turner and his wife had nine children and he built a separate structure as a "dormitory" for the expanding family.

[2] In 1890, his son Robert added the Victorian columns and front porch,[2] after he moved into the house with his new wife.

The house had been unoccupied and fallen into disrepair several years after being used as an office building by the Harrison County Charities.

[3] The house was restored in 1977 by Robert's daughter and last surviving child, Eleanor Turner Gillespie, to essentially its original design; She removed the addition and replaced the roof and damaged plaster.