DENISON, TEXAS. Denison is on U.S. highways 75 and 69 seven miles north of Sherman in northeastern Grayson County. In the early 1870s William Benjamin Munson, Sr.,qv and R. S. Stevens bought land in the area and prepared for the arrival of the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad (the Katy). The townsite was laid out in the summer of 1872 and named for the vice president of the Katy, George Denison. The first train arrived on Christmas Eve. The town had over 3,000 residents by the summer of 1873, when it incorporated. Although Main Street appeared to be an orderly collection of businesses, the surrounding area consisted of a tent city, inhabited by bars, gambling halls, and houses of prostitution.
 

Inn of Many Faces
The Inn of Many Faces Victorian Bed and Breakfast was originally built as a home for one of Denison's founding fathers, J.B. McDougall in 1897. Recently restored, it is now a comfortable retreat lovingly managed by Charlie and Gloria Morton. The Inn is set on two wooded acres of towering pecan trees.  Surprises greet you at every turn whether in the garden or soaking in one of the two whirlpool tubs - the collection of whimsical faces greet you throughout the house and gardens - hence the name "Inn of Many Faces."
 
website: www.innofmanyfaces.com
Telephone: (903) 465-4639