Early Teague Home
Longview, Gregg County, Texas
Marker Inscription
One of few remaining houses of Earpville (early Longview). North boundary of tract on Wm. t. Brooks' stagecoach line from Monroe, La. to Tyler, Texas. Built before 1882, when it was purchased by Latimus and Mary Teague, natives of Alabama. Two daughters, Misses Molly and Sarah Teague, held school sessions and taught music here beginning 1890. Classes moved to separate building where they continued until 1905. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1966
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
This house is one of the few surviving structures of Earpville, the early settlement that grew into Longview, standing along William T. Brooks's stagecoach line running from Monroe, Louisiana, to Tyler, Texas. Built before 1882 and bought that year by Alabama natives Latimus and Mary Teague, it became a schoolhouse in 1890 when their daughters Molly and Sarah taught classes and music here until the school moved in 1905.
Why it matters
The home ties together two threads of frontier community-building — overland stagecoach travel and the informal schools that women often ran before public education took hold.
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Related people
- · Latimus Teague
- · Mary Teague
- · Molly Teague
- · Sarah Teague
- · William T. Brooks
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