F.A. Brown Farm Home
Dallas, Dallas County, Texas
Marker Inscription
F. A. Brown Farm Home Situated on the Peters Colony headright granted to Calvin G. Cole in 1854, this frame Victorian farmhouse was built before 1885, when Francis Asbury Brown (1836 - 1922) purchased it along with 200 acres of farmland. His son Ernest (1868 - 1943) later occupied the residence and operated a dairy farm. Preserved by Ernest Brown's daughter and son-in-law, Anna and William T. Baker, this structure survived the urban growth that absorbed many rural homes around Dallas. RTHL 1976
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
Standing on a Peters Colony land grant of 1854, this frame Victorian farmhouse was built before 1885, when Francis Asbury Brown bought it with 200 acres of farmland. His son Ernest later ran a dairy farm from the home, and the family preserved it against the tide of Dallas's growth. It survives as a rare rural homestead amid the modern city.
Why it matters
It is a tangible survivor of the Peters Colony farmsteads that predated Dallas, showing the agricultural landscape a metropolis later swallowed.
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Related people
- · Francis Asbury Brown
- · Ernest Brown
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