Gregg Wood Home
Mission, Hidalgo County, Texas
Marker Inscription
David Gregg Wood, Sr. (1876-1965) originally came to the Valley in 1893 and settled in Mission in 1908. Wood, who served as mayor, city commissioner, and president of the First National Bank, led the way for many improvements in the area's water, sewage, and irrigation systems. This Bungalow style home was built for his family in 1917, with the second story added in the 1920s. The Mission landmark features an open gable porch supported on broad piers. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1984.
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
David Gregg Wood came to the Rio Grande Valley in 1893 and settled in Mission in 1908, where he served as mayor, city commissioner, and bank president while championing the water, sewage, and irrigation projects that made the semi-arid Valley bloom. He built this Bungalow-style home for his family in 1917, adding a second story in the 1920s. Its open gable porch on broad piers has made it a Mission landmark.
Why it matters
The house honors the civic builders whose investment in irrigation and infrastructure turned the early-twentieth-century Rio Grande Valley into one of the nation's great agricultural regions.
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