Pickle-Mason House
Leander, Williamson County, Texas
Marker Inscription
Master carpenter Andrew Porter Pickle (1833-1908) built this house for his family in 1871. It remained in the Pickle family until 1913, when it was sold to Augusta K. and Sarah Zora Mason Davis. Following their deaths, it remained in the family. The home consists of two structures under one roof. The rear part features shiplap siding and the front exhibits milled siding and a five-bay facade. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1988
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
Master carpenter Andrew Porter Pickle built this house for his family in 1871, and it stayed in the Pickle family until 1913 before passing to the Mason-Davis line. Its distinctive form — two structures joined under a single roof, with shiplap siding at the rear and a milled, five-bay front — reflects the evolving craftsmanship of a settling Williamson County. It endures as a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark.
Why it matters
Owner-built homes like this preserve the hands-on carpentry and family continuity of Reconstruction-era Central Texas, when skilled tradesmen shaped the look of new communities.
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