The Patterson Home
Tyler, Smith County, Texas
Marker Inscription
This structure began as a dog-trot cabin erected before 1854 by John Lollar and later owned by pioneer Doctor J. C. Moore. It was sold in 1871 to John M. Patterson (1817-94) and acquired in 1880 by his son, John P. Patterson (1847-1911). In 1882 the second floor was added and the exterior decorated with Victorian detailing. The house was then the center of a large farm. Owned (1975) by Pearl Patterson, it has housed the Patterson family for over 100 years. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1975
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
This East Texas house began humbly as a dog-trot cabin raised before 1854, its open central breezeway a hallmark of Southern frontier building. Passing from pioneer settlers to the Patterson family in 1871, it was transformed in 1882 with a second story and fashionable Victorian trim, becoming the heart of a large working farm. For more than a century it sheltered the same family, a living record of how frontier cabins grew into gracious farmhouses as Texas prospered.
Why it matters
The home embodies the rise of a Texas farming family across generations, from a rough dog-trot cabin to a Victorian showpiece that stayed in one family for over a hundred years.
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Related people
- · John M. Patterson
- · John P. Patterson
- · John Lollar
- · J. C. Moore
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