The Peareson-Winston House
Richmond, Fort Bend County, Texas
Marker Inscription
Col. P. E. Peareson, a Civil War veteran and lawyer whose firm practiced in richmond almost a century, moved this house to this site in 1869. The builder is not identified, and there have been Victorian additions, but the house retains great dignity. Peareson relatives lived here until 1931. Thomas Blakely Winston, a great-great grandson of Jane Long, the "Mother of Texas," lived here 1931-1961. The house sits on the land grant given to Mrs. Long in 1827. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1976
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
Col. P.E. Peareson, a Civil War veteran and lawyer whose firm practiced in Richmond for nearly a century, moved this dignified house to the site in 1869, where his relatives lived until 1931. It then passed to Thomas Blakely Winston, a great-great-grandson of Jane Long, remembered as the "Mother of Texas." Fittingly, the home stands on land granted to Mrs. Long in 1827, tying the property to the earliest days of Anglo settlement in the region.
Why it matters
The house links three chapters of Texas history in one address, from an early republic land grant to a woman lionized as the mother of Texas to the professional class that shaped a county after the Civil War.
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Related people
- · P.E. Peareson
- · Thomas Blakely Winston
- · Jane Long
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