Marker Details

Peck Home, The

1113 Avenue B at Fifth Street

Katy , 77493

Notes:

Katy Sesquicentennial marker; community marker series authorized by the state for the Texas Sesquicentennial; Reference - "Ancestral Homes of Katy", Katy Sesquicentennial Committee, 1986: Rosanne Stockdick Lopez, Historian, and Marilyn Frishman, Chairman (18 homes listed)

Directions: Home is at the corner of Avenue B and Fifth Street, southwest corner of the intersection; the marker near the street to the right of the home

Key Time Period: 1893 - 1919 City Beautiful - WW I

Corretions/New Research:

Marker Text:

This home was built in 1915 by W. B. and Anna M. Peck. Fred D. Peck and Ruth Monigold Peck, son of W. B. Peck, lived in this home from 1923 to 1928. Fred Peck purchased the Fort Bend Telephone Co. from O. L. Miller in 1923 and the switchboard was located in the east parlor. In 1929 the Peck's sold the home to A. A. Alexander who lived here until 1980. (1986)

Marker Type: Sesquicentennial Plaque on post

Historical Org: Texas Sesquicentennial (Community Marker)

Key Map Information: 444 Y

GPS Coordinates: 29 47.381, 95 49.324

Precinct No: 3

Marker No: 00230