Marker Details

Stewart-Lott Home, The

5702 Fourth Street at Avenue B

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 on the northwest corner of the Fourth Street and Avenue B; across the street from, north of, the current Katy Post Office; the marker is near the street to the left of the house

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

Corretions/New Research:

Marker Text:

This home was built in 1900 for Dr. & Mrs. J. M. Stewart. Also built were the garage and two story tank tower which housed young men who served as drivers for the doctor. The front hall of the home served as the doctors office. Dr. Stewart's home had one of the first telephones in Katy. Mr. & Mrs. Albert Lott purchased this home in 1957 and resided her until Oct. 25, 1984. (1986)

Marker Type: Sesquicentennial Plaque on post

Historical Org: Texas Sesquicentennial (Community Marker)

Key Map Information: 444 Y

GPS Coordinates: 29 47.347, 95 49.339

Precinct No: 3

Marker No: 00240