Marker Details

Teas Nursery Company

4400 Bellaire Boulevard

Bellaire , 77401

Notes: Marker is on the grounds of Teas Nursery; reported by Gayle Davies June 24, 2013 that the Teas property is being converted into Evelyn's Park, the property has been cleared with the exception of the houses, the house where the marker is place is scheduled for demolition; as of June 25 the marker is still on the property; marker placed in storage pending re-installation upon completion of Eveleyn's Park

Directions: East of 610 West about 4 tenths mile; marker on Teas Nursery property in front the small, one story, house; across parking area at entrance via Bellaire westbound; Teas also accessible via corner entrance at Newcastle Drive & Bellaire

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

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Marker Text:

Teas Nursery Company traces its history to 1843, when John C. Teas (1827-1907) began selling apples out of his back yard in Indiana. After moving the business to Missouri in 1868, Teas became a nationally prominent horticulturist. I

1908 his son, horticulturist Edward Teas, Sr. (1870-1951), met developer W. W. Baldwin who was then planning the community of Westmoreland Farms and the town of Bellaire in southwest Harris County. Baldwin hired Teas to execute the planting designs for Bellaire Boulevard and adjacent streets.

Teas started work in Bellaire early in 1909. The next year, he moved his family from Missouri to this site and opened Teas Nursery Company. Initially specializing in the sale of fruit trees and flowering shrubs and plants, the business was later expanded to include landscaping services.

The company's early projects included the landscaping of Rice Institute (now Rice University) and the River Oaks subdivision. By 1951 Teas Nursery had planted over one million trees in the Houston area. Edward Teas died the same year, leaving ownership of the nursery to his descendants. (1993)

Marker Type: Marker with Post

Historical Org: Texas Historical Commission (THC)

Key Map Information: 531 H

GPS Coordinates: 29 42.372, 95 27.021

Precinct No: 3

Marker No: 10788