John & Bessie Parker House

John Wilson Parker (1861-1930) and Bessie Coelhite Smith (1865-1948) married in Taylor in 1881; the couple had two daughters. John was admitted to the bar in 1881 and appointed an alternate justice to the Supreme Court of Texas in 1899 and 1902. The family came to Houston in 1903, with John a partner in the law firm of Brown, Lane, Garwood and Parker. Bessie was a charter member of the Houston Public School Art League. Architect John F. Staub designed their 1925 home, a two-story Tudor Revival style house with a steeply pitched roof, brick façade with raised patterns, paired casement windows, and a tall chamfered chimney. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark – 2011

John & Bessie Parker House is a historical marker in Houston, Harris County, dedicated in 2011. It is one of 422 historical markers documented in Harris County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 849 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 29.7438, -95.3820 near Houston. The nearest cataloged historic site is Parker, John W., House (historic place), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Courtlandt Place, Myer, Sterling, House, and Myer-Hall House.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5507016748. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.