Marker Inscription
After his wife Margaret Ann (Armstrong) died, Patrick Alfred Watson (1810-1894) built this dwelling in 1855 near present Arlington for their six children. In 1858 he married Margaret's niece Mary Jane Donaldson and they had six children. A surveyor, educator, and religious leader, Watson gave land for the P.A. Watson Community Cemetery and for the original site of a church an school building. The congregation is now West Fork United Presbyterian Church in Grand Prairie. The house was enlarged and Watson family descendants occupied it until 1961. It was moved here in 1976.
About this site
Watson, P.A., Log House is a historical marker in Arlington, Tarrant County, dedicated in 1979. It is one of 354 historical markers documented in Tarrant County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 458 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 32.7382, -97.1084 near Arlington. The nearest cataloged historic site is Jopling-Melear Log Cabin (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include North Side School, Bankhead Highway Through Arlington, and Arlington Post Office.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5439003901. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
