Houston, Harris County
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