Southwest Houston in Bellaire in Harris County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)
Teas Nursery Company
Photographed by Brian Anderson, November 4, 2018
1. Teas Nursery Company Marker
In 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.
Erected 1993 by Texas Historical Commission. (Marker Number 10788.)
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Horticulture & Forestry
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Location. 29° 42.38′ N, 95° 27.051′ W. Marker is in Bellaire, Texas, in Harris County. It is in Southwest Houston. It is at the intersection of Bellaire Boulevard and Newcastle Drive, on the right when traveling west on Bellaire Boulevard. The marker is located within Evelyn's Park. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 4400 Bellaire Boulevard, Bellaire TX 77401, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in the Houston Metropolitan Area. It is also in the American South and on the Gulf Coast. Globally, it is in North America, a Gulf of Mexico state, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain, the Republic of Texas, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Home of Frank S. Henshaw, Jr., Mayor, 1933-1937 (approx. 0.4 miles away); Convent of the Incarnate Word, 1931 (approx. 0.6 miles away); Alfred J. Condit House, Damaged in 1915 Hurricane (approx. 0.7 miles away); Texan Capture of Mexican Dispatches (approx. 0.8 miles away); Southside Place Park (approx. one mile away); City of West University Place (approx. one mile away); Bellaire Presbyterian Church (approx. one mile away); Bellaire Streetcar Line (approx. one mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Bellaire.
Photographed by Brian Anderson, November 4, 2018
2. Teas Nursery Company Marker
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