P.A. Watson Log House
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.
32.7382° N, 97.1084° W
Where to Find It
Knapp Heritage Park. Moved from Middleton Tate Johnson Cemetery, 621 W. Arkansas Ln, in 2003.
Nearby Markers
- <0.1 mi W Jopling-Melear Log Cabin Arlington
- <0.1 mi SW North Side School Arlington
- 0.1 mi NE Bankhead Highway Through Arlington Arlington
- 0.1 mi S City of Arlington Arlington
- 0.1 mi SE Colonel Neel E. Kearby Arlington
- 0.2 mi N Douglass-Potts House Arlington