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Northrop, Jr. in West Eleventh Place (1920), John T. Scott in Waverly Court (1922), and
John H. Crooker in Shadow Lawn (1923), similar but more sophisticated and enduring
enclave-developments nearby.
History
Howard G. Fields was born in Paris, Missouri in 1883 into a lumber family. Fields had
operated a ranch in Canada, a lumber business at Aransas Pass and then a lumber yard in
Freeport, Texas, all before arriving in Houston in 1918. Here he established the Field-
Lutman Lumber Company, which later became the Howard G. Fields Lumber Company,
one of the larger and better lumber businesses in Houston at the time. The company had
enormous stocks of lumber and building material: Fields no doubt was the lumber supplier
for many of the houses that were constructed in Jandor Gardens in the 1920s. Fields,
known to have been active in developing other subdivisions in Houston during the inter-
war years, was a one-time partner with Oscar F. Holcombe (1888-1968) in various land
developments schemes. Documentation indicates that Ned Eppes and Howard G. Fields
were certainly business associates, neighbors, and probably friends.6
The Eppes House is also significant because it is associated with Ned Alwin Eppes (1883-
1929), a person significant in our past. His house is a reflection of his pioneering efforts in
the manufacture, marketing and use of concrete in Houston during the 1920s. Eppes had
been born in Jiminez, Coahuila, Mexico in 1883, the son of Martin and Emma Porter
Eppes. His father was descended from one of the prominent, first families of Virginia who
had settled Jamestown and established Eppington Plantation (NR). Martin Eppes was for
many years involved in civil engineering in the Republic of Mexico but the family moved
6New Encyclopedia of Texas, 1926, vol. 1, p. 502; Houston Post, Dec. 24, 1960;
Houston Post-Dispatch, Aug. 20, 1929.3
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Texas Historical Commission. [Historic Marker Application: Ned A. & Linda S. Eppes House], text, September 10, 1998; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth477856/m1/7/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Texas Historical Commission.