Fig Preserving Plant 1924 - Friendswood, TX
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jhuoni
N 29° 31.806 W 095° 12.102
15R E 286630 N 3268738
A glimpse into the role that Friendswood played in the local fig industry.
Waymark Code: WMR0NA
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 04/24/2016
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Figs, the life-blood of Friendswood 1910 to circa 1950, were preserved and shipped from this fig preserving plant. This business, opened in 1924 at this site by Quaker Cecil Brown (son of the founder) was neither the first nor the last local preserving plant; however it had the most impact on the community. Even in the Great Depression, it provided a market for the farmers figs and some cash in the family pockets.
Cecil Brown sold his plant to J.R. May in 1958, after 34 years in the fig business. Friendwood had one of the first fig preserving plants on the Gulf Coast, the J.C. Carpenter plant open 1910 near Clear Creek on present-day East Castlewood, and it had the last of the 18 Gulf Coast plants, the J.R. May plant, which closed in 1968.
Friendswood Historical Society 2012
Group that erected the marker: Friendswood Historical Society
URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: [Web Link]
Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary:
315 S. Friendswood Drive
In front of Larys
Friendswood, TX USA
77546
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