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City of Pearland company history timeline

1894

The railroad was very important in bringing in new settlers, and in 1894 the Southern Homestead Company built the town’s first building, a railroad station, with most of the labor donated by early settlers.

1895

Zychlinski turned over the job of bringing new settlers to Pearland to the Southern Homestead Company in 1895.

1900

Sadly, almost all of this early development was wiped out during the great hurricane of 1900.

The damage was just as severe this time as it had been in 1900.

1910

Pearland’s second boom started in 1910 when the Allison-Richey Company began an advertising campaign selling the land, this time as a garden where oranges could be grown on a commercial scale.

1912

Many settlers left the town then, and it wasn’t until 1912 that the city had another boom, this time for the growing of figs on a commercial scale.

1914

The fig plant was first operated by the Jones Brothers in 1914.

1949

The Brazoria County Water Control and Improvement district was founded in 1949, ensuring that the town would have the funds necessary for a sanitary sewer system as it grew.

1959

Growth has continued slowly and steadily in all the years since Pearland’s formal 1959 incorporation.

1972

In October of 1972 an agreement was reached transferring the building to the city for $1, and enough money was raised through community-wide donations to have it moved to the west side of the tracks onto city-owned property.

1974

On August 23, 1974, the Garden Club relinquished their lease for the depot, and the Pearland Improvement and Beautification Board took charge of the building.

1980

In March of 1980 the city sold the property where the depot was located to the First Baptist Church and made plans to move the depot to its present location at 3501 Liberty Drive, where it became the home of the Pearland Area Chamber of Commerce and the Pearland Convention & Visitors Bureau.

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