[Historic Marker Application: Allen-Fowler House] Page: 10 of 20
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Allen-Fowler House, Cont.
pilaster jambs and architrave with cornices. These architectural features remain today (2007), as
do the original side lights and a five light transom which surround the front doors. ( Although
very old, it is believed the front doors may not original.) The Fowlers retained the boarding house
wing at the rear of the house and it is still there today. These four rooms are large
and square, with wooden walls, ceilings and floors. The woodwork is plain, with no
embellishments
John Preston Fowler was known as "Pet" Fowler. He attended "country schools of Texas" and
attended college in Washington 0. C. " He returned to Bastrop where he was admitted to the
bar and "became well known as an able practitioner and a prominent attorney." He established
the law firm, Fowler and Fowler, with his attorney son Wallace Fowler and later with John
Preston Fowler, Jr. "Pet" was Mayor of Bastrop (1874),12 Bastrop County Attorney (1873-
1876 & 1880-1881) and was elected Texas State Senator (1883 through 1885).
Fowler was not a man to be crossed. Once, his three milk cows escaped their fence and were put
into the "Pound Pen," an enclosure for wandering animals which was located at the corner of
Main and Spring Streets in Bastrop. Mr. Fowler arrived on the scene and demanded that his cows
be released at once. The City official in charge demanded a fee for impoundment but Fowler
refused to pay. Fowler went home, got his axe, cut down the fence and released his cows. No
one said a word.'3
"Pet" and Maude Fowler raised six children in their home. Maude died in 1916; "Pet" died at age
78 years in 1927. He was a member of the Bastrop Methodist Church, the Masonic Lodge, and,
for a number of years, was president of the Bastrop School Association.44.
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Texas Historical Commission. [Historic Marker Application: Allen-Fowler House], text, October 6, 2008; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth491936/m1/10/?q=%22john+preston+fowler%22: accessed June 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas Historical Commission.