DUANE
Duane's take
Here's how the official marker tells it, and here's how I'll tell it to you. Way out in Williamson County, there's a house that's been quietly watching Georgetown grow up around it for well over a hundred years. And friend, it has seen some things.
The Page-Decrow-Weir House went up in 1903 — that much is simple enough. J. M.
Page had it built for his family, a proper Queen Anne showpiece with an octagonal tower reaching skyward, a two-tiered wraparound porch just begging for a rocking chair, and a two-story bay window that catches the light like it knows it's being admired. That is not a modest house. That is a house making a statement.
But here's the twist — J. M. Page barely had time to hang his hat before he turned around and sold the place that very same year, 1903, to his own brother-in-law, Thomas Decrow.
Now, whether that made family gatherings awkward or downright convenient, the marker doesn't say, and I won't speculate. What I will say is that the house passed on again, and in 1920 Horace M. Weir came into the picture, purchasing the property and bringing a whole new chapter with him.
Because come the 1930s, this Georgetown landmark — this refined Queen Anne lady with her tower and her porch — was hosting a polo training center right there on the grounds. Polo. In central Texas.
You let that settle in for a second. Three families, one elegant house, and somewhere on that property, horses were learning the finer points of the sport of kings. Georgetown has never been quite as quiet as it looks.
What the marker says
Built in 1903, this house was owned by a succession of area ranchers. J. M. Page had the home built for his family, but sold it to his brother-in-law Thomas Decrow in 1903. The home was purchased in 1920 by Horace M. Weir, and in the 1930s a polo training center was operated on the property. A Georgetown landmark, the Queen Anne style house features an octagonal tower, two-tiered wraparound porch, and a two-story bay window. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1988