College Park in College Station was established in 1921 and set aside six affordable housing lots for employees of Texas A&M College. Howell Lumber built six identical homes for $14,600 each, and five of the original six homes remain today including the one at 400 Fairview. The home had several owners over the years, including Loyle G. Lapham, a 1929 Texas A&M graduate who lived there until 1943 when he departed to work on the Manhattan Project and sold the home to Wilbur M. Jackson, a math professor who resided there until 1971.

1. Historic Homes
400 Fairview

2. College Park was dedicated in 1921, and six lots
were set aside to establish affordable housing
on the south side of Texas A&M College. For the
sum of $14,600 Howell Lumber built six homes
with the same floorplans and supplies, and 5 of
the 6 homes remain today, including the one at
400 Fairview.
Over the years, there have been several owners,
some notable, others not so.

3. Loyle G. Lapham
A&M Class of 1929
Owner & Resident of 400
Fairview in College Station
Departed in 1943/44 to
work on the Manhattan
Project (atomic bomb)
Loyle purchased the home in October of 1942, but sold it
almost a year later to Wilbur M. “Square Root” Jackson, a math
professor who lived there until his death in 1971

4. The House in 2007