Covered patios, pools, outdoor kitchens, pergolas and stone for homes in 12 Lamar County towns. One family-owned team designs and builds it all, starting with a free design visit.
Lamar County is in North Texas on the Oklahoma border. Paris, the largest town and county seat, is about 100 miles northeast of Dallas. The county covers 919 square miles of pasture and farmland with some scattered timber, and Lake Pat Mayes lies in its northern part.
The terrain is gently rolling, between 400 and 635 feet above sea level. Blackland clay dominates the southern half, and loamy soils mark the once-wooded north. August highs average 94° F and January lows 31°. Rainfall averages slightly more than forty-five inches a year, and the growing season extends 228 days.
The Fifth Congress of the republic established the county on December 17, 1840, and named it for Mirabeau B. Lamar, the fourth president of the Republic of Texas. It was organized on February 1, 1841. In 1844 George W. Wright donated land for a townsite, and the new town of Paris became the seat. Early settlers, mostly of English and Irish stock, worked small farms rather than large plantations.
NOAA’s Storm Events Database lists 55 hail reports in Lamar County from 2016 to 2025, 43 of them an inch across or larger, with stones up to 2.75 inches. The same records show 26 damaging thunderstorm wind reports, with gusts up to about 90 mph, and 8 tornadoes. That is why a patio cover’s roof panels, fasteners and posts here are chosen for hail and wind, not only for shade.
Each of these has its own page, with local facts, ZIP codes and the questions homeowners there ask.
Arthur City is on the Red River at Farm Road 197 and U.S. Highway 271 in extreme north central Lamar County. Its early prosperity came from untapped lumber, and by 1904 the local timber supply was becoming exhausted. Capt. J. G. C. Arthur founded the town in 1886 as a stop on the St. Louis-San Francisco Railway, donating the right-of-way and having the land platted into twelve blocks. The post office opened the same year.
Blossom is on the Missouri Pacific Railroad at Farm Road 196 and U.S. Highway 82, nine miles east of Paris in eastern Lamar County. A dam on Cuthand Creek impounded City Lake. The site was occupied by 1849, when a post office opened as Blossom Prairie. In 1876 it became a stop on the Texas and Pacific Railway and a shipping point for lumber, railroad ties, livestock, and grain. The name was shortened to Blossom in 1888. Water comes from the City of Blossom, which treats surface water. NOAA lists 5 hail reports filed at Blossom from 2016 to 2025.
Brookston is at the intersection of Farm roads 38, 1506 and 1509 and the Missouri Pacific Railroad, just south of U.S. Highway 82 and five miles west of Paris in west central Lamar County. It was once part of the Zachariah Westfall survey. Brookston was established in 1870 and became the temporary terminus of the Texas and Pacific Railway when construction stalled during the panic of 1873. The post office opened that year and was named for landowner A. D. Brooks.
Chicota lies near the Red River, one mile north of Pat Mayse Lake and fifteen miles north of Paris in northern Lamar County, where loamy soils mark land that was once wooded. Chicota received a post office in 1879. Capt. Robert Draper ran a store at the site called Center Springs and named the post office after Checotah in Indian Territory, which he heard of from Indians trading at his store. NOAA lists 2 hail reports filed at Chicota from 2016 to 2025.
Cunningham is on Farm Road 196 near the North Sulphur River, twenty miles southeast of Paris in southeastern Lamar County. Blackland clay is the main soil in this southern part of the county. The town was named for Sam Cunningham, a landowner who encouraged settlement in the community. Its post office was established in 1912, and by 1915 it had 350 residents.
Deport is on Highway 271 at the Red River County line, eighteen miles southeast of Paris in southeast Lamar County. It was founded on Mustang Creek, supposedly so its founder’s horses would have water. Col. Dee Thompson founded Deport in the late 1800s, and the post office established in 1883 was named in his honor. The town incorporated in 1911, the same year the Paris and Mount Pleasant Railway was built through it. NOAA lists 4 hail reports filed at Deport from 2016 to 2025.
Pattonville is a farming community at the junction of U.S. Highway 271 and Farm Road 196, ten miles southeast of Paris in southeastern Lamar County. The southern half of the county drains southeast into the North Sulphur River. Robert Patton settled the site around the time of the Texas Revolution, and the community was named for him. A post office opened in 1860, and the Paris and Mount Pleasant Railway, built in 1913, spurred further growth. Water comes from Pattonville WSC, a water supply corporation, which treats surface water. NOAA lists 1 hail report filed at Pattonville from 2016 to 2025.
Petty is a rural community at the junction of U.S. Highway 82 and Farm roads 137 and 1509, sixteen miles southwest of Paris in western Lamar County. Its first name, Lookout, came from its location on a small rise. First settled after the Civil War, it was renamed Dowlin after the Texas and Pacific Railway came in the mid-1880s, reportedly because passengers were frightened when conductors called out Lookout. In 1886 it became Petty, for landowner J. M. Petty. Water comes from Petty WSC, a water supply corporation, which treats surface water.
Powderly is on U.S. Highway 271 eleven miles north of Paris in north central Lamar County. Northern Lamar County, above Paris, drains into the Red River. Settled around the time of the Civil War, the community was first known as Lenoir. When the St. Louis-San Francisco Railway was built through in the 1880s, it was renamed for labor leader Terence V. Powderly. NOAA lists 1 hail report filed at Powderly from 2016 to 2025.
Roxton is at the junction of Farm roads 137 and 38, eighteen miles southwest of Paris in southwestern Lamar County. Its name may refer to a prominent white limestone outcropping nearby, or to a rock gate built by William Klyce. Eli Shelton founded Fort Shelton on Cane Creek in 1837, three miles southwest of the present town. It was known as Prairie Mount by 1853, and the post office became Roxton in 1869. Most of the town moved to the railroad after 1887. Water comes from the City of Roxton, which treats surface water. NOAA lists 1 hail report filed at Roxton from 2016 to 2025.
Sumner is on Farm Road 79 eight miles northwest of Paris in northwestern Lamar County. This northern part of the county drains toward the Red River and has loamy soils of once-wooded land. Sumner was named for an early settler, Moses Sumner. A post office opened at the settlement in 1885, and by 1891 it had several general stores, two gins, and two physicians. NOAA lists 1 hail report filed at Sumner from 2016 to 2025.
Gunite pools and spas planned with the deck, shade and kitchen.
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Solid-roof shade over the patio. It’s the simplest way to use it year-round.
Fixed or louvered, built to your slab, the yard’s centerpiece.
Glass walls under a solid roof. Real square footage, light all day.
Screened rooms: the breeze and the view, none of the mosquitoes.
Travertine, pavers, seat walls and fire pits, with drainage solved first.
Water-wise planting, irrigation and lighting for North Texas.
We build outdoor living across Lamar County, including Arthur City, Blossom, Brookston, Chicota, Cunningham, Deport, Paris, Pattonville, Petty, Powderly, Roxton and Sumner.
Inside a town’s limits, that town’s own office reviews the permit. Outside town limits, Lamar County rules apply. We confirm which one covers your address at the design visit, then file the permit and handle the inspections.
The towns we serve in Lamar County sit on Post Oak Belt and Blackland Prairie ground. The ground decides how a slab, a pool shell or a footing has to be built, so the drainage and footings are planned for it at the first visit.
NOAA’s Storm Events Database lists 55 hail reports in Lamar County from 2016 to 2025, with stones up to 2.75 inches. Patio cover roofs, fasteners and posts are chosen with that in mind.
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