Since 1955
Three Generations of Houston Plumbers
Robert L. Pace was one of the first Black Master Plumbers in Houston. He started this company in 1955 out of a house at Canfield and Anita, in the Third Ward, and his family has run it ever since.
Seventy years later the shop is on McGowen Street and the name on the sign is still the name on the license. Mr. Pace's four daughters, Dorothy, Hatti, Emily and Darleane, run the business today. His grandson Jonathan is the lead plumber. A son-in-law runs the office. When you call Pace, you are calling the family.
Pace went about seventy years without a website, because it never needed one. Most of the work still comes from people who have used us before, and from their neighbors and their children. That is a slow way to build a business and a very hard one to fake.
Read the full story- 1955Robert L. Pace, one of the first Black Master Plumbers in Houston, founds the company at Canfield and Anita in the Third Ward.
- TodayThe shop sits at 3429 McGowen St. with a plumbing supply counter and tool rental inside, open Monday through Saturday.
- NowMr. Pace's four daughters run the business, his grandson Jonathan is lead plumber, and the third generation keeps the trucks moving.