Lansdowne-Moody Co

In 1917, George U. Lansdowne established a hardware and appliance firm. In 1937, he acquired the Ford tractor dealership with the financial backing of the Moody family from Galveston. Mr. Ed Erpp was the general manager at the time and ran the dealership for Mr. Lansdowne. Mr. Lansdowne eventually bought out the Moody family, becoming the sole owner. The original Lansdowne-Moody Company dealership was located in downtown Houston on Texas Avenue.

In 1953, Ed Harris Sr. was hired as a general manager. After one year, Lansdowne-Moody Company had grown to five employees with $200,000 in total sales; this was just the beginning of many years of growth. George Lansdowne remained in ownership until his death in 1959. At that time, Ed Harris Sr. purchased the company from the Lansdowne family. In 1962, Lansdowne-Moody Company had outgrown the Texas Avenue location, so land was purchased on Lockwood and the business moved to that location in 1962.

After serving in the US Marines, Eddie Harris Jr. began to work for the company in 1964 and quickly moved up to become general manager. As Houston began to grow on the southwest side, the decision was made to open a second location. Land was purchased on Fondren, and Lansdowne-Moody Company now had two locations once that store opened in 1969. Houston continued to grow and Lansdowne-Moody Company grew along with the city. In 1978, Lansdowne-Moody Company had once again outgrown its Lockwood location. The decision was soon made to move that location to one that would allow for future growth. That’s when Lansdowne-Moody Company moved to its current location at 8445 East Freeway, the current east Houston location. Then, Houston began to expand to the south, so in order to serve those who were moving to that area the Webster location opened in 1983.

Two years later, Lansdowne-Moody Company became a Kubota tractor dealer with the opening of the northwest location in Cypress. Then, in May of 1992, the third generation of the Harris family began working with the company. Hunter Harris began in sales.

This brings us to last decade. Lansdowne-Moody Company has consistently been a company eager to change as Houston changes. In 2000, after serving the southwest side for 33 years, the Fondren store was sold and relocated to Beltway 8 and Hwy 59 south, still on the southwest side of town. In 2002, Hunter Harris became Lansdowne-Moody Company’s general manager nearly 50 years after his grandfather took that position.

Through the years, Lansdowne-Moody Company has grown to a company with over 100 employees. Lansdowne-Moody Company has always, and continues to be, committed to providing everyone in the Harris county area with the best sales, parts, and service available. We now have locations in Conroe and Splendora, making a total of 6 Lansdowne-Moody Company locations. With three generations of the Harris family now involved in the business, we have remained a family-owned and operated company. The bottom line is, we’re a Houston family that understands the equipment needs of Houstonians.