Percy Medicine
Fun Facts



Miss Mary Roscher was the first woman hired by Percy Medicine. She worked for the company as a secretary for 52 years. Miss Mary Roscher was the first woman hired by Percy Medicine. She worked for the company as a secretary for 52 years.
The famous baseball player, Babe Ruth, once hit a ball ontop of the old Percy Medicine building on 8th and Webster while playing a game at Katy Ballpark. This area is now known as the "Silo District" made famous by Chip and Joanna Gaines. Babe Ruth Katy baseball field in Waco, Texas

(Picture from Waco Tribune-Herald)
The old Percy Medicine building is now a retail store called "The Findery" which is around the corner from Magnolia Market at the Silos. Merrick Company Building
Merrick Medicine Company once produced a formula for animals under the name of Lamina which is animal spelled backwards. Merrick Medicine Company once used to produce a formula for animals under the name of Lamina which is animal spelled backwards.
“Baby” Albert Percy, now deceased, grew up to be a dentist
in Dallas, Texas.
Percy Medicine was once distributed all across United States and Mexico. It was taken to the railroad station by a horse drawn wagon which was pulled by a horse named Pat.
Pat the horse was so sick one day that his caretakers gave him Percy Medicine and afterwards he was good as new.
In the late 1930s, there was a group named "The Baby Percy Boys" who worked part time at Percy Medicine, their earnings helped put them
through school at Baylor.