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Holiday Photo Shoot

December 5, 2021

Join us for the McFaddin-Ward House Annual Photo Shoot on Sunday, December 5th to have your holiday photo taken in front of our historic home! Photo reservation appointments will be available from noon – 3 p.m. A limited number of appointments are available so make your reservations early! A professional photographer will take three photos …

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Fall Picnic and Lawn Movie

October 17, 2019

Fall Picnic 2019 Making Up for Lost Time The McFaddin-Ward House is ironing out details for it’s first community picnic in more than a year. “This year’s Fall Picnic promises to be bigger and better than ever,” says McFaddin-Ward House Director, Allen Lea. “We had to cancel events on the lawn last year because renovations …

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Collecting Texas

May 11, 2017

 Man Behind the Bryan Museum One man’s hobby is another man’s museum. Well, at least for energy industry mogul J.P. Bryan of Houston. For more than 40 years, Bryan and his wife Mary Jon collected a vast array of 70,000 objects from the Old West. Fine china, saddles, art, books, documents, artifacts from the Battle of …

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Fall Picnic 2016

Fall Picnic and Outdoor Movie

October 27, 2016

THE THEME IS HALLOWEEN FOR THE ANNUAL FALL PICNIC! STEP INSIDE THE FENCE to our Annual Fall Picnic and Outdoor Movie! EVERYONE is invited to this All-Community Affair. The theme is HALLOWEEN, so come dressed in your favorite costume and we’ll trick or treat on the grounds. Bring candy to share, lawn chairs, blankets, tables, …

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Annual Spring Picnic/Be There or Be Square!

May 5, 2016
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Eggnog Evening

December 18, 2014

Come for a unique chance to see the museum at night at our eggnog evening! Start at the visitor center for tasty treats and eggnog then stroll over to the house for a self-guided tour. The event is free and open to the public. Call 832-1906 for details. See you there!

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Holiday Open House 2014

December 13, 2014

Join us at the McFaddin-Ward House Museum on Saturday, December 13, from 1-4 p.m., for our annual holiday open house. Make the McFaddin-Ward House your home for the holidays and join us to enjoy a simpler, more peaceful Christmastime. Tour the first floor of the museum (with the halls fully decked), try your hand at …

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Holiday Photo Opportunity

November 9, 2014

You are invited to our free family photo day, this Sunday, November 9th, from noon to 4 pm. It’s your chance to have your photo taken inside the museum, with the grand staircase decked out in all its holiday finery! One day only! Bring your own camera, and our museum staff photographer will take the …

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The McFaddins kept their Christmas traditions alive

December 23, 2013

By Judith Linsley Read the full December issue of Viewpoints. In her book, Emyl Jenkins’ Southern Christmas, the author gives two reasons for the rich Christmas traditions in the South. First, the earliest Southern settlers—mostly Anglican English, Irish, and German—came from European cultures that, unlike the New England Puritans, reveled in the “festivity and enjoyment” of …

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