I try to keep this list of historic house museums for Texas current, but it is best to check directly with the museums for their hours and other information. If you are searching for museums near you, or close to where you will be traveling to, please change the display view to Map.
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210 West Austin Street, Jefferson, TX, USA
Not really a house, Atalanta is the restored private railroad car of George Jay Gould, built in 1890. With interior mahogany woodwork, four staterooms, a dining room, lounge, kitchen, pantry, and bathroom, it's kind of a mini mansion on wheels. Read More
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1402 Broadway Avenue J, Galveston, TX, USA
Started in 1886, the mansion was completed 7 years later at a cost of $250,000. The interior features a handcarved staircase, jeweled glass windows, and mantels that won awards when displayed at various world fairs. Read More
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418 Pecan Street, Blanco, TX, USA
The Blanco Pioneer Museum opened in the Pat Ryan Building in 2009. Just a block off the Courthouse Square, the museum is used for genealogical and historical exhibits and events. Read More
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100 Mill Street, Waco, TX, USA
The house is Italianate Villa, a style popular along the Hudson River, and in that area referred to as Hudson River Architecture. The dining room, and large bedroom above it, was added about 1880. The second addition, the Entertainment Wing with its own entrance hall was added in 1884. Read More
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609 S Lamar Ave, Denison, TX, USA
The President's birthplace has been restored to its 1890s appearance. Read More
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304 E. 44th St., Austin TX 78751
The house and studio of the famed sculptress contains some of her works. Read More
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Fulton Beach Rd, Rockport, TX, USA
Cattle rancher George Fulton built this Second Empire style home in 1874. To combat the hurricane force winds prevalent in the area, the house features many unique construction details. Read More
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1010 Colorado St., Austin, TX 78701
Built in 1856, the Governor’s Mansion is the oldest continuously occupied executive residence west of the Mississippi. Read More
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205 West Hunt Street, McKinney, TX, USA
The Heard-Craig House was built in 1900 by Stephen & Lillie Heard. Their gracious hospitality made this home a center of social, business, art and literary activities. The residence still contains the family's furnishings, heirlooms, art collection and personal memorabilia. Read More
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1900 West 15th Street, Plano, TX, USA
The Heritage Farmstead Museum, located in the heart of Plano, is the premier North Texas museum interpreting farm life and agricultural history. Step back in time to the 1890s to see what life was like for the North Texas farmer. The beautifully groomed 4 acres hosts our Nationally Accredited Landmark Museum, which includes the historic Farrell-Wilson Home, the Young… Read More
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2985 French Rd, Beaumont, TX, USA
The John Jay French home is the oldest house in Beaumont that has been restored to its original state. Built in 1845, the home has the distinction of being one of the first two-story homes, one of the first made with milled lumber, and one of the first painted homes in the area. Read More
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900 Bluff Street, Wichita Falls, TX, USA
The Kell House is one of the most historically and architecturally significant buildings in Wichita Falls. Built in 1909 by pioneer Frank Kell, this neo-classical style home features distinctive architecture, original family furnishings, textiles, decorative arts, and historic costumes. Guided tours of this local, state, and national landmark provide a fascinating history of this area's early settlement and of… Read More
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1120 Magoffin Avenue, El Paso, TX, USA
The Magoffin Home, built in 1875, is a combination of the local adobe style combined with Greek revival details and is an example of the Territorial style. The thick adobe walls keep the house cool in the summer heat and warm in the winter. The house consists of three wings, each built at a different time, the last being… Read More
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812 S Church St, Paris, TX, USA
Built for Sam Bell Maxey, Confederate general and U.S. Senator, in 1868, the Italianate home remained in the Maxey family for almost a century. The house was renovated in 1911 to add 20th century conveniences. The house is surrounded by beautiful grounds. Read More
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1906 Calder Avenue, Beaumont, TX, USA
The McFaddin-Ward House was built in 1905-06 in the striking and distinctive Beaux-Arts Colonial style. The structure and its furnishings reflect the lifestyle of the prominent family who lived in the house for seventy-five years. Read More
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2618 Broadway Avenue J, Galveston, TX, USA
Designed by William H. Tyndall and completed about 1895 for Mrs. Narcissa Willis, the home has been restored after surviving several hurricanes. Read More
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2310 San Gabriel Street, Austin, TX, USA
More than 150 years ago, master builder Abner Cook was commissioned to build this notable Greek Revival home in Austin. Over the years, the property has served as home to the state's first school for the blind, a lieutenant governor, and a hospital for Federal soldiers during Reconstruction. Read More
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1717 Gano Street, Dallas, TX, USA
The park features more than 30 restored buildings, some dating back to the 1840s. Their original sites were all within a 100 mile radius of Dallas. The Millermore Mansion was completed just as the Civil War broke out. Read More
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10621 Pioneer Farms Drive, Austin, TX, USA
A 90-acre living history park featuring four restored, operating historic sites and farmsteads from the 1800s, plus an entrance village dated to 1899. Costumed interpreters and period craftsmen and artisans. Read More
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309 W Main St, Fredericksburg, TX, USA
The 1850 stone house built by Heinrich Kammiah features 9 furnished rooms and a wine cellar. Read More
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1314 Andrews Street, Houston, TX, USA
This graceful, single-story wood-frame house with a wraparound porch was built in 1912, for Rutherford Birchard Hayes Yates, Sr. (1878-1944). Rutherford was the son of Reverend John Henry (“Jack”) Yates, the first official pastor of the Antioch Missionary Baptist Church, organized in 1866 for emancipated Blacks. Read More
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1836 Sam Houston Ave, Huntsville, TX, USA
Sam Houston's home built in 1847 and the home where he died, the 1858 Steamboat House as well as his law office are on the grounds of the park. Read More
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1100 Bagby St, Houston, TX, USA
Park includes the 1847 Kellum Noble House, the 1850 Nichols-Rice-Cherry House, the 1868 Pilot House, and the 1870s San Felipe Cottage. Read More
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Sam Rayburn House State Historic Site, State Hwy 56, Bonham, TX, USA
Step into the warm and welcoming world of one of Texas’ best known statesmen, Sam Rayburn. One of the most powerful and influential politicians in the 20th century, Rayburn served in the U.S. Congress for 48 years, holding the position of speaker for 17 years. His 1916 home, now the Sam Rayburn House State Historic Site, preserves his real… Read More
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105 Military Plaza, San Antonio, TX, USA
The palace was built in 1749, mostly using materials imported from Spain. It was restored in 1931, San Antonio's 200th birthday. Read More
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East 5th Street & Elsie, Panhandle, TX, USA
A square house with sides measuring 24' doesn't sound like much, but when it was built in the 1880s, it was the envied by the locals, many who were living in dugouts. Exhibits on the early plainsmen include wildlife, a vintage caboose, and a restored and furnished dugout shelter. Read More
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525 East Washington Street, Stephenville, TX, USA
Nestled on 3 acres adjacent to the Bosque River, the Stephenville Historical House Museum consists of 12 nineteenth century structures and historical exhibits. Buildings include several log cabins, a ranch house owned by John Tarleton (founder of Tarleton State University), a blacksmith shop, a rock cottage, a two-story Victorian house (under renovation), a chapel, and a school house. Read More
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211 South Lanana Street, Nacogdoches, TX, USA
The Sterne-Hoya House Museum and Library is an 1830 dogtrot house built by prominent merchant and Texas Revolution leader, Adolphus Sterne. It was occupied by the Sterne family until 1869 when it was sold to the von der Hoya family. The house remained in the von der Hoya family until it was donated to the City of Nacogdoches in… Read More
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1305 E Washington St, Brownsville, TX, USA
Surrounded by a black metal fence, the Stillman House Museum is among the oldest surviving structures in Brownsville. The house seen today is the result of additions made by the Trevino family during their time in the house. The original windows, shutters and doors are still in place and the breezy courtyards enjoyed by the Stillman and Trevino families… Read More
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1370 Church Hill Drive, New Braunfels, TX, USA
The Breustedt-Dillen house is a registered national, state and city historic landmark. The Breustedts built this early Texas farmhouse of German fachwerk construction. Now it is the Museum of Texas Handmade Furniture, a collection of over seventy pieces of Texas Biedermeier furniture (circa 1845-1880) including prominent local German cabinetmakers Jahn, Stauzenberger, Scholl and Tietze. Also the limestone Breustedt kitchen… Read More
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1702 N 17th St, West Columbia, TX, USA
Generations of Texas history, commerce and entrepreneurship encapsulate Varner-Hogg Plantation State Historic Site, which tells the stories of the many families, both enslaved and free, who worked to build Texas. Over its 134-year history, the site hosted sugarcane production, cattle ranching, and oil drilling as it transitioned through the ownership of the Varners, the Pattons and the Hoggs. Read More
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401 King William St, San Antonio, TX, USA
Villa Finale is the only site in Texas owned and operated by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. The former home of Walter Nold Mathis, the mansion is filled with his collection of decorative arts and antiques. Read More