A. W. Perry Homestead Museum - Carrollton, TX
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This little museum, along with a Texas Historical Marker, and a Carrollton Historical Marker, is in Gravley Park in Carrollton.
Waymark Code: WM40M0
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 06/18/2008
Views: 67
From the website mentioned below:
The A.W. Perry Homestead Museum offers a glimpse of life as it was in north central Texas at the turn of the 20th Century. A.W. and Sarah (Huffman) Perry were pioneer homesteaders of Peters Colony who came to Carrollton in the year 1844 from Carrollton, Illinois. They claimed 640 acres and built a house on this farm in 1857. In 1909, their son Dewitt Perry and his wife Francis (Grimes) tore down the first house and used some of the lumber to build the present day house. This structure is now the Museum, restored in 1976 for the bicentennial. You can still find the foundation stones of the first Perry farmhouse in the backyard of the Museum.
Theme:
History: Turn of the 20th Century Life in Texas.
Street Address:
1509 N. Perry Road
Carrollton, TX 75006
north of Belt Line Road, west of Josey Lane
972-466-6380
Food Court: yes
Gift Shop: no
Hours of Operation:
Wednesday - Saturday, 10:00 a.m. to 12 noon and 1:00 to 5:00 p.m.
FREE admission and group tours.
Cost: 0.00 (listed in local currency)
Museum Size: Small
Relevant Web Site: [Web Link]
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