Pilot Program

Full historic house and grounds tour featuring decor, artifacts and the stories of the McFaddin-Ward families over three floors, gardens, grounds and carriage house. Enjoy images, audio and video clips detailing the background of this grand home built in 1901.

This tour is exclusively virtual 360-based using panoramic images processed by Pano2VR.

4th Grade History, Civics and Technology Curriculum focused on how technology affects civic engagement throughout the 20th century. Virtual visitors can navigate the first floor of the stately historic home, watch situational videos and learn the history of communication technology as it affected the residents during World War II.

This tour is exclusively virtual 360-based using panoramic images processed by Pano2VR.

The John Jay French Museum demonstrates the life of a prosperous Texas pioneer family from 1845-1865. The historic pioneer settlement, built by John Jay French, tanner and merchant, is furnished with antique furnishings, clothing, and pioneer household utensils from the period. Outbuildings on the grounds include a blacksmith shop, tannery, privy, and smokehouse.

The Chambers House is listed as a local historical landmark. Built in 1907 by a local lumberman, the home was sold to the Chambers family in 1914. C. Homer and Edith Fuller Chambers moved into the home with their two young daughters, Ruth, 11 and Florence, 16 months old. The house was remodeled extensively in 1924, and never changed or modernized again. Members of this family occupied and cherished this home for the rest of their lives. Nearly 90 years of family possessions were found in the home upon Florence Chambers’ death in 2004, many dating to the time of the 1924 remodel.