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Heritage Society hosts "Holiday Tea"

12.08.13 - 12.08.13

Treat yourself, your mom, daughter or your best girlfriend to a special afternoon at The Heritage Society's Holiday Tea. Relax and enjoy tea, savories and sweets while you listen to festive hol


Heritage Society's 51st Annual Candlelight Tour & Grand Re-Opening of Sam Houston Park

12.14.13 - 12.15.13

The theme for the 51st Annual Candlelight Tour is "Women in Houston's History." Enjoy decorated historic buildings, historic characters relating stories of the past, musical entertain


Building Arts Distinguished Lecture: "Paint Analysis at 4th Ward Cottage" by Jhonny Langer

11.20.13

Exterior restoration of the 4th Ward Cottage began early this fall and has led to some exciting discoveries. The c.1866 cottage, which has undergone numerous additions and alterations, contains lay


Jerry & Marvy Finger Lecture: "Discovering Buffalo Bayou" by Trudi Smith and Leigh McBurnett

11.21.13

Buffalo Bayou Park, just west of downtown, is part of a $58-million improvement project along the Shepherd to Sabine stretch. Learn from Buffalo Bayou Partnership on construction updates and future


Jerry & Marvy Finger Lecture Series: 1940 Air Terminal By Michael Bludworth

10.17.13

The 1940 Air Terminal Museum is housed in the original art deco Houston Municipal Airport building at the present-day William P. Hobby Airport. Michael Bludworth, volunteer historian at the museum,


Jerry & Marvy Finger Lecture Series: "Giving a Girl Her Chance: The Harris County Training School for Girls" By Sarah Jackson

09.19.13

On May 19, 1914, Harris County's Commissioners Court agreed to build on five acres adjacent to Westmoreland Farms the first cottage to house delinquent and dependent girls for what would become


Art opening: "Women at Work for Your Community: The Houston Junior Forum"

11.05.13

This exhibit features one of Houston's most active and notable women's volunteer organizations, the Houston Junior Forum. The group began serving the community in 1946 by focusing on provid


Lecture: "Historical Archaeology at Bethel Missionary Baptist Church" by Ken Brown, Crystal Granger & Debra Blacklock-Sloan

08.27.13

Learn about the recent archeological and historical work done at the site of the Bethel Missionary Baptist Church in Freedmen's Town. The church site is now being converted to a public park by


Building Arts Distinguished Lecture Series: "Buildings of Texas" by Gerald Moorehead

08.21.13

This Building Arts Series lecture will feature architect Gerald Moorehead, who will discuss his recently published book, Buildings of Texas, the first in a two volume set that will document —


Jerry & Marvy Finger Lecture Series: Houston's River Oaks By Ann Dunphy Becker

07.18.13

Ann Dunphy Becker, author of Houston 1860–1900, which featured Sam Houston Park, has uncovered the story through photographs of Houston's River Oaks, her new book. Her presentation will a


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