Homestead Craft Village
Homestead Craft Village is a faith-based community offering shopping, dining, and self-guided tours. The 18-acre complex includes a 200-year old barn, the Potter’s House, a woodworking shop, a restored 1760 gristmill, fiber arts, an herb garden, and more. Guided tours are available by appointment. Try the new Apple Cider Mill and Tea Room in the…
Read MoreDoris Miller Memorial
Waco is proud of Wacoan and World War II hero Doris Miller. Miller was a Cook Third Class that the United States Navy noted for his bravery during the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. He was the first African American to be awarded the Navy Cross, the third highest honor awarded by…
Read MoreEarle-Harrison House & Pape Gardens
First floor and Gardens are ADA accessible. Built at the edge of an unsettled frontier, this Greek Revival-style mansion stands as the only restored antebellum home open to the public in Waco. Dr. Baylis Wood Earle and his wife, Ann Eliza Harrison Earle, moved from their plantation in Aberdeen, Mississippi, to the fertile cotton land…
Read MoreEarle-Napier-Kinnard House Museum
In 1855, John Baylis Earle moved to Waco from Alabama and began construction on one of the earliest brick homes of Waco. Mr. Earle briefly served in the Confederate Army, but had to leave due to his poor eyesight. In 1866, Earle moved his family to East Waco. In 1868, after the Civil War, Dr. John…
Read MoreEast Terrace House Museum
Every princess needs a castle! After moving from Tennessee in 1858, industrialist J. W. Mann built this beautiful house for his bride, Cemira. In 1874, J. W. Mann, his wife, and their two young boys, Howard and J. W. Jr., moved into East Terrace. Mr. Mann was involved in several businesses, including the brick company…
Read MoreBaylor University
Baylor University is a 735 acre private Baptist university, and a nationally ranked liberal arts institution. Chartered in 1845 by the Republic of Texas, Baylor is the oldest, continually operating university in the state. Though 80 percent of Baylor students come from within Texas, it is home to students from 48 states and 86 countries. …
Read MoreArmstrong Browning Library
The ABL and M is an architectural gem and repository of thousands of items related to the Victorian poets Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning, others of their literary milieu and British Victorian culture, literature and life. Closed Sundays
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