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Historic Homes Tour Special Features
Exhibition “Bogan and Wilson Family Quilts”
1861 Custom House, 502 20th Street
Two Galveston women, Susan Bogan and Dawn Wilson, have gathered collections of their families’ quilts for public display. Generations of love, skill and creativity will be on display through May 21. Open Monday through Friday from 8:30 am to 5 pm and each Homes Tour Saturday from 10 am – 11:30 am and 2:30 pm – 5 pm.
During the hours of 11:30 am – 2:30 pm, May 1 and May 8, the quilt exhibit is open exclusively for Lemonade Lunch patrons. (See Homes Tour Special Events page for details.) Susan Bogan and Dawn Wilson will be on hand during the Lemonade Lunches to answer questions and provide their personal insight on the art of handmade quilt making.
Free to Homes Tour ticket holders.
The Cradle of Texas
2902 Avenue O ˝
This building was originally the law library of William Pitt Ballinger, father of Miss Betty Ballinger. Now known as the Cradle, it is cherished as the place where Miss Ballinger formulated the idea for the organization which would become The Daughters of the Republic of Texas. The Cradle was restored in 1993-95 to reflect the original furnishings of the late 1800's.
Free to Homes Tour ticket holders. Open 11am – 3pm May 1, 2, and 8. Closed Mother’s Day Sunday.
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