Make money visiting Texas Historic Landmark

If you are a history buff from Texas here is good opportunity to make some money by visiting W.H. Stark House, a Victorian landmark in Orange Texas.

Note that no pictures are allowed in the house, but photographs can be taken outside the historic landmark.

The history of The W.H. Stark House is as impressive as the landmark itself. It was built in 1894 by W.H. Stark and his wife, Miriam Lutcher Stark. It remains open currently for public tours, allowing visitors to view the Stark family’s original furnishings and personal effects, as well as rare 18th and 19th century decorative arts.

As the only surviving structure of many that once lined the tree-shaded, residential neighborhood in Orange, Texas, The W.H. Stark House is a unique testament to Texas’ social history and is listed in the National Register of Historic Places and designated as a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark by the Texas Historical Commission.

Today, the three-story structure stands much as it did at the turn of the 20th century, with fifteen rooms of original family furnishings, personal effects and decorative arts, including antique rugs, original textiles, silver, cut glass, and antique porcelain. Also featured are the Stark family’s impressive collections of American Brilliant Period cut glass, pressed and pattern glass, milk glass, porcelains, and other 18th and 19th century decorative accessories. The interior of both the W.H. Stark House and its adjacent Carriage House depicts the home life of the Starks in the early 1900s and provides an extraordinary statement of Texas’ social history.

The original owners and occupants were both avid collectors. Together, they amassed many 18th and 19th century decorative works as well as artistic pieces from their travels around the globe. A portion of the collection is also available online.