Lamar County Historical Museum
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Lamar County Historical Museum is a museum in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 172 m. Robertson Hill stands 116 m to the south-southeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Valley of the Caddo Museum and Cultural Center, a museum 0.1 miles away. Texas Lakes Trail passes 0.6 miles off.
The story
The Lamar County Historical Museum is a local history museum that documents Lamar County, Texas, and its county seat, Paris. It is located on West Kaufman Street in an area of Paris known as Heritage Park, where it is situated immediately south of Heritage Hall. The museum is operated by the Lamar County Historical Society. It is open between 10 am and 4 pm on Saturdays only, and while it does not charge an admission fee, it does accept donations. The museum was the brainchild of William Hayden, a philanthropist and art aficionado from the area, and is staffed by volunteers. It includes six galleries and a rural life section in addition to exhibitions. The museum includes numerous historical artifacts, including a postcard display with over 200 postcards, a shoe collection, and entire rooms dedicated to the county's African American heritage and military history as well as life in Paris before it was devastated by a major fire in 1916. In addition to the 1916 fire, the museum also documents two other significant disasters in the city's history, an earlier fire in 1877 and a tornado in 1982. Its collections cover both the distant and the more recent past, spanning from the Biard Cabin, which was built in 1846, and reconstructions of a pioneer kitchen and a blacksmith shop to a Sonic Drive-In menu and a neon sign from Staples Jewelry. Other artifacts showcased by the Lamar County Historical Museum include early 20th century furniture, antique washing machines, a loom, and various tools. The museum also displays implements used for cotton and hay farming, relics from the Buckner Orphanage, which was demolished in 2000, the Judge Jim Noble Thompson Portico facade, an iron lung, and a gallery documenting Lamar County's smaller communities.
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Wikidata Q23074245, matched on coordinates and name (15 m apart).
What to expect
- Operated by
- Lamar County Historical Society
How to reach it
- 0.6 mi off the Texas Lakes Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- Union Station: 0.1 mi
- Central National Road of the Republic of Texas: 0.1 mi
- First Presbyterian Church: 0.3 mi
- Burial Site of John S. Chisum: 0.4 mi
- Burial Site of John S. Chisum: 0.4 mi
- Wise Field: 0.4 mi
- Skate Park: 0.5 mi
- Fountain Plaza: 0.6 mi
- Walking Park: 0.6 mi
- Bywaters Park: 0.6 mi
- Valley of the Caddo Museum and Cultural Center: 0.1 mi
- Flying Tigers Museum: 6.8 mi
- Chapparral Rails to Trails Museum: 12.0 mi
- Delta County Patterson Memorial Museum: 21.0 mi
- Eiffel Tower: 2.8 mi
- Oklahoma Awesome Adventures: 24.9 mi
- Picnic Area: 14.0 mi
- Picnic Area: 14.1 mi
- Liberty Grove: 23.9 mi
- Bug Tussle: 24.9 mi
- Gambill Wildlife Refuge: 5.7 mi
- Hippie Beach: 13.3 mi
- Garretts Bluff: 19.5 mi
- Robertson Hill: 20.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Lamar County Historical Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robertson Hill | SSE 151° | 116 m | 20.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:27 | 19:01 | 19:34 |
| June solstice | 06:13 | 20:00 | 20:37 |
| September equinox | 07:11 | 18:48 | 19:21 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 16:40 | 17:19 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–May, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 43 | 48 | 56 | 64 | 73 | 81 | 85 | 85 | 78 | 66 | 55 | 46 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 3.3 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 5.6 | 4.3 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 3.9 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Paris, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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