Description: The N.W. Faison House is on the National Register of Historic Places at the state level of recognition for its social history. Early Texas pioneer and war hero Nathaniel W. Faison gave the home to his mulatto housekeeper, Louisiana Brown who continued to own property for the rest of her life.
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On The National Register of Historic Places
Join us as Natalie Su, WINNER OF THE 2023 BLINN COLLEGE YOUNG PIANIST COMPETITION at Blinn College graces us with cello and piano music played on the 1860s Faison House piano.
The antique furnishings, artwork, and everyday household items present a sense of a way of living in Texas, from settlement to the discovery of oil and gives glimpses of family life from the 1870s to the early 1900s. The home brims with stories of pioneer settlement, hardship and prosperity, race relations, and the lives of wealthy Texans in the Gilded Age.