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(ORANGE, TX) – The Nelda C. & H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation is pleased to release the 2018 W.H. Stark House Holiday Tour schedule. Tours will be available on the nine open days between Thanksgiving and Christmas. The House will be decorated for the season and feature festive tableware, garland, and other holiday decorations. Tours include all three floors of the main house, which stands much as it did at the turn of the 20^thcentury with fifteen rooms of original family furnishings, personal effects, and decorative arts.

Tours are free, but require an on-line reservation.

Anyone interested in reserving a tour slot can do so at www.whstarkhouse.org starting November 1^st.

Tours begin every 45 minutes and can accommodate a maximum of 7 people. Participants must be at least six years old and able to walk up and down 44 steps to take a house tour. For safety reasons, parents may not carry infants or younger children on the tour.

Visitors of all ages can enjoy the Carriage House during any of the holiday tour dates. Highlights include a decorated Model T Truck, self-guided exhibits on the second floor, and an area to decorate your own stocking and make a family tree. Story time, featuring Christmas stories the Stark family read when they lived in the house, will take place each day at 2pm.

Stark Foundation President and CEO Clyde “Tad” McKee expresses his excitement “to have the House open and available to the public for multiple days during the Holiday season.”

2018 Holiday Dates: November 23, 24, & 25 and December 1-2, 8-9, 15-16

In addition to the Holiday schedule, The W.H. Stark House will be open the 2^nd Friday and Saturday of each month throughout 2019.

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About the W.H. Stark House

The W.H. Stark House Tour is a walking tour through a 14,000 square foot, three-story home that 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.

Built in 1894, The W.H. Stark House is listed in the National Register of Historic Places and designated as a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark by the Texas Historical Commission.

All tours start at the Carriage House at 610 W. Main Avenue (just behind The W.H. Stark House) and parking is available in the Lutcher Theater parking lot.

Stairs are an essential part of the tour.

For more information, visit starkculturalvenues.org