Alvarado Heritage & Preservation Foundation

02/07/2026

This structure is now the Alvarado Heritage Museum.

Johnson County Courthouse Museum

Did you know?

The C.H. Park Hardware in Alvarado was established in 1890 - the oldest hardware house in Johnson County. The barn pictured below was built in 1908 because they were the sole agents for Moon Brothers buggies and Mitchell Wagons. If a customer wanted one of the wagons or buggies, they would go to Park Hardware, look through a catalog and order one. When delivered the wagon or buggy would be assembled in the barn. They also kept surplus of items for the store there. (information from the 2016 Alvarado Visitor’s Guide)

12/04/2025

Please Read and Share this! Here is the Official Link for Friday night’s Regional Finals playoff game between Alvarado and Celina. ⬇️

🎟️ Buy tickets here: https://gameday.Cpastreamhd.com/nfhs-network.php/tx/tickets/gofan.co/event/5399956?schoolId=GA11379

Don’t miss a moment — watch the game live on NFHS Network Streaming: gameday.Cpastreamhd.com/nfhs-network.php/events/tx/gamf2c975a909

🆚️ Alvarado Indians vs. Celina Bobcats
📅 Friday, December 5, 2025
🕢 Kickoff 7:30 PM
🏟 Vernon Newsom Stadium
📌 3700 E Broad St, Mansfield, TX 76063

11/06/2025

Our newest display at the Alvarado Heritage Museum!

10/29/2025

On Saturday, November 8th at 10am, join the Glenwood Cemetery Assoc., Tarleton State University’s Rudder’s Riders JROTC Cannon Crew, and the Alvarado community as we celebrate Veterans Day by honoring our veterans who have passed during the last year, and are buried in our cemetery. Every year, we proudly add the names of our deceased veterans to our beautiful black granite monument and fire an artillery salute in honor of each veteran as their name is called.

Glenwood Cemetery
415 N. Parkway Drive
Alvarado, TX 76009

10/28/2025

I got a call a few weeks ago from a wonderful lady by the name of Melissa Schroeder. She was browsing through eBay and ran across this wonderful picture of school children in Alvarado, Texas dated December 13, 1895. She wanted the museum to have the original and has mailed it to us. I’ve seen lots of pictures of school kids in Alvarado, but not as old as this one. Couldn’t wait to share…

If you have any old pictures of Alvarado and would be willing to share them with us, please send us a PM. We don’t have to keep the originals. We can make a digital copy. We greatly appreciate your willingness to help us preserve as much of Alvarado’s history as possible!

10/21/2025

Our Mitchell wagon at the Alvarado Heritage Museum, which is also highlighted on the new downtown mural, was used as a photo backdrop for the Pumpkin Patch at this year’s Alvarado Harvest Festival. If you took your picture with it, we would love for you to share them with us and post them in the comments.

04/26/2025

04/25/2025

THE MUSEUM IS OPEN TONIGHT!!
Be sure to bring the kids and come by the Museum while you’re checking out all of the cool things on the Square tonight in downtown Alvarado! The activities are taking place from 5:30pm to 8:30pm.

12/09/2024

A wonderful evening on the Square in downtown Alvarado!

12/06/2024

⭐️The Alvarado Heritage Museum will be open tonight, December 6th, around 5pm.
⭐️ Bring the kids by to see Santa Claus 🎅🏻 starting around 7pm, after he lights up the Christmas Tree 🎄at the Gazebo!

Ready for a little Christmas cheer? 🎅✨ Mark your calendars and join us on December 6th in historical Old Town Alvarado for our second-annual Magical Old Town Christmas! 🎄✨

Immerse yourself in the magic of the holiday season with horse-drawn carriage rides, traditional Christmas carolers, delicious food trucks, and so much more! 🐎 Experience the sights and sounds of APEC. Alvarado Projects & Events Committee’s annual Christmas parade, brimming with festive floats and twinkling lights, with warm hot cocoa and a cup of holiday cheer! ☕☃️ Join Santa's elves for crafts and treats, meander through our Christmas market with local artisans, or meet the North Pole's finest furry friends in our petting zoo. Kids, and the young at heart, can write a letter to Santa before meeting him on his stop in Alvarado! 🎅

Stick around for a night of live music and performances, creating the perfect soundtrack for an enchanting evening. ☃️🎶🎄 We hope to see you at Alvarado's Magical Old Town Christmas on December 6th at 6:00 p.m. in our magical Town Square! ✨

06/26/2024

A most sincere and grateful appreciation to Tod and Mike Brooks for their donation today of the antique safe that came out of the Community Cut-Rate Drug where their father was the senior pharmacist starting in 1971. It is believed that the extremely old safe had been in the building for many years before it became the Community Cut-Rate Drug Store.

Pictured is Tod Brooks and Michael Percifield, curator of the Alvarado Heritage Museum, after moving the extremely heavy safe from the Brooks home on N. Cummings Dr. to the museum this morning.

Also pictured, is a photo of the drug store in the 1970s, located in the NE corner of the Square at the corner of College and Friou Streets on the first floor of the old hospital building.

If you have any information that you would like to share regarding this safe or history of the Community Cut-Rate Drug Store, please leave in the comments below.

05/18/2024

Community Safety Day 2024