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Somerville Historical Society

Name: Somerville Historical Society
Address: 655 Avenue A, Somerville, TX, 77879, US
Telephone: +12108428337

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The purpose of this society is to discover and collect documents which may illustrate the history of

05/16/2024

The Historical Society held its last business meeting this month. We will begin a new business year in September. The Society is planning for its annual Christmas event. The event will help raise money for the Society's scholarship program. The Society gives a scholarship to a deserving student at Somerville ISD. This year's scholarship went to Kaleigha Kar!

As always if you would like to visit the Muesum please call and make arrangements. Enjoy the summer!

04/09/2024

The Historical Society will host a watch party for the annual MS 150 bike ride held on Sunday April 28th, from 11am - 2pm. Come out and cheer the riders as they pass through Somerville! 🚴‍♀️🚴🚴‍♂️

03/11/2024

Monthly meeting of the Somerville Historical Society Today!

02/07/2024

Historical Society meeting is Monday February 12th, 11:30AM. You're welcome to attend the meeting. We will be at 655 Avenue A, in the meeting room.

01/05/2024

Historical Society meeting is Monday January 8th, 11:30AM. You're welcome to attend the meeting. We will be at 655 Avenue A, in the meeting room.

01/01/2024

Wishing everyone a Happy New Year!

12/13/2023

Don't forget.... Santaville is this weekend!!

12/06/2023

The Somerville Historical Society would like to thank the following sponsors of the "A Historical Christmas" event that was held on December 1st.

Corporate Sponsors - Citizens State Bank, Burns & Reyes-Burns Attorneys at Law

Table Sponsors - Four Tines Restaurant, Metro Wholesale Flooring, City of Somerville, Strickland Funeral Home, Phillip & Lucky Funeral Home, Somerville Farm & Ranch, Family of Lucinda Murphy.

Thank you for supporting our museum and thank you to everyone who came out to the event, we appreciate your support!

11/06/2023

Join us for A Historical Christmas! This is the only fundraiser we have for the entire year. The funds are used to maintain and make repairs to the museum. Corporate tables and individual tickets are on sale NOW!

11/02/2023

Somerville once had it's own newspaper... what was it called?

10/20/2023

The Somerville Museum will be open during the Downtown Celebration tomorrow from 9am - 3pm. Drop by and see the history of Somerville!

10/04/2023

Our next meeting is scheduled for Monday October 9th at 11:30AM, at the Historical Society Museum (655 Ave A). Upcoming events include:
1. Antique Sale - October 21st (Somerville Celebration)
2. A Historical Christmas - December (date to be determined)

More information coming soon!

08/08/2023

Burleson County has been placed under a Burn Ban Order.

WHEREAS, the Commissioners Court has determined that circumstances present in all or part of the unincorporated area of the county creates a public safety hazard that would be exacerbated by outdoor burning;
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED by the Commissioners Court of Burleson County that all outdoor burning or outdoor burning of trash, brush or open camp fires is banned in the county for 90 days from the date of adoption of the Order, unless the restrictions are terminated earlier based on a determination made by this Court. This Order is adopted pursuant to Local Government Code § 352.081, and other applicable statutes.

In accordance with Local Government Code § 352.081(h), a violation of this Order is a Class C misdemeanor, punishable by a fine not to exceed $500.00.

05/09/2023

We welcome our new officers for 2023-2024 year: Mark Sager - President, Roman Moore - Vice President, Susan Sager - Secretary, and Maggie Orozco - Treasurer. Congratulations!

04/13/2023

This Monday at the Senior Center in Somerville. 17510 State Highway 36. Time: 9:30am.

02/13/2023

The Historical Society would like to thank Linda Pinkerton for her presentation today and everyone who participated in today's meeting. Stay tuned as we will be providing information on upcoming events! Our next meeting is March 13th!

01/18/2023

It's with great sadness that we say goodbye to our President Lucinda Murphy, who passed away Saturday. We will miss her guidance, strength, and energy. Our condolences to her family on the loss of their mother, sister, cousin, and aunt. She will be missed. 🌺

12/22/2022

The Somerville Historical Society would like to extend and big "Thank You" to everyone who attended and donated to the Musuem during our "Historical Christmas Fundraiser". It sure was great to see the Somerville community come out and support the Museum. Thank you everyone and we wish you all a Merry Christmas!

11/14/2022

We would like to thank J. Griffis Smith for his presentation regarding his book, and stories about being a local artist.

11/14/2022

Tickets are now on sell. Contact a Somerville Historical Society member today!

11/14/2022

Individual tickets are $25 for a wonderful meal, live music, silent auction and so much more!

11/05/2022

The Somerville Historical Society would like to invite you to A Historical Christmas.

10/08/2022

Somerville Historical Society’s float in today’s Homecoming Parade. Congrats to the Somerville Jr. & Sr. High School Yeguas for their victory over cross town rival Snook this week! Also, congrats to the class of 72 as they celebrated their reunion today!

09/27/2022

This weekend!

09/13/2022

Somerville Historical Society held its first meeting of its new year yesterday. Sure was great to see all the members come back together and share and great lunch and our guest speaker was local author Alice Schiel. She gave a great presentation about her books and her life growing up in the Somerville and Burleson County area. Congrats to Roman Moore, he was sworn in as Vice-President!

Address

655 Avenue A
Somerville, TX
77879

Telephone

+12108428337

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