CORSICANA, Texas — It’s an old-fashioned way to spend a Saturday: Visit with folks on a porch, stroll around downtown, enjoy a cold drink and a snack.
That’s the idea behind a new event called the Corsicana Porchfest & Crafternoon, scheduled for June 9 in Corsicana, Texas, about 45 minutes from Dallas.
The event encourages locals and visitors alike to spend a “day out in Corsicana” with an open invitation to get to know homeowners in the town’s Carriage District. The neighborhood was settled by oil barons, politicians and early business leaders after oil was discovered there in 1894 by a contractor drilling for water. Twenty-one millionaires were listed as residents in the early 1950s.
Many of the Carriage District’s stately 19th-century Victorian and Queen Anne mansions with wraparound porches and side entrances for horse carriages are listed on the National Register of Historic Sites. And many have been meticulously restored by longtime local families and by newcomers. A dozen homes on Third Avenue will help host the June 9 event, 1 to 5 p.m.
