The Rockwall County Historical Foundation was organized January 16, 1978 to collect and preserve the county’s history. Today, we own and operate three historic buildings in Harry Meyers Park: Manson-LaMoreaux-Hartman House, Bailey House, and the Tenant Cabin. Exhibits, lectures, and family programs round out our calendar of activities. Featured stories at the museum include Texas’ first female dentist, the mysterious rock wall and the investigations surrounding it, and local business history.
Mission: The Rockwall County Historical Foundation, maintaining that the past should be preserved for the future, encourages the restoration, education, and recognition of significant places and people, thus allowing all to enjoy the treasure that is our past.
Identity: We advance our mission of connecting the past to the present for the future and seek to engage the community by serving our neighbors in Rockwall County through interactive, accessible programming and emphasizing our competitive advantages of creating connections through history. We are sustainable by these connections.
Museum Staff
Museum Administrator: Katy Jones
Collections Assistant: Marci Hall
Staff: Layne Miller
Rockwall County Historical Foundation Board of Trustees 2025
| President | Johnny Myers |
| President-elect | Darlene Singleton |
| Treasurer | Mark O’Connor |
| Secretary | Patty Griffin |
| Trustees at Large |
Mitchell Brown III |
The Rockwall County Historical Foundation holds a board meeting on the second Friday of every month at the SouthState Bank Community Room (901 E. Kaufman St.) at 1:15pm. These meetings are open to the public.
All buildings, structures, and features of the museum, including the historic homes, gazebo, reconstructed wall, well, windmill, carriage house, outhouse, and tenant cabin are private property of the RCHF. RCHF is not affiliated with the City or County of Rockwall.