A Stitch in Time: Goodman-LeGrand House hosts antique quilt display - Tyler Morning Telegraph
T he Goodman-LeGrand House and Museum in downtown Tyler allows visitors to get a glimpse of what a residence looked like at least 100 years ago. Originally built in 1859 as a one-story, four-room house on a nine-acre wooded parcel of land, a second story was later added to the home. Dr. Samuel Adams Goodman, who relocated his family from South Carolina, bought the home in 1866 and his son Dr. Williams Jefferies Goodman purchased the home in 1867 upon marrying Mary Priscilla Gaston. In 1939, Sallie Goodman-LeGrand, the daughter of Dr. William Jefferies Goodman and Mary Priscilla Gaston, donated the house and its nine acres to the city of Tyler to be opened as a museum. Now, for a limited time, people can not only tour the home, but also view quilts from both the Goodman family and others from around that time period. Debbie Isham, museum curator, said the latest exhibit features two quilts, including one from the 1830s and another from the 1880s, owned by the Goodman fam...