CONWAY — Last Saturday was a joyous one for the Conway Historical Society, as the Eastman Lord House Museum reopened to the public after being closed since 2017.
Visitors toured the displays in the parlor, back bedroom, living room and 1940s kitchen, all of which have been spruced up with fresh paint and reorganized, with stacked items that previously were scattered throughout the rooms now being stored upstairs.
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