The Kell House, Historical house museum in Wichita Falls, Texas.

The Kell House is a two-story Victorian dwelling at 900 Bluff Street, on a bluff overlooking downtown Wichita Falls, just east of the Central Freeway. A spiral staircase rises from the entrance to the upper floor, and the lower floor holds a formal parlor kept closed except for Christmas, weddings and funerals. Original family furnishings, decorative arts, textiles and historic clothing remain in the rooms.

Frank Kell moved from Bosque County to Wichita Falls in 1896 and made his fortune in railroads, flour milling and oil. Construction of the two-story house on the bluff above downtown began in 1908 and was finished in 1910, after the family had already moved in; Kell's sister-in-law acted as contractor. The family occupied it until 1980, and the Wichita County Heritage Society opened it as a museum in 1981.

The house displays furnishings, textiles, and decorative arts that show how wealthy families lived in North Texas during the early 1900s. You can observe the rooms as they were used by the people who lived there.

The house is at 900 Bluff Street, just east of the Central Freeway, on a bluff overlooking downtown Wichita Falls. Guided tours are available; the Wichita County Heritage Society runs the museum, which opened in 1981. A 2011 capital campaign renovated the building in phases, starting with structural stabilization.

Frank Kell lay in state in the formal parlor after his death in September 1941. That parlor stayed closed and undecorated most of the year, opened only for Christmas, weddings and funerals, a practice meant to set the room apart from everyday family life.