Okey House
The museum's first historically significant building, Okey House, is an example of housing design at the turn of the 20th Century. The house was originally sited on a property on Franklin Drive where McLachlan Road now exists [the entrance to the Village Green estate]. |
Franklin Drive of 80 years agoA Briar Rose that was growing in front of Okey House when it was situated on Franklin Drive is thought to have been planted in a Mudgeeraba garden more than 80 years ago. It has been planted at the Museum and will become a timeless sweet symbol of the years of the Pioneers to be remembered. |
Reminiscent of another eraThe house consists of a lounge room, two bedrooms, a kitchen, bathroom, toilet and laundry with a verandah across the front. There is a corrugated iron stove covering on the side of the house. |
Come and see our Wedding Dress display in our costume room at the back of Okey House, over 9 dresses and photos on display. Plus one in Franklin House by our wedding table display, both for a limited time only. |
Click here to see the original location and some pictures from 2003 |