Welcome to Kinsloe House.  

Kinsloe House is the location for the Women’s Club House Association of Navarro County. This lovely house is the culmination of a dream of many Corsicana clubwomen in l937. Since that time, individual members and clubs have been able to utilize the house for luncheons, club meeting, receptions, and reunions.  

Weekly luncheons are held on Wednesday with the different committees and clubs presenting the programs and selecting the menu. The different committees actually run the house taking care of the maintenance and upkeep, monitoring and auditing. The cost of the luncheon is $12.00. The money pays for the food, catering costs, and the remainder goes for the general budget. A caterer is employed by the House as well as a House Manager.  

The object of the club is to advance and encourage Navarro County women in culture and education; to promote and encourage cooperation among Navarro County women’s clubs.  

The house was given to the Club House Association as a gift with the stipulation that the women would have to raise money for remodeling. Undaunted by the financial requirement, Mrs. Kirk Steele, first president, went forth to raise the money. The house was named Kinsloe House in honor of its former owner.  

The first luncheon held at Kinsloe House was sponsored by the Psychology Club, May 18, 1938 with an attendance of 152. Miss Mabel Bonner reviewed Dale Carnegie’s “How to Make Friends and Influence People”. The price of the luncheon was 50 cents.

The original house burned in 1988. A massive fund-raising effort ensued which resulted in the construction of the existing Kinsloe House building.

Kinsloe House has individual memberships and club memberships. Current clubs in membership are Alpha Rho Chapter, Delta Kappa Gamma, American Business Women’s Association, Athenaeum, Colonial Dames XVII Century, Corsicana Apartment Association, Daughters of the American Revolution, Lelivre Club, Literary Club, Newcomers Club, Nineteenth Century, Rutherford Supper Club, Sixth District Dental Society Auxiliary, and Thalian Club.

Recent additions offered are First Sunday Lunch which is open to the public and features a relaxed setting to enjoy a gourmet meal with piano playing by Michael Hanna, and the Mother/Daughter Book Club. This is a program for girls in grades 3-5 and their mothers and meets on the third Monday night.