Twin Sisters’ annual “Raise the Roof” fundraiser will be held Friday and Saturday at the site of the historic dance hall.
This year’s event will promote the hall’s ongoing effort to replace the windows. People can sponsor a window and have a plaque with their name under the window they “adopt.” Each window can cost between $3,0005,000 with the total project expected to cost between $150,000-250,000. The Texas Historic Commission is involved in the project and advising the hall on how to replace the windows in a historically appropriate way. In the last year, Twin Sisters had some substantial expenses, including over $11,000 in electrical work and an insurance payment that was $20,000.
Twin Sisters dates to the mid-1880s and is one of the oldest operating dance halls in Texas. A German immigrant named Max Krueger settled in the community, which consisted of mostly large farms and ranches.
