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===The Citadelle===
===The Citadelle===
The Citadelle, operated by the Citadelle Art Foundation, is centered around Abraham's combination $7 million residence/art museum in Canadian, Texas, called "The Citadelle" or "Citadel Garden."<ref>{{cite web|title=Official site|url=http://www.thecitadelle.org/|publisher=The Citadelle|accessdate=October 13, 2014}}</ref> The mansion is located in the former First [[Southern Baptist|Baptist]] Church building.,<ref>"Three Generations of Abrahams Attend Texas Tech," ''Texas Tech Business,'' Winter 1984, p. 16.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://m.lubbockonline.com/travel/2013-05-04/canadian-texass-far-north-offers-green-oasis-music-art-history-and-fun#gsc.tab=0|title=Canadian: Texas's far north offers a green oasis of music, art, history and fun|author=Barbara Brannon|date=May 4, 2013|publisher=''Lubbock Avalanche-Journal''|accessdate=September 29, 2014}}</ref> and has been featured on Home and Gardens Television.<ref name=heraldtribune>{{cite web|url=http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20111121/article/111129903?tc=ar|title=Doctor created medication and founded art museum|author=Jay Brady|date=November 21, 2011|publisher=''Sarasota Herald-Tribune''|accessdate=September 22, 2014}}</ref>
The Citadelle, operated by the Citadelle Art Foundation, is centered around Abraham's combination $7 million residence/art museum in Canadian, Texas, called "The Citadelle" or "Citadel Garden."<ref>{{cite web|title=Official site|url=http://www.thecitadelle.org/|publisher=The Citadelle|accessdate=October 13, 2014}}</ref> The mansion is located in the former First [[Southern Baptist|Baptist]] Church building.,<ref>"Three Generations of Abrahams Attend Texas Tech," ''Texas Tech Business,'' Winter 1984, p. 16.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://m.lubbockonline.com/travel/2013-05-04/canadian-texass-far-north-offers-green-oasis-music-art-history-and-fun#gsc.tab=0|title=Canadian: Texas's far north offers a green oasis of music, art, history and fun|author=Barbara Brannon|date=May 4, 2013|publisher=''Lubbock Avalanche-Journal''|accessdate=September 29, 2014; no longer on-line}}</ref> and has been featured on Home and Gardens Television.<ref name=heraldtribune>{{cite web|url=http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20111121/article/111129903?tc=ar|title=Doctor created medication and founded art museum|author=Jay Brady|date=November 21, 2011|publisher=''Sarasota Herald-Tribune''|accessdate=September 22, 2014}}</ref>
The Citadelle includes the Abraham mansion, gardens and grounds, furnishings, decorative arts and the Iris & Oofie Abraham Gallery.
The Citadelle includes the Abraham mansion, gardens and grounds, furnishings, decorative arts and the Iris & Oofie Abraham Gallery.
===Other art collections===
===Other art collections===
In 1972, the Abrahams obtained a [[Norman Rockwell]] painting, ''The First Day of School,'' and started a collection which now includes works by J. C. Leyendecker, William Bouguereau, and Craig Bone.
In 1972, the Abrahams obtained a [[Norman Rockwell]] painting, ''The First Day of School,'' and started a collection which now includes works by J. C. Leyendecker, William Bouguereau, and Craig Bone.