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BEGINS TODAY!! AT 4 PM.

WASHINGTON PRESERVATION'S 23RD ANNUAL
Historic Holiday House Tour

Sunday, December 12, 2010 from 4:00 pm until 8:00 pm
Tickets are $10 per person in advance and $15 at the door.
Six beautiful historic homes of Washington are filled with holiday cheer!

Washington Preservation Inc., announces their 23^rd Annual Holiday House Tour of historic Washington homes! This years tour will be as always, the second Sunday, December 12, 2010 from 4:00 pm until 8:00 pm in the evening. This candlelight historic holiday tour has been a tradition in the Washington community for 23 years now.
       This years tour will include the restored historic Kohmueller Farm House built in 1878 by Louis Kohmueller for his bride, and will have an ongoing Christmas party typical of the 1880s. The farm house is located on Grand and Lake Shore in the City Park across from Lions Lake. 
        Next will be the home of Jeremy and Slava Bowman, 115 East Sixth Street, a charming home that was built at the turn of the 20^th Century and was actually a two family home in the early 1900s.  Jeremy and Slava demonstrate a young artistic lifestyle in a typical historic Washington home.
       Another historic house is Brena Unnerstall’s charming Bed & Breakfast – The Beekeeers Cottage at 317 Locust Street in the heart of historic Washington. This home built in the late 1800s and carefully restored and lovingly decorated before becoming one of Washington’s most charming places to sleep! 
       Further on Locust Street is the beautiful home of John and Debbie Vietmeier at 119 Locust Street, where guests will enjoy another step back into history. Above the door the date of 1876 proudly announces that this was once the home of prominent Washington businessman H.H.Beinke. There are two floors in this home that have been carefully restored, and you won’t want to miss an inch of it.
       Nearby, the home of Frank and Kelly Wood at 107 East Main celebrates its 100^th birthday by opening its doors and being beautifully decorated for the holidays. This home, also historic and in the downtown area, has been carefully restored, and enlarged, with such taste and style that you will not be able to tell where old meets the new. The kitchen is one of the most beautiful in Washington.
      Finally, to the east of Washington at 4247 Old Highway 100, you will be able to tour the historic James Ming home in Caroline Vineyards. This beautiful historic house built in 1837 overlooks the Missouri River, when it was built in the style of early plantation style homes so typical of the deep south. The Ming family came to Missouri from Virginia and proceeded to make their fortune in the Mercantile business. Every inch is steeped in rich Washington history.

Tickets are available NOW at Not Just Cut and Dried on Elm Street, at Hillermann’s Nursery and Florist, Urban Accents,  The Art Center on Main Street, The Washington Historical Society Museum, and Homestead at Hickory View Senior Living.

For more information and tickets call 636-221-1524
or email contact@washington-preservation.org

Don't miss:

HOMESTEAD AT HICKORY VIEW
Tannenbaum Auction
Trees, Topiaries and Wreaths will be on display for individuals to bid on, from December 1 through December 16th. Various organizations and individuals in the Washington community donate fully decorated Christmas trees and topiaries, and holiday wreaths for a silent auction with all profits going to the Friends of Emmaus . For More Information call: 636-239-1941or visit the online auction or Homestead at Hickory View.

ST. PETERS UCC
Family of Christmas Trees
Trees will be a part of a display for individuals to view and determine which tree they think is the best.The “Best Tree” will be determined by people voting for their favored tree. Individuals will vote by placing canned goods and other non-perishable food items under a tree of their choice. All donated items will be distributed to the three local food pantries - St. Peter’s UCC, St. Francis Borgia, and Loving Hearts.

MID-MISSOURI FINE ARTS
Christmas Art Display
The Gallery will have an exhibit and sale called "Small Works" on display and refreshments for every who stops by!

WASHINGTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Holiday Open House
This will be an excellent opportunity to stop in and visit the museum before it closes for January! Plus you will want to wish Marc a Merry Christmas!

Washington Preservation Inc

Recently received Missouri Alliance for Historic Preservation's Ralph Gregory Award for the restoration and preservation of the historic 1878 Kohmueller Farm House in the Washington City Park.

We want to thank all of those volunteers whose time and efforts have contributed to this very worthy project.

South Point School house

Three years ago, Gary Reichers approached the Washington Preservation Inc. Board of Directors, asking if they would like to move and save the historic old South Point School.  We replied with an enthusiastic yes, as we felt that this was worthy of our community's efforts to see the 1880 schoolhouse preserved. The first year was taken up with building inspectors, and meetings with the Park Board and the City Council. We proceeded to get bids from a moving company to have the building moved as a whole when several local businesses generously offered free help.  The project then moved forward with the great assistance of Bob Horn of Horn Architects, but unfortunately plans cannot happen overnight.  And after that delay came further problems with time that City employees devote to the project as the economy was in recession and budgets were tightened. So it is with deep regret that Washington Preservation Inc. has to announce that their efforts to move the School House and see it preserved have ended.  We would like to thank everyone who has kept abreast, furthered our cause and supported this project.  We would like to give a very very special thanks to Homestead at Hickory View, Bob Horn and most of all Gary Reichers for all of his encouragement and patience. We will be sad to see the old schoolhouse go. Preservation of the Kohmueller farm house in the Washington City Park, and new restoration work on the old barn there will continue, through the volunteer efforts of Washington Preservation Inc. just as they have for the past 25 years.  We thank the community for their outpouring of support.

Contact Us to pre-arrange school and group tours of the Kohmueller Farmstead.