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204 Palisado Avenue

299 Palisado Avenue

375 Palisado Avenue

597 Palisado Avenue

134 Pleasant Street

75 Wilton Road

Tickets Now Available for Windsor Historical Society’s May 6th House Tour

Reserve your spot now for Windsor Historical Society’s “Living Today in Yesterday’s Homes” self-guided house tour to take place on Saturday, May 6 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.   Six homes representing the 18^th, 19^th and 20^th centuries will be open for visiting.  Each of the homes on tour is occupied by owners who love the architecture and historic character of their home, yet have embraced adaptations for contemporary comfort.  Costumed actors and actresses from the Windsor Jesters community theater group will welcome visitors at each of the homes, providing information about “their” respective houses and lifestyles, and bring history to life.

Homes on the tour (some of which have never before been open to the public) include:

·         204 Palisado Avenue (1791 Horace Hooker house)

·         299 Palisado Avenue (c. 1830’s Joseph Rainey house)

·         375 Palisado Avenue (1791  Moses Mitchell house)

·         597 Palisado  Avenue ( 1772 John Gaylord house)

·         134 Pleasant Street (1890 Searle house with barn)

·         75 Wilton Road (late 1920’s; part of the Windsor Heights development)

The May 6^th house tour is the Society’s major fundraiser, supporting public programs for schoolchildren and adults, and the operation of our historic houses, research library, exhibition galleries, and family learning center.

Only 700 tickets will be sold;   they are priced at $20 in advance of the tour, and $23 the day of the tour.  Tickets are now available at:

·         Ashley's Distinctive Jewelry and Gifts, 555 Day Hill Road, Windsor;

·         The Beanery Bistro, 697 Poquonock Avenue, Windsor;

·         Bill Selig Jewelers, 161 Broad Street, Windsor;

·         Century 21 Wm. R. Smith Realty, 70 Poquonock Avenue, Windsor;

·         Classic Hair Design, 268 Deerfield Road, Windsor;

·         Creative Fibers,  645 Poquonock Avenue, Windsor;

·         Curves, 154 Broad Street, Windsor;

·         Cutting Edge, 26 Maple Avenue, Windsor;

·         Dom's Broad Street Eatery, 330 Broad Street, Windsor;

·         Flowers by Timothy Snelgrove,  1763 Poquonock Avenue, Windsor;

·         Heirlooms Antiques,  99 Poquonock Avenue, Windsor;

·         KoKo's,  645 Poquonock Avenue, Windsor;

·         The Water Closet Bath & Book,  46 Bloomfield Avenue, Windsor;

·         Whistle Stop Café, 199 Broad Street, Windsor;

·         Windsor Historical Society; 96 Palisado Avenue, Windsor.

You may also send a check made out to Windsor Historical Society to 96 Palisado Avenue and we will be happy to mail your tickets to you.  On the day of the tour, tickets will be sold at Windsor Historical Society, where participants can pick up their program book and map. 

We are still looking for volunteers to help staff homes on the day of the tour.  Training will be provided.  If interested in signing up for a two hour time slot (which will allow you ample time to take the house tour yourself)  call 688-3813 or e-mail whs.volunteer@yahoo.com with your name, address and telephone and preferred volunteer time slot:  10 a.m. to noon, noon to 2 p.m., or 2 – 4 p.m.