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Doorways to Our Patriotic Past
House Tour
Reserve your spot now for Windsor Historical Society’s special
Doorways to Our Patriotic Past self-guided house tour to take place
on Saturday, September 11th from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Get the
inside scoop on four centuries of life in Windsor by visiting seven
homes plus an historic school building representing the 17th,
18th, 19th and 20th centuries.
Informed guides will point out interesting architectural features in
each building and costumed members of the Windsor Jesters will welcome
participants to each home playing the parts of earlier homeowners and a
turn-of-the-twentieth century teacher. They and your indoor guides will
also tell you what was going on in Windsor and the nation when the
buildings were new. This year, house tour committee members felt it was
especially important to give tour-goers perspective on our nation’s
history as we acknowledge September 11, 2001 together.
The
September 11th house tour is one of the Society’s two major
fundraisers this year, 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; these are priced at $20 in advance of the tour, and $25
the day of the tour. Homes on the tour (some of which have never before
been open to the public) include:
·
101
Hayden Station Road
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40
Pleasant Street
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85
Preston Street
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380 Broad
Street
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390 Broad
Street
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1174
Windsor Avenue
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1194
Windsor Avenue
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1195
Windsor Avenue (Stony Hill School, open 11 a.m.-4 p.m.)
Tickets are now available at:
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Ashley's
Distinctive Jewelry and Gifts, 555 Day Hill Road, Windsor;
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Bart’s
Drive-In/The Beanery Bistro, 25 Central Street, Windsor;
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Bill
Selig Jewelers, 161 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 for an
additional $2 postage and handling fee. Or order your tickets online by
clicking
HERE
(mailing charge applies.) On the day of the tour, tickets will be
sold at Windsor Historical Society only, where participants can pick up
their program book and map.
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