Boston-Edison
Annual Holiday Home Tour
Sunday, December 13, 2009
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Five homes, decorated for the Holidays, are open for the Annual Boston-Edison Holiday Home Tour. The Tour is a chance for you to view the fine exterior and interior residential architecture of the early 1900's. The tour transports you back to the "Golden Age" of Detroit, when Boston-Edison residents included such familiar names as Henry Ford I, James Couzens, Charles T. Fisher, and S.S. Kresge.
The tour is a combination walking and bus tour (walking is minimal; in some years people may walk between two nearby houses). Everyone is part of a group that is accompanied by a resident tour guide. Tours begin at the Sacred Heart Seminary, which is at the corner of Linwood Avenue and Chicago Boulevard in Detroit. Busses leave every 20 minutes from 10:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. Tours generally last about two hours. Following the tour, complimentary refreshments are served.
Everyone on the tour receives a commemorative program with histories and photographs of the five homes.
Self-guided tours of the neighborhood are also available in the "tour" section.
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VIP Preview Tour:
For the first time, the Historic Boston-Edison Association is offering a VIP Preview Party held the day before the official Tour. This VIP event will feature complimentary gourmet delights served at the B. Siegel mansion and luxury motor coach shuttle to four of the Tour homes for a limited sneak peak. Visit the VIP Preview Party page for more information and to order tickets.
POSTPONEMENT:
Weather has forced postponement of the Home Tour only once in our 30-year history. However, the make-up date, should weather delay the Tour, will be Sunday, December 20. All tickets will be honored for the same tour time on that date. In the case of a postponement, HBEA will announce it on our website.
TICKETS ARE NON-REFUNDABLE
SOLD OUT! Ordering Tickets SOLD OUT!
Tickets are $20 apiece
(of which $10 is a tax deductible contribution)
Tickets will be mailed to your mailing address.
For up-to-the-minute Home Tour information: For instructions on how to order tickets, call (313) 883-4360, select the Home Tour voice mailbox (Box One).
Note: Some times have already sold out! If your preferred time is sold out, we will assign you a time as close as possible to your preferred time.
To order tickets by mail: Download and print out this ordering form, and fill out your name, preferred departure time, and full street address (including nine-digit zip code: check your license). Mail the form to:
Historic Boston-Edison Home Tour
P.O. Box 02244
Detroit, Michigan 48202.