The website overhaul is live and appears to be functioning as expected. Please visit us at www.phwi.org to experience the new site. New features include PayPal payment options for membership renewals or donations, easier to find social media and e-newsletter links, and of course the new template. Enabling Javascript is recommended for full functionality on the front page but is not necessary.
The PHW website will be receiving a facelift in about one week. The content will be reorganized and updated along with the aesthetic components. This is the first major overhaul to the site in five years. We think the end result will be worth it, for both the users and the maintainers. We’ll let you know when the finished product goes live!
Following recommendations from the British Board of Trade in 1720, extensive land grants to proprietors were discouraged, instead favoring compact settlements. This resulted in yeomen, not aristocrats, transforming the Shenandoah Valley into a commercial center. This class will discuss events and profile leaders of this change.
PHW member Suellen Knowles will lead this Continuing Education class at Shenandoah University’s Center for Lifelong Learning Thursdays March 15 to April 12 from 6:30 to 8:30 PM. The class costs $89, which includes two Saturday site visitations and materials.
For more information on the class, contact Jo Miller, jmille3@su.edu or (540) 665-5442. The spring brochure and online class signups are available at www.su.edu/lifelonglearning. Only 20 seats are available for this class, so don’t delay!
The City of Winchester is planning the replace the underground utilities, add sidewalk and streetscape improvements where possible, and repave Indian Alley between Cork and Piccadilly Streets in the summer of 2012. To that end, the City is hosting an open house on Thursday, Feb. 23 from 4-7 p.m. to look at the proposed plans, ask questions, and provide comments. This is an informal event, so you may visit anytime between 4-7 p.m.
If you are unable to attend but would like information on the project, please contact Perry Eisenach at (540) 667-1815 or email peisenach@ci.winchester.va.us.
PHW is gearing up for the presentation on Rouss’s contribution to Winchester’s medical community tomorrow, February 11 at the Old Hospital, 333 West Cork Street at 11 a.m.
The PHW cookie brigade will be on hand with light refreshments. Many thanks go out to the Cake Boutique for some special cupcakes.
For more information on Rouss Day, visit www.winchesterva.gov/rouss/.
Happy birthday, Charles Broadway Rouss! Fifty cupcakes will be available to early comers at City Hall on February 10 to start the celebration of one of the greatest philanthropists to the City of Winchester.
Activities continue on February 11 at the Old Hospital, 333 West Cork Street at 11 a.m. for a presentation on Rouss’s contribution to Winchester’s medical community. The PHW cookie brigade will be on hand with light refreshments. Activities conclude with the
wreath laying at the Rouss Monument in Mount Hebron
Cemetery at 1 p.m.
In case of inclement weather, the Saturday activities will be held
on February 18.
For more information on Rouss Day, visit www.winchesterva.gov/rouss/.
Welcome to 2012! As you might know, after the holidays PHW conducts our yearly Revolving Fund review. We’ll be out and about taking documentary photographs of our approximately 80 covenant properties as the weather permits. We’ll share the best photos this year on our Facebook page!
We hope you’ve enjoyed this year’s event. More than 130 volunteers and property owners worked hard to put together this tour, and each person deserves a round of applause!
Thanks are also due to our primary event sponsor Wells Fargo and contributing sponsors BB&T, United Bank, Union First Market Bank, Bank of Clarke County, The Final Yard, The Old Town Development Board, and Wal-Mart for supporting this Winchester holiday tradition.
PHW is going to relax a few weeks for the winter holidays before planning the 36th tour in 2012. We’ll see you then!
It’s the Eve of the Holiday House Tour! Tickets for both the Saturday evening Preview Party and the Sunday Daylight tour are still available for at Kimberly’s, The Winchester Book Gallery, and The Final Yard. Starting Saturday at 10 AM, tickets will also be on sale at the Bough and Dough Shop at the Winchester Little Theatre, 315 W. Boscawen St.
It looks like we’ll have great weather and some fantastic tour stops. If you’ve never been to the House Tour before, this is the perfect year to try it!
The feature story for the 35th Annual Holiday House Tour by Kimberli Ball ran in today’s edition of the Winchester Star. Read the story online at www.winchesterstar.com/articles/view/nine_sites_open_for_phw_tour (login required). A description of the nine sites open on the tour are available at www.winchesterstar.com/articles/view/descriptions_of_properties_1 (login required).
Event Hours:
Preview Party and Candlelight Tour: 6-9 PM on Saturday, December 3
Daylight Tour: 1-5 PM on Sunday, December 4
Bough and Dough Shop: 10AM-5PM on Saturday, December 3 and Noon-5PM on Sunday, December 4. Be sure to stop by the Shop at the Winchester Little Theatre, 315 W. Boscawen St., before or after your tour for a complimentary warm beverage and a bit of holiday shopping!