The Volume 33.3, Fall 2010 edition of the PHW Newsletter is online now. Don’t miss page 3 for a sneak peek at the 2010 Holiday House Tour brochure and ticket order form!
The Volume 33.3, Fall 2010 edition of the PHW Newsletter is online now. Don’t miss page 3 for a sneak peek at the 2010 Holiday House Tour brochure and ticket order form!
PHW is pleased to announce the 34th annual Holiday House Tour, which will be held December 4 and 5 in the North Washington and Fairmont Avenue neighborhood.
The tour kicks off on Saturday with the Preview Party and Candlelight Tour from 6-9 p.m. The party will be held in the home of Mrs. Joseph Manuel, 303 Fairmont Avenue. The home will be open only for the Saturday event.
Four additional homes will be open for the Candlelight Tour. These homes will also open for the Daylight Tour on Sunday, noon to 5 p.m.
The Bough & Dough Shop returns this year with a wide array of local talent providing baked goods, handcrafts, greenery and floral arrangements and much more! The Shop, located at the Centre Friends Meeting House, 201 N. Washington St., will be open on Saturday and Sunday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.
Tickets will be available after the 15th of November at the following locations:
More information on the houses and the tour will be released over the next week. Check back soon for more information!
The City has released an overview of the recent and ongoing revitalization efforts in Old Town Winchester. Projects from small façade “facelifts” to multimillion dollar rehabilitations are highlighted in this 30 page packet. See what’s been happening downtown in this PDF brochure, available at http://www.winchesterva.gov/econ/documents/revitalization-marketing.pdf
EHT Traceries, Inc., in concert with Maral S. Kalbian, LLC, is pleased to be conducting the Survey of Buildings and Properties within the National Register Winchester Historic District. The project is possible thanks to a $25,000 grant from the Virginia Department of Historic Resources, plus a shared sponsorship from Preservation of Historic Winchester, Inc. and the City of Winchester, both of which contributed $12,500 to the project. The objective of this project is to document the remaining 600-800 properties in the historic district, beginning on the east side of Loudoun Street, where the 2008 survey concluded, and moving westward.
Continue reading Cultural Resource Survey of Historic Winchester to Begin November 2010
The Winchester-Frederick County Historical Society and Shenandoah University Community History Project are presenting the program “When This You See Remember Me…Schoolgirl Samplers of Winchester and Frederick County, Virginia.” The program, presented by Dr. David Powers, will be held October 18 at 7 PM at Stimpson Auditorium/Halpin-Harrison Hall, Byrd Business School, adjacent to the Abram’s Delight Museum on Pleasant Valley Road.
Following the program is a reception at Hollingsworth Mill. Mary H. Robare, author of the companion book and guest curator, will be available for book signings and a personal tour of the exhibit.
Call the WFCHS at 540-662-6550 for more information on this program.
Celebrating Patsy Cline will commemorate the 78th birthday of the legendary singer with a block party on Saturday, September 4, from 10 AM to 6 PM. Activities will take place outside the Cline home at 608 S. Kent St., rain or shine.
The event is free and open to the public. Donations will be accepted to aid in the restoration of the home.
For more information on the event, visit the Winchester Star (login required) or Celebrating Patsy Cline, or call 888-608-2726.
Vic Bradshaw reported on the fate of the Community Food Store, 319-321 S. Kent St.:
. . . Hobbs’s response provides an answer to why the Community Food Store building is still standing – money to rebuild on the site could not be obtained. The structure, at Kent and Cecil streets, could be gone by year’s end, however. The City Council has begun action to declare it blighted and tear it down.
Read the full article at the Winchester Star (login required).
PHW representatives toured the building prior to the public hearing for demolition. While the building tells a key story in the development and history of the neighborhood, the cost of the necessary stabilization made the project financially unfeasible. PHW did not oppose the demolition of the structure given that the state of neglect and compromised structural integrity would make the project financially unfeasible.
The fate of the Community Food Store, like Ruth’s Tea Room before it, is a sobering reminder that important pieces of history may become empty lots when faced against demolition by neglect.
The 25th Annual Virginia Preservation Conference “Playing for Keeps: Challenges and Benefits of Heritage Stewardship” will be held September 20 and 21, 2010 at the Crowne Plaza Hampton Marina Hotel, Hampton, VA.
To view the conference schedule, programs, APA credit opportunities, and admission costs, please visit the Preservation Virginia website at www.preservationvirginia.org/.
The Newtown History Center will host “Living Diaries” for Civil War Weekend, September 18 and 19. The event at the Newtown History Center, 5408 Main St in Stephens City, will be held Saturday, September 18 from 10 AM to 4 PM, and again on Sunday, September 19, from 1 PM to 5 PM. Weekend activities include a quilt raffle, Civil War era accessories for sale, a bake sale, lawn games and period toys, a nurse’s station and laundry demonstration, and Civil War period cooking and crafts.
The outdoor events feature free admission, while admission to the indoor museum will be $1 for children, $2 for adults, or $5 for a family. Quilt raffle tickets are $10 each. Call 540-869-1700 or visit the Newtown History Center to purchase tickets or for more information. Visit the Newtown History Center online at www.newtownhistorycenter.org.
The Civil War Weekend, September 18 and 19, is a weekend-long collection of activities and events. Activities in Winchester include:
For more in depth information on each event, including times and locations and contact information, visit Shenandoah At War.