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Holiday House Tour 2013: 110 South Stewart Street

The Home of Wilborn and Martha Roberson
House Chairman: Mary Margaret Wise
House Decorator: Pamela DeBergh

This Dutch Colonial Revival-style dwelling is an excellent example of domestic architecture built along South Stewart Street in the early twentieth century. Likely constructed circa 1905, this two-story, rectangular-plan home sits on a stone foundation, is clad in stucco, and is topped by a gambrel roof with overhanging eaves. An exterior end stucco-clad chimney with a corbeled cap rises at the north elevation of the home. The windows, a favorite feature of the current owners, are set in wood surrounds, flanked by louvered shutters and consist of one-over-one double-hung wood sashes with a distinctive diamond-light upper sash and a single-light lower sash. The home’s front entrance, comprised of a wood paneled door set in a wood surround with diamond-light sidelights and transom, is sheltered by a full-width porch with four Doric columns. Modifications to the home over the years include a modern kitchen addition completed in 2003 by the Roberson family. The warm yellow color of the home’s exterior and the wide front porch welcome guests in the neighborhood.

Tour highlights of the Roberson home include art, furnishings and holiday decorations collected over the years through family and travel.

Holiday House Tour Tickets On Sale November 18

It’s almost time to buy your advance tickets for the 2013 Holiday House Tour “Stroll on Stewart Street” on December 7 and 8! The homes open for this year’s tour are:

  • 110 South Stewart Street, the home of Wilborn and Martha Roberson
  • 407 South Stewart Street, the home of Gina Sullivan and Steve Surber
  • 409 South Stewart Street, the home of susu Bearov
  • 407 South Washington Street, the home of George and Kim Craft
  • 704 South Stewart Street, the home of Joe and Amy Ressa
  • 800 South Stewart Street, the home of Tim and Barbara Bandyke

The Preview Party will be held in the home of Bruce and Donna Downing, 520 South Stewart Street. The Preview Party House will be open only during the Saturday evening Preview Party and Candlelight Tour.

The Bough and Dough Shop will be returning to the Winchester Little Theatre, 315 West Boscawen Street, this year. Hours for the Shop are:

  • December 7, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
  • December 8, Noon-5 p.m.

New this year at the Shop is a Free Wreath-making Class on December 7, 10 a.m.-noon. Make two wreaths at this workshop – one for you to keep and one to sell at the Shop. Materials will be provided, but bring your own trimmers and gloves.

Tickets go on sale at our advance ticket sale locations Monday, November 18. Visit any of the following locations during their normal business hours to purchase tickets:

Kimberly’s, 135 N. Braddock St.
Winchester Book Gallery, 185 N. Loudoun St.
The Final Yard, 33 E. Gerrard St.
OakCrest, 126 N. Kent St.
Wilkin’s Shoe Center, 7 S. Loudoun St.
Winchester-Frederick County Convention and Visitors Center, 1400 S. Pleasant Valley Rd.
PHW, 530 Amherst St.

The PHW Office will be open until at least 5 PM Monday-Friday from November 18-December 6 for ticket sales and questions. The office will be closed for Thanksgiving on November 28 and 29.

On December 7 and 8, advance tickets will be sold only at the Bough and Dough Shop at 315 West Boscawen Street during Shop hours.

Ready to order tickets? You may start preordering your tickets now at PHW through PayPal. Prefer to mail a check? Please use this form and return payment to PHW, 530 Amherst St., Winchester, VA 22601.

Advance Daylight Tickets: $20 for adults, $6 for children 12 and under (valid for tours on December 8, 1-5 p.m.)

Preview Party Tickets: $50 per person (valid for tours and admission to the Preview Party on December 7, 6-9 p.m.; tickets may also be used on December 8 )
Looking for the PHW member discount? Please visit the PHW office to take advantage of the special PHW member pricing!

Starting November 18, the house art and descriptions for the tour will be posted in the PHW blog. Stop by every day to read more about the houses open for this year’s tour, or even better, sign up to receive PHW’s blog posts delivered right to your inbox!

Final Fall Lunch and Learn Lecture Next Tuesday

PHW’s final fall 2013 “Lunch and Learn” lecture will be held Tuesday, November 12, noon at the Lewis Jones Knitting Mill, 126 N. Kent St. Speaker David Logan of Vintage Restoration, Inc. will talk you through how to restore and repair wooden windows.

Want to reserve a lunch through Panera? Please get your orders in no later than noon on Monday, Nov. 11.

[Lunch reservations are closed, but you are welcome to join the lecture.]

PHW Fall Program Updates

We’ve been quiet at PHW lately…because we’re hard at work on Holiday House Tour! All the houses are set this year for the December 7 and 8 event. There are still a few things we’re working on to bring the tour together, however, and here’s where you can help:

Ad space is still available in the program booklet (prices range from $75 to $250) and a Major Sponsor slot at $1000. The deadline to get an ad in the booklet is October 31; email us at phwi@verizon.net if you have questions or want to place an ad.

Volunteers are always needed. If you are willing to be a docent on December 7 and 8, or if you want to be added to PHW’s list of volunteer decorators to work in the houses before the event, please send your contact info to phwi@verizon.net with your job preferences.

But that’s not all on our events calendar! Don’t forget the Membership Signup Contest is going on until Dec. 6. Our next Lunch and Learn Lecture with Maral Kalbian on “How to Research Your Historic House” is set for noon at the 126 N. Kent St. on Oct. 29, to be followed on Nov. 12 by David Logan with “How to Restore and Repair Historic Wood Windows.”

Friday Photos: Piccadilly Street

West Piccadilly Street PHW is winding down our Friday Photos series for this year with another selection of images pulled from our slide collection. This selection highlights buildings along East and West Piccadilly Street, which includes such favorite structures as the Handley Library, the former Colonial Arts and Crafts building, and the CSX Train Station. Don’t miss the virtual tour of the commercial hub of East Piccadilly Street for a walk down memory lane (longtime residents will spot many familiar and beloved stores from days gone by).

View the full set on Flickr.

The Friday Photos posts will take a hiatus during the Holiday House Tour season, but will be returning in January 2014 with a special year-long series in conjunction with PHW’s 50th anniversary.

Results Are In from Memberfest!

Thanks for everyone who came out to visit us on Friday night. We had a number of activities going at the front door, and we’re happy to announce the winners for three of the four events that kicked off last night:

Winner of a wreath from the Bough and Dough Shop:
Laura Stokes

Winner of the Winchester Trivia Game, with 9 out of 10 correct answers for two Holiday House Tour Tickets:
Chris and Melissa Ferguson

New member signup for four Holiday House Tour tickets:
Rob Holmes

Winners can expect a voucher in the mail soon so you can claim your prizes during Holiday House Tour.

The fourth event, the Membership Signup Contest, is open now until December 6. Refer at least four friends to join PHW for a chance to win a $200 gift certificate to EBS Gallery.

Friday Photos: Rouss Avenue and Court Square

Court Square Fittingly, today’s photos are a selection of slides taken around the old Frederick County Court House, Rouss Avenue, and the Feltner Building at 9 Court Square. Before you visit the Feltner Building tonight for PHW’s Memberfest from 6-9 PM, be sure you refresh your memory of what this area looked like before and during the extensive renovations in the 1990s.

View the full set on Flickr.

Reminder for Next Lunch and Learn Lecture on Oct. 3

It’s a busy week at PHW, so don’t forget if you’d like to order a lunch from Panera through PHW for the October 3 lecture, “How to Green Your Historic Preservation Project” with Chuck Swartz, to get those orders in by lunchtime on October 2.

[Lunch reservations are now closed for this event.]

Otherwise, please feel free to join us at the lecture on Thursday at noon in the main conference room at the upper parking lot of the Lewis Jones Knitting Mill, 126 N. Kent St. We’ll see you there!