BELPRE - The Belpre Women's Club Town and Country Holiday Tour of Homes will be 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday in Belpre.
Tickets are $10, and advance tickets are available at Neff's Country Loft and Curves of Belpre. Tickets may also be purchased at each stop on the day of the tour.
The tour will include four homes, the Farmers Castle Museum on Ridge Street and the Unicorn Wine Guild in Washington Square Plaza along Washington Boulevard. Refreshments will be available at the museum and the Wine Guild.
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Marion Metz was one of the homeowners whose home was featured on the Town & Country Belpre Christmas Tour Sunday. Metz highlighted a lifetime of collecting throughout her house.
The homes on the Belpre tour will include the Gant residence at 1426 Boulevard Drive, the Wilson residence at 1015 Blennerhassett Ave., the Church residence at 512 Blennerhassett Ave. and the Metz residence at 1505 Putnam Howe Drive.
The Mike and Brenda Church residence at 512 Blennerhassett Ave. has been featured on the holiday tour twice before. Decorations will be primarily in Victorian themes, and more of the two-story home will be open to visitors on this year's tour.
The Victorian-style home was built in 1898 by Bradley Stone and was for many years as the home and office of a well-known Belpre physician.
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If you go
What: Belpre Women's Club Town and Country Holiday Tour of Homes.
When: 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday.
Where: Four homes, the Farmers Castle Museum on Ridge Street and the Unicorn Wine Guild in Washington Square Plaza, Belpre.
Tickets: $10, available in advance at Neff's Country Loft and Curves of Belpre; also available at each stop on the day of the tour.
Marion Metz's home at 1505 Putnam Howe Drive was built in 1817 in the federal style and is one of the oldest homes in Belpre. It has also been featured on the tour in previous years.
The Gant residence at 1426 Boulevard Drive is a two-story home located off the section of Rockland Avenue off Putnam Howe Drive. Owners Tim and Sue Gant split the holiday decorating themes between themselves, with one room dedicated to her love of snowmen and one to his love of Santa Claus. All of the rooms are tied together by a nativity theme, with at least one nativity scene in each.
The Wilson residence at 1015 Blennerhassett Ave. is a two-story Cape Cod-style home located on the bank of the Ohio River. The home will be decorated in a "casual Christmas" style and will be making its first appearance on the tour.
