St. Joseph Museums announce first Holiday Homes Tour

By Jazmine Knight

The St. Joseph Museums will be spreading holiday cheer in the Museum Hill neighborhood with its first annual Holiday Homes Tour and vendor fair.

The tour and fair will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 7. Guests can tour nine historic properties that will be dressed up in holiday decor. They include the Wyeth-Tootle Mansion, Otto Quentin Home, Jones-Townsend Home, Charles S. Kemper House, Browne-Craig House, J. Waldo Beach House, Mosman-Morton House (The Hallow’s), the Center for Joy and the First Baptist Church.

Residents will start at the Wyeth-Tootle Mansion to receive a passport for the tour and fair. Then they will take a self-guided tour of the other properties.

For tickets, go online to www.stjosephmuseum.org/events or call 816-232-8471. Tickets are $35 for pre-sale, $30 for museum and neighborhood association members, $40 at the door (while supplies last) and $10 for children 12 and under.