LEWISBURG, W.Va. (WVDN) – The Greenbrier Historical Society has announced “Homes Among the Hills,” a home tour to take place Saturday, June 10, from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. The tour can be taken in any order and is family friendly.
The featured site on the tour will be the Blue Sulphur Springs Resort Pavilion which will feature a dramatic presentation by resort manager “Major Vass,” docents with historical information and wagon rides. There will be food available for purchase.
There will also be an antique tractor and equipment show; a tour of The Homeplace, a circa 1860 home of Dr. Thomas G. Clay and Margaret Morris Jarrett Clay featuring live music of the 1920s and ‘30s; The James Jarrett House, a circa 1795 home with a basement kitchen curated with early cooking equipment; and the Arbuckle Fort archaeological site, featuring tours of Arbuckle Fort site and artifacts including Native American habitat and artifacts.
On Friday, June 9, at 7:30 p.m., the tour’s opening reception will be held at the 1834 Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia Law Library and Study Building and the 1836 Enslaved Quarters Building in Lewisburg (locally known as the pink former library in downtown Lewisburg).
The reception will feature an art show, “Depictions of Native Americans,” and a dramatic presentation by Henry St. George Tucker, the first judge of the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals in Lewisburg.
Light food and drinks will be available. Visit greenbrierhistorical.org or call 304-645-3398 to purchase advance tickets. No refunds will be provided.
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