Home Tour

For at least the last decade I have helped organize our little town's home tours. Six homes are on the tour, three modern homes one week and three the historic homes the next.

My partner in this endeavor is the editor of the newspaper who is also the president of the historical society. Grant is a wonderful story teller. He not only knows who built the historic homes, but several interesting stories about that family. Some folks are not so interested in the homes, but the stories he has to tell. Even with the modern homes, he will tell you what was there on the spot back in the beginning of this old mining town.

Touring this Queen Anne mansion always draws a crowd. Built in 1893 by a man who owned a mill, it was the first home in Lake City to have electricity. The homeowners were so proud of this fact that they left all of the lights on day and night.

The home is presently for sale so it is mostly bare of furniture.

The small area in the turret still has the stained glass windows and the original light fixture.

I didn't get a picture of all of the homes, but this is the oldest one we toured, built in 1877. The original owner died in a gunfight with another man over the affections of a lady of the evening. The bullet hole is still in one of the buildings in the business district.

The present owners are taking great care of this home. They even had the home raised so that a foundation could be added. The cost of that would exceed what building a new house of this size.

With all of the bedrooms upstairs they wanted to add a half bath up there. The only space available was a small closet. Not having room for both a toilet and a sink,

somewhere they found a toilet with a built in sink!!