Hundreds take annual tour
Area residents toured 11 homes and historic buildings Sunday afternoon during an annual event put on by the Highland County Historical Society.
“We’ve sold more than 200 tickets so far,” Historical Society board member Pauline Cameron said less than two hours after the tour began. “It’s been just overwhelming, and it’s a beautiful day for this tour.”
The 11 homes and historical buildings on the tour were: the Highland House Museum (151 E. Main St.), Robert Stuart House (150 E. Main St.), Martin Buck House (160 E. Main St.), Larkin House (615 N. High St.), Chapman/Wilson House (316 N. High St.), Glasscock House (238 E. Walnut St.), First Baptist Church (W. Walnut and S. West streets), Phil and Katie Burwinkel House (5300 S.R. 138), Sauner/Jenkins House (2361 S. Taylorsville Road), Scott House (338 W. Main St.), and the Highland County Courthouse in uptown Hillsboro.
The Historical Society’s Tour of Homes is held every other year, and each ticket on the home tour comes with a map and a brochure of the homes. Highland County Historian Jean Wallis prepared a brief history for each house that is featured.
The Highland County Board of Realtors also partnered with the Historical Society for the 2012 home tour.
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Catie Schafer, director of the Highland House Museum, said the Historical Society was glad to work in cooperation with the Highland County Realtors, and that they worked to make sure the tour had a variety of architecture and historic eras represented.
“I think one of the things that we all agree on is that Highland County has a very rich history, and a lot of that is the history in our older homes,” Schafer said.
“We have a variety of architecture, and I think this will draw in people who have an interest in rehabbing old homes. It helps the community to get to know each other, meet other homeowners and people in their town, along with the volunteers and other people on the tour."