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The Austin Weird Homes Tour returns with virtual tours of seven local homes that aren t your cookie-cutter dwellings.
A ticket to this year s tour offers videos of the seven homes beginning Saturday, and then a Q&A with some of the homeowners on May 15.
Here are the homes on this year s tour:
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West Austin Lighthouse is filled with meditation spaces, stained glass and artwork, as well as a very adult bedroom.
Morningwood is a showcase for global artwork and more than 10,000 curios for a University of Texas fine arts department faculty member.
Havenwald bed and breakfast is a forest of tiny homes in different themes including Medieval storybook cottage, steampunk and Gothic Victorian.
Galveston Historic Homes Tour offers glimpse at island’s architectural history this May
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The Galveston Historic Homes Tour will return this May.
Tickets are available to purchase online in advance for $35. Ticket prices will increase to $40 on April 26.
Tours will be held on May 1, 2, 8, and 9, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. No tours will be offered on weekdays. Tickets will include access to 10 participating homes, which can be viewed in any order. Tickets are non-refundable and are only good for the weekend selected.
Guests will be required to wear face masks while inside the homes.
Participating homes:
George and Sarah Prendergast House, Built 1886, Addition 1901 - 2007 Avenue M
Devin Colman in front of his favorite midcentury house in Burlington On January 24, the preservation experts of seven northeastern states, including Pennsylvania and New York, convened for a webinar on historic barns, hosted by the New Hampshire Preservation Alliance. One of the three invited guest speakers was Tom Visser, professor and director of the master s of science program in historic preservation at the University of Vermont. In the subsequent breakout session for Vermont, the main speakers, Vermont state architectural historian Devin Colman and Preservation Trust of Vermont field service representative Alex Tolstoi, greeted each other familiarly. Both graduates of Visser s program, they gave a shout-out to a third grad, Caitlin Corkins, tax credits and grants coordinator at the Vermont Division for Historic Preservation, who didn t make it to the event.
Austin s Weird Homes Tour is seeking 8 funky San Antonio homes to feature
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Austin s Weird Homes Tour is looking for eight whimsical, funky and creative San Antonio homes for its first Alamo City stop in 2021.
The photo attached is of an Austin home that has been featured in the company s tours in the past.Weird Homes TourShow MoreShow Less
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The photo is of an Austin home that has been featured in the company s tours in the past.Weird Homes TourShow MoreShow Less
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The photo is of the inside of an Austin home that has been featured in the company s tours in the past.Thanin Viriyaki PhotographyShow MoreShow Less
Weird Homes Tour seeking San Antonio houses as it makes its first stop in the Alamo City Posted By Sanford Nowlin on Tue, Dec 15, 2020 at 12:34 PM click to enlarge Thanin Viriyaki Photography This home was featured on Austin s 2019 Weird Home Tour. The Weird Homes Tour, the Austin-born event that showcases cities most unusual dwellings, will his San Antonio for the the first time in late 2021. That means its organizers are casting about for eight Alamo City abodes that will help move some tickets. In addition to being whimsical, funky and creative, the featured houses must feature dynamic hosts, ideally the homeowners, to guide visitors through each dwelling.