21st Willo Home Tour & Street Fair this Sunday, February 8th 2009:
If you follow my blog, you might know by now that I love historic homes. Perhaps it has something to with the fact that I grew up in Europe and once lived in a timbered house in Southern Germany (here is a picture on [...]

24th Annual F.Q. Story Home Tour December 6th and 7th, 2008

In the short existence of this blog I have written a couple of blog posts about Phoenix Historic Districts and this weekend we continue on the Journey through the Phoenix Historic Districts.
This weekend, the 24th Annual F.Q. Story Home Tour and Gift Sale will open on Lynwood Street. It will [...]

Windsor Square Historic District Home Tour:
One of our most enjoyable traditions in Phoenix is the historic district home tour. We have an astonishing number of historic homes and homeowners who cherish their properties and gladly share them with the public. This time Windsor Square is opening its neighborhood, homes, and gardens to visitors for [...]

Historic Willo Welcomes Visitors This Sunday!
The homes do not have garages, walk-in closets, or entertainment centers. They were built in the 1920’s and ’30’s before people thought lots of storage space was essential in a home. But for every modern convenience they may seem to lack, the historic homes of Willo more than make up [...]

Roosevelt Historic District Revitalizes Phoenix:
A few years ago, Maria Capogreco’s friends told her she was taking a big chance opening a deli in the Roosevelt Historic District. But she had faith in the future of what once was – and soon would be again – a thriving urban neighborhood. She was right.
The former working class [...]

With some 35 historic districts in Phoenix, you are never far from interesting homes and neighborhoods. For this visit, the destination is the Garfield Historic District, just a little bit south of the Coronado Historic District, which dates back to the late 19th Century.
An Ohio pioneer, John Dennis, settled here in 1868 and carved out [...]

Metropolitan Phoenix has a wealth of historic districts, each with its own unique features, and residents who care about preserving and sharing their historic homes. Since this is also an interest of mine, I’ve decided to start a series of articles so others can learn about and enjoy these fascinating neighborhoods.

The first neighborhood on [...]

You may remember from earlier posts that I am a fan of historic homes. This Sunday there’s an event made for people who love historic neighborhoods and enjoy seeing how other people live.
The Encanto Palmcroft Historic Homes Tour and Street Fair is an annual event during which several homes are open to the public. Visitors [...]