Historic Decatur Christmas Tour  
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2009 * 3:00 to 8:00 PM
 
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TOUR SITES 2009

These are the homes and sites that will open their doors and welcome you in on December 12 during the Historic Decatur Christmas Tour. Click the photos below or the addresses to the right for more information and photos of the tour sites. View our Christmas tour video produced by Deborah and Michael Kienzle of CreativeMediaFactory.

     
The Murray-Cole House
The Malone-Sandlin House
The Mitchell-Godbey House
The Garnett-Smith House
The Gray-Higgins House
St. John's Episcopal Church
 
The Old State Bank   Carnegie Visual Arts Center
 
Emmanuel Church International   First Presbyterian Church
 
 
 

 

The Murray-Cole House
507 Eighth Avenue, SE
Mr. and Mrs. James Gray built the house in 1909.  It stayed in the Gray family until 1920, when the property was sold to Mr. and Mrs. A.T. Hanson.

The Malone-Sandlin House
417 Jackson Street, SE

This house was built in 1888 by the Malone family. it was originally constructed as a two story square structure with 4 rooms per floor. There have been a number of additions in the 121 years that followed.

The Mitchell-Godbey House
204 Canal Street, NE

Built 1913 by Mary G. Mitchell.In the front bedroom (parlor) chimney there is a hole behind the magnolia painting. There was a chimney fire and to keep the house from burning down, they had to knock a hole in the chimney. That hole is still there.

The Garnett-Smith House
618 Oak Street, NE

1887 W.W. Garnett purchased the house.  Mr. Garnett owned and operated a grocery store down on Bank Street. That building is no longer there. 

The Gray-Higgins House
211 Vine Street, NE

Mr. and Mrs. James Gray built this house in 1909. It stayed in the Gray family until 1920, when the property was sold to Mr. and Mrs. A.T. Hanson.

St. John's Episcopal Church
202 Gordon Drive, SE

This year's site for tour refreshments is St. John's Episcopal church, one of the most beautiful structures in Historic Decatur.

The Old State Bank
925 Bank Street, NE

The Old State Bank remains at its original site from when it first opened in 1833. The two story sturcture sports Federal Empire period architecture which was popular in the 1830s.

The Carnegie Visual Arts Center
207 Church Street, NE

The Carnegie Visual Arts Center, originally constructed in 1904 as The Carnegie Library with funding from the Carnegie Foundation. It is one of the few remaining original Carnegie Library buildings in the nation..

Emmanuel Church International
400 Grant Street, SE

Emmanuel Church International now occupies the building that was home to Central Baptist Church for over a century.

First Presbyterian Church
701 Oak Street, NE

The First Presbyterian Church was originally constructed on the corner of Church and Bank Streets. It was destroyed by the Union Army in 1864.
 
 
 
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