12th Annual Historic Home Tour and 2nd Annual Wine Tasting event
The St. Cloud Historic & Neighborhood Preservation Association presents its Twelfth Annual
Historic Home Tour and Second Annual Wine Tasting on Saturday, June 26, 2010. An official
GRANITE CITY DAYS event.
Home Tour begins at 10:00 am at First Presbyterian Church on the corner of 5th Ave. and
Ramsey Place S, across from the new 5th Avenue Live Building at the old Coborn’s store site.
Bring your pre purchased tickets to our desk, or buy tickets there on the day of tour.
Admission is $12 in advance or $15 at the First Presbyterian Church tour desk the day of the
event. Tickets may be purchased after June 1 at the following outlets: St. Cloud Byerly's,
Coborn's Sauk Rapids, the new Coborn's Superstore on Cooper Ave. S., and Cashwise Video. Please
make all checks payable to "SCH&NPA". All tour guests must be 12 years or older, and wine
tasters 21 years or older. In most homes guests will be asked to wear socks and carry their
shoes while in the home, unless you wear orthopedics or removing your shoes is too difficult for
health reasons. Homes are not wheelchair accessible.
Our second Annual Wine Tasting, conducted by Westside Liquors sommelier Jeff Anderson, will
run from 1:00-3:00 pm at the final tour home. The wine tasting is included in your tour ticket
price. We ask that you make the tasting house the last stop on your tour as your completed tour
guide book will serve as your ticket to the tasting.
Come visit the South Side University Neighborhood, founded in 1856. The homes will be
arranged on an easy walking route through the South Side and Barden Park Historic Districts,
with information on each home's history and architecture. The tour begins at First Presbyterian
Church at 5th Ave and Ramsey Place South. A special treat this year will be a history of the
church windows and the personalities that build the congregation. You will also see the newly
restored Riverview Hall-SCSU’s only National Register of Historic Places building. You can pass
through Barden Park and see the restored gothic revival Bandstand on the corner of 5th Ave. and
7th St. S. As you probably know, it is the place where the St. Cloud Municipal Band has played
summers for over 100 years. If you didn't know, it’s good you found out now! Barden Park is
across the street from the Miller Library on the campus of SCSU. There are also fine examples
of homes utilizing historic St. Cloud yellow brick and several colors of our own St. Cloud
granite.