House Tour 2009 and Dried Flower Sale

When

Saturday, October 17, 2009 from 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM

Sunday, October 18, 2009 from 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM

Tea will be served both days from 2 to 5 PM at the Middleton Inn right in Little Washington.

Where

Maps of the tour can be picked up at Trinity Episcopal Church in Little Washington on the days of the tour.
Map to Trinity Episcopal Church

Don't forget to check out the beautiful dried flower arrangements for sale in the Parish Hall!

What

For the 53rd year in a row, the Trinity Church community is gearing up for the annual Dried Flower Sale and House Tour. Flowers are growing and drying, containers are accumulating in the Parish House on Gay Street, and the three houses for this years’ tour are being readied for visitors. The annual October weekend is set for Saturday, October 17th and Sunday, October 18th. This annual fund-raiser, sponsored by the Episcopal Church Women of the Parish, but supported by all in the church and many in the wider Rappahannock Community, is the sole event the women use to raise money for their charities. Monies realized from this event go mostly to local needs, but also are sent farther afield in Virginia, the nation, and the world.

This year’s three houses represent three centuries of domestic architecture, but they also show the changes that time has wrought on their appearances. In fact, each one of them now shows only one chapter in their lives as family residences and businesses, in the stories of their owners and their stewards, and in the ongoing use and adaptation of old resources for new needs.

Three houses, three centuries, three styles - but, aside from being beautiful as well as useful, aside from gladdening the eyes of those who enjoy them, and aside from adding to the variety of styles that makes Rappahannock County so interesting, these three houses have another wonderful thing in common – they all represent an ongoing philosophy that makes use of the old, improves it for current use, and values and enjoys the process as it occurs.

Here are the three houses selected for this year's tour. Click on the pictures to get more details for each house.

House A	House B	House C
Locust Grove Flint Hill	Heritage House B&B Washington	Keyser House Washington

Tea At Middleton Inn

Don't forget to come by the award-winning Middleton Inn Bed and Breakfast for tea. Tea will be served Saturday and Sunday from 2 to 5 PM.