Georgetown Town Building and Gaslight Theater.
The annual Christmas Home Tour, sponsored by the U.S. Grant Homestead Association, will be on Sunday, December 7, 2014 from 12:00 to 5:00 PM.

The tour begins at the Town Building at the intersection of State and Main Streets (State Street entrance) where you can buy tickets and pick up a tour packet.

Tickets are $10 and everyone will be entered in the drawing for a special John Ruthven-Thompson House Basket with a retail value of over $125. You do not have to be present to win.

Tickets are available at Donohoo’s Drugstore on the west side of the courthouse square or by phone at 937-378-3087.

Seven sites are on this year’s tour including the Georgetown Town Building and Gaslight Theater constructed in 1907-08 at a cost of $55,000 with office space, meeting rooms and a fire station at ground level and an auditorium on the second floor. A small jail and Georgetown’s first electric power plant were also included in the new building. In 1916 the auditorium began its 46-year career as a movie theater. There will be guided tours of the building. 

The 1843 Tunnel Mill, rebuilt by Ken and Judy Klosterman, with Ken’s unmatched collection of magic equipment and memorabilia, will be open to visitors and the U.S. Grant Boyhood

The 1843 Tunnel Mill, rebuilt by Ken and Judy Klosterman, with Ken’s unmatched collection of magic equipment and memorabilia, will be open to visitors and the U.S. Grant Boyhood Home will be decorated for an 1830s Christmas.

Homes on the tour include Mary and Ray Adkins’ 1864 home on North Water Street featuring several major additions, Marge and Bill Ellis’ home with its English carriage house and garage in the woods on Free Soil Road, Kathy and Ken Liming’s recently remodeled contemporary on Heritage Hill, and Sue McKinley’s 1929 vintage town home on South Main Street with its new country home interior.

In the event of cancellation due to weather, the tour will be held on Sunday, December 14.