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29th annual Mount Prospect Housewalk coming

Posted November 20, 2016 10:00 pm

Submitted by Mount Prospect Historical Society

205 S. Elmhurst Ave. Courtesy of Mount Prospect Historical Society

Tickets are currently on sale for the Mount Prospect Historical Society's 29th annual Holiday Housewalk, which will highlight the neighborhood surrounding St. Mark Lutheran Church, 205 S. Wille St., just south of the Prospect Avenue commercial district.

The walk will be from 3:30 to 9 p.m. Friday, Dec. 2.

The interiors of six private homes, built between 1923 and 2005, will be featured. The exteriors and histories of two other homes - 223 S. Pine St. and 221 S. Wille St. - will also be highlighted.

The homes featured this year are: 210 S. Main St., owned by Denise and Philip Rominski; 210 S. Wille St., owned by Joe and Maria Plata; 217 S. Pine St., owned by John and Amy Ward; 205 S. Elmhurst Ave., owned by Matt and Jill Schiltz; 207 S. Elmhurst Ave., owned by Jenny Myk; and 208 S. Elmhurst Ave., owned by Beth and Joe Zander.

The tour will begin at St. Mark Lutheran Church, where tours of the church and refreshments will be offered by the congregation. Watercolors of the featured houses will also be displayed and museum store items will also be sold.

This year's featured florists are Busse Flowers and Gifts and The Purple Rose of Mount Prospect, Pesche's Flowers of Des Plaines, The Flower Studio of Rolling Meadows and Mariano's Market of Arlington Heights.

Nonrefundable tickets are being sold for $28 each through Dec. 1 at First Merit Bank, 50 N. Main St.; Mount Prospect State Bank, 299 W. Central Road; Busse Flowers and Gifts, 100 E. Northwest Hwy.; River Trails' Weiss Center, 1500 E. Euclid Ave.; Lions Park Recreation Center, 411 S. Maple St.; Millie's Hallmark, 1024 S. Elmhurst Road; Dave's Specialty Foods, 105 W. Prospect Ave.; and the Dietrich Friedrichs House museum, 101 S. Maple St.

Tickets are also available through PayPal at www.mtphist.org for pick up at a "will call" desk at the church.

207 S. Pine St. Courtesy of Mount Prospect Historical Society

208 S. Elmhurst Ave. Courtesy of Mount Prospect Historical Society

210 S. Wille St. Courtesy of Mount Prospect Historical Society

217 S. Pine St. Courtesy of Mount Prospect Historical Society

221 S. Wille St. Courtesy of Mount Prospect Historical Society

223 S. Pine St. Courtesy of Mount Prospect Historical Society

310 S. Pine St. Courtesy of Mount Prospect Historical Society

St. Mark Lutheran Church Courtesy of Mount Prospect Historical Society

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