Home sweet home: Mount Prospect house walk Dec. 2 features Fairview School neighborhood
Tickets are on sale for the Mount Prospect Historical Society's 34th annual Holiday Housewalk, which will highlight the neighborhoods surrounding Fairview Elementary School and just south of Prospect High School.
The walk will be from 3:30 to 9 p.m. Friday, Dec. 2, and tickets are $28-$30.
The interiors of six private homes, built between 1868 and 2022, will be featured on the tour this year.
The homes that will have their interiors featured this year are: 319 N. Prospect Manor, owned by Martha and Vien Phong Trinh; 407 N. Prospect Manor, owned by Laura and Rob Ryndak; 420 N. Prospect Manor, owned by Sherie and Bob Thomas; 400 N. Fairview, owned by Anne and Dean Granato; 402 N. Oak Ave., owned by Kari and Dan Schacke; and 300 N. Oak Ave., owned by Katie and Nick Papanicholas.
All of the homes will be exciting to tour in their own ways, whether because of the historic flavor, lovely decorating or the new construction or renovation work that has been done, according to JP Karlov, housewalk co-chairperson.
It should also be noted that any COVID protocols in effect at the time will be followed.
The tour will begin at a heated tent situated near the intersection of North Oak Avenue (north of Gregory Street), where refreshments will be offered and watercolors of the featured houses displayed.
Museum store items will also be sold there. The “will call” table for tickets ordered online will also be located at the tent.
As usual, this walking tour will be accented by beautifully lit luminarias. Parking will be available along neighborhood streets.
Commentary in the homes will be provided by volunteers from local organizations, businesses, schools and the community. Local florists and homeowners will provide the decorations.
This year's featured florists are Busse Flowers and Gifts of Rolling Meadows, Mount Prospect Flowers and The Purple Rose of Mount Prospect, Pesche's Flowers of Des Plaines, The Flower Studio of Rolling Meadows and the Kaleidoscope of Floral Design of Roselle.
Nonrefundable tickets will be sold for $28 each through Dec. 1 at the Mount Prospect Village Hall, 50 S. Emerson St.; Busey Bank, 299 W. Central Road; River Trails' Weiss Center, 1500 E. Euclid Ave.; RecPlex, 420 Dempster St.; the Central Community Center, 1000 W. Central Road; Millie's Hallmark, 1024 S. Elmhurst Road; LePeep, 10 E. Northwest Hwy.; and the Dietrich Friedrichs House museum, 101 S. Maple St.
Tickets are also available at www.mtphist.org. Those tickets can be picked up at a “will call” desk located at the headquarters tent during the walk.
Last-minute decision-makers may also purchase tickets on the day of the walk beginning at 3 p.m. at the tent headquarters, but the cost will be $30 per person at that time.
“The Housewalk is the society's largest fundraiser of the year,” Karlov said. “Its proceeds support the many educational endeavors of the society and help to pay for upkeep on our museum. We urge the public to support our effort to preserve local history through enjoying the housewalk and our other activities throughout the year.”
For details, call (847) 392-9006 or visit www.mtphist.org.