Mt. Prospect to host annual Holiday Housewalk
The Mount Prospect Historical Society will hold its 24th annual Holiday Housewalk from noon to 5 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 4. This is the first time since 1996 that it has been held on a Sunday. Tickets are currently on sale at eight local businesses.
This year’s housewalk will feature Golfview Estates, the subdivision located along the southern edge of the Mount Prospect Golf Course and just east of Busse Road, which was built in the 1950s by The Annen and Busse Company on 30 acres of the Louis Meier farm.
The interiors of five private homes, including two that directly border the golf course, will be featured on the walking tour.
The homes featured this year are: 619 S. Glendale Lane, owned by Leo and Barbara Burns; 1500 W. Blackhawk Drive, owned by Emo and Mary Dellanina; 1540 W. Blackhawk Drive, owned by William and Pamela Doucette; 1531 W. Blackhawk Drive, owned by Eric and Christine Lussow; and 616 S. Edgewood Lane, owned by Ken and Debbie Morton.
All of the homes will be exciting to tour in their own ways, thanks to lovely decorating and either vintage touches or the renovation work (total reconstruction in one case) that has been done, according to Jill Tumberger, housewalk co-chairperson.
Tour goers will pick up their programs at a tent at South Ojibwa Trail and West Blackhawk Drive, where there will also be refreshments, raffles, quilted items and a museum store.
Commentary in the homes will be provided by volunteers from local organizations, schools and the community.
Local florists and homeowners will provide the decorations. This year’s featured florists are Busse Flowers and Gifts and Native Floral (inside Costco), both of Mount Prospect; Gigi’s Blossoms and Baskets of Des Plaines; and Amling’s at Sylvia’s and Mariano’s, both of Arlington Heights.
Tickets are $20 each through Saturday, Dec. 3, at First Merit Bank, 50 N. Main St.; Mount Prospect State Bank, 20 E. Northwest Hwy.; Busse Flowers and Gifts, 100 E. Northwest Hwy.; Elements Diet and Fitness, 106 S. Emerson St.; River Trails’ Weiss Center, 1500 E. Euclid Ave.; Lions Park, 411 S. Maple St.; Dave’s Specialty Foods, 105 W. Prospect Ave.; Millie’s Hallmark, 1024 S. Elmhurst Road; and the Dietrich Friedrichs House Museum, 101 S. Maple St.
Tickets may also be purchased on the day of the walk beginning at 11:30 a.m. at the tent at South Ojibwa Trail and West Blackhawk Drive, but the cost will be $22 per person at that time.
“The housewalk is the society’s largest fundraiser of the year,” Tumberger said. “Its proceeds support the many educational endeavors of the society and help to pay for upkeep on our more than 100-year-old 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 the society at (847) 392-9006 or visit www.mtphist.org.
This year’s walk is sponsored by Novak and Parker appliances of Mount Prospect.
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