Virginia-Highland Tour of Homes

Virginia-Highland Tour of Homes

2012 logo
Frequency annually
Inaugurated 1972 (1972)
Organised by Virginia-Highland Civic Association
Website
www.vahitourofhomes.com

The Virginia-Highland Tour of Homes is an annual two-day event each December in the Virginia-Highland neighborhood of Atlanta. During the event, houses around the neighborhood are opened to visitors. The Virginia-Highland Civic Association organizes the event.

These include Craftsman bungalows for which Virginia-Highland is known, but may also include other styles present in the neighborhood, such as English Vernacular Revival and Colonial Revival, English Cottage and American Foursquare homes.[1]

Local restaurants provide food tastings in each of the homes.[2]

The 2012 tour raised about $36,000 including sponsorships,[3] The 2011 tour was reported to have raised $27,000 in ticket sales[4] and $33,000 overall.[3] About $19,000 was raised in 2010, and about $16,000 in 2009.[4] Money raised goes towards community-oriented projects such as park improvements, traffic concerns, planning and preservation.[2]

History

The Tour began in 1972 with the "Virginia-Highland Bungalow Tour", modeled after a similar tour in Inman Park, the first Intown Atlanta neighborhood to gentrify after decades of decline. Over 1000 people toured the 13 homes that were open.[5] Bungalow-focused tours continued through 1977 and then again from 1980-1982. The event was revived in 2004 around a "Homes for the Holidays" theme.

References

  1. ↑ National Register of Historic Places Registration Form, Virginia-Highland Historic District, submitted March 2005
  2. 1 2 "About", Virginia-Highland Tour of Homes site
  3. 1 2 "2012 Tour of Homes Recap"
  4. 1 2 "VaHi Tour of Homes Sells 27K in Tickets: Proceeds to benefit the Virginia-Highland neighborhood", Jaclyn Hirsch, Virginia-Highland Druid Hills Patch, January 12, 2012
  5. ↑ "Tour of Homes", Virginia-Highland Voice, January 1973


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