The Newtown Historic Association’s Holiday House Tour

NOTE: On the day of the tour you must pick up your tour booklet (which gets you into the houses) at the Stocking Works, 301 S. State St., Newtown or the Half-moon Inn, 105 Court St., Newtown.

ONLINE TICKET SALES HAVE CLOSED. You may buy tickets today at the Half-moon Inn or the Stocking Works.

An anticipated winter tradition, make it yours and take this self-guided walking tour of the 5 private residences and the 6 public buildings featured this year.

For full details, including maps and other helpful information, please visit our website at newtownhistoric.org/housetour

Houses on the tour are 141 Liberty Street, 116 N. Chancellor Street, 221 S. Chancellor Street, 237 S. Chancellor Street, and 127 Court Street.

Public Buildings open to tour-goers are the Friends Home, Anthony Petsis and Associates, Newtown Fire Assn., Newtown Library Co., NHA Dave and Mary Callahan Research Center, and NHA Half-moon Inn.

Tour hours are from 10:00AM to 4:00PM. It includes entry into the Half-Moon Inn, home to the Newtown Historic Association. Once inside this beautifully restored 18th-century building, tour-goers will enjoy period musical entertainment, hearthside colonial cooking demonstrations and refreshments of mulled cider and cheese.

Please, no picture taking and high-heeled shoes are not permitted in the houses.

All proceeds from the tour benefit the Newtown Historic Association and its programs dedicated to the preservation of Newtown’s historical heritage.