Holiday Home Tour | Boston Edison Historic District

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The Historic Boston-Edison Association is proud to announce the 45^th Anniversary of our Holiday Home Tours. To mark this milestone occasion, Boston-Edison will have three days of holiday events during the weekend of December 13 – 15. On Friday, December 13, the neighborhood presents the “Sapphire Anniversary Gala” an upscale progressive dinner through two beautiful homes and ending at a “surprise” location. On Saturday, December 14, there will be a first-ever free Holiday Community event, “A Holiday Serenade: Voices Rising in Boston-Edison.” Families will be invited to join Boston-Edison neighbors in an evening of singing throughout the Boston-Edison neighborhood, culminating with a party at the iconic Motown Mansion poolhouse. On Sunday, December 15, the 45^th Holiday Home Tour will showcase five beautiful homes decorated for the holidays.

Sapphire Anniversary Gala | Tickets on sale Friday, November 8, 2019 at 10:00am

A Holiday Serenade: Voices Rising Over Boston-Edison| Registration opens Monday, November 18, 2019 at 10:00am

45^th Annual Holiday Home Tour | Tickets on sale Friday, November 15, 2019 at 10:00am

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Sapphire Anniversary Gala | Friday, December 13, 2019

We will begin our holiday weekend of events with a night to remember! The Sapphire Anniversary Gala will be from 6:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. and includes valet parking, a progressive dinner and drinks with live music through two amazing Boston-Edison homes. We will end the night with dinner and dancing (and more live music!) at a very special "surprise" location! There will be shuttles between all of the sites; no walking is required. Cocktail attire, please. Tickets are limited with pricing as follows:

$240 | Includes exclusive access to a ticket to the 45^th Annual Holiday Home Tour on December 15^th
$200 | Sapphire Gala only

A Holiday Serenade: Voices Rising Over Boston-Edison | Saturday, December 14, 2019

Families from the Boston-Edison neighborhood and beyond are invited to spend an evening rehearsing at a local church and singing songs at various homes around the Boston-Edison neighborhood from 4 pm to 8 pm. The evening will culminate with a party at the iconic Motown Mansion poolhouse from 8 pm to 9 pm.

This is a FREE event, but capacity is limited and pre-registration is required.

45^th Annual Boston-Edison Holiday Home Tour | Sunday, December 15, 2019

The 45^th Annual Boston-Edison Holiday Home Tour is scheduled for Sunday, December 15, 2019. The tour features five historically significant homes on display, decorated for the holiday season. Visitors will have a chance to view the fine exterior and interior residential architecture of the early 1900s. The tour transports one back to the "Golden Age" of Detroit, when Boston-Edison residents included such familiar names as Henry Ford I, James Couzens, Charles T. Fisher, and S.S. Kresge. Four of this year's homes have never before been featured on our tour!

Sunday's tour is a combination walking and bus tour (walking is minimal). Tours begin at the Sacred Heart Major Seminary, located at the corner of Linwood Avenue and Chicago Boulevard in Detroit. Buses leave every 20 minutes from 9:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. The tour generally lasts about two hours. Following the tour, complimentary refreshments are served at the Seminary. Guests receive a commemorative program with histories and photographs of the five homes.

Tickets for this event are $45.

45^th Annual Holiday Home Tour Weekend Sponsors

Holiday Home Tour Weekend Title Sponsor - $7,500