After a six year hiatus due to Covid and extensive road reconstruction, the Historic Dennisville Christmas House Tour returns this year and will be held Saturday, December 21st from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Nine historic houses and historic buildings that include two churches, a school, and a store, will be decorated for the holidays and open to the public.
The feature house is Walden Puddle, a 1940s log house located north of Dennisville. This charming house has never been on the tour before and will feature its owners’ decades-long collection of antique Christmas decorations. Other historic buildings on the tour range in date from ca. 1790 to the 1870s.
Also on display will be the infamous red chair, of the Facebook group “Chair Watch” fame, that dangled precariously for several years from the attic’s edge of a dilapidated house on Route 47. It has been restored and will be displayed at the Dennis Township Museum and History Center.
Tickets are $15 if purchased on-line and $20 the night of the tour. Ticket pickup/purchase is at the Dennisville Post Office, 24 Hall Avenue, 08270 beginning at 2 p.m. the day of the tour.
Since 1988, the Christmas House Tour has been sponsored by the Dennisville Historic Home Owners Association, a non-profit organization that promotes the history of Dennisville and the preservation of its historic buildings.
For more information and to purchase tickets, visit dhhoa.org. Additional information is found on its Facebook page: HistoricDennisvilleChristmasHouseTour.
