DENNISVILLE — The 25th Anniversary Historic Dennisville Christmas House Tour is our premier fund raising event. On the 3rd Sat. of Dec. each year a minimum of 8 beautifully decorated 18th and 19th century historic homes, and 2 bonus houses, as well as several public buildings and 2 churches, are open to the public. Please think about starting your holiday season with a festive glimpse of history in Dennisville at Christmas time!
• Sponsor – Dennisville Historic Home Owners Association, Inc., [501 (c)(3)].
• Date – Saturday, December 21, 2013.
• Time – 4:00 pm to 9:00 pm—Bonus hour for 25th Anniversary Tour.
• Tickets – $10.00 – sold at the Dennisville Post Office, 24 Hall Ave. in Dennisville the night of the tour only beginning at 3:30 pm. Greeters will distribute programs and get tour goers started on their way. Houses open at 4:00 pm. The Post Office will be open for stamp sales as well.
• Soup and sandwich supper at the South Dennis Trinity United Methodist Church beginning at 3:00 pm until food runs out ($8.00 adults, $3.50 children under 12).
• Refreshments and comfort stations at the Dennisville United Methodist Church Social Hall and Dennis Volunteer Fire Station.
• The Middletones Carolers (Middle Township High School a cappella vocal quartet) will perform through the village in period costume.
• Alice Belanger McGuigan’s illustrated “Historic Dennisville: A Walking Tour” will be available for sale at the ticket center.
• Dennis Volunteer Fire Company – will be open with new and antique equipment on display. Light refreshments will be available here.
• For further information visit http://dhhoa.dennistwp.org or contact Jack Connolly at (609) 861-1338 or at Dennisvillechristmashousetour@verizon.net.
Feature House — The Capt. Charles J. and Lydia Crawford House – 1852
According to Ancestry.com, Captain Crawford married Lydia Goff on 7-17-1850 and purchased land in Dennisville in 1851 for $110.00. The Captain Charles J. and Lydia Crawford House was built in 1852. While he was not at sea, Captain Crawford, his wife Lydia and his 4 children along with Lydia’s father, Joseph, lived in this house. This was no mean feat as the original house was comprised of 1 room downstairs and 2 small rooms upstairs with no interior plumbing. About 1870, the kitchen, which was originally not attached to the house, was built. After Captain Crawford’s death in 1878, according to a newspaper report, Lydia enlarged the house in 1881. The house remained in the Crawford / Wentzell families (Crawford’s daughter, Ella, married Levi Wentzell) until 1919 when it was sold to Paul Tomlinson of Millville, NJ for $700.00.
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