In 2011 the Holiday Home Tour planning committee recommended to the SPA Board that the tour be changed from December to October.  Many times in December we have had snow storms that brought much of the white stuff into the tour's homes.  We thought moving it to the fall would ensure better weather.  Also, many gardens still look nice and the fall colors are beginning to show.

In October of 2011 the 1st Annual Autumn Home Tour was held in the Logan Neighborhood and on the Gonzaga Campus.  We had beautiful fall weather for a walking tour.  In October of 2012 the National Trust for Historic Preservation will be holding their annual conference here in Spokane.  Many SPA members are busy planning tours and field sessions for that conference.  As a part of the conference on Thursday, November 1st, there will be a Candlelight Tour of Homes.  This tour is a part of the conference but it will be open to the public.  It will be held on Sumner Avenue and Wall Street.  There will be approximately 10 homes open for this fantastic tour, so SAVE THE DATE!

This fall the November 1st Candlelight Tour will replace the SPA Autumn Home Tour.  Look for the SPA Autumn Home Tour to return in October of 2013.

The 2011 Autumn Historic Homes Tour was held in the Logan-Gonzaga Neighborhood.  Four historic homes were viewed; also open for the tour were the Bing Crosby House, the Huetter Mansion and St. Aloysius Church on Gonzaga's campus. A large group of SPA members and other interested people attended and thoroughly enjoyed the tour!

	2009's Holiday Home Tour was a Huge Success. It was SPA's 10th tour and took place in beautiful Browne's Addition.
2009's tour was in Browne's Addition and included the Patsy Clark Mansion, the Phelps House, and the Fotheringham House.

The Patsy Clark Mansion 2208 W. Second Ave.	The Phelps House 2118 W. Second Ave.
Gazebo in Coeur d'Alene Park	The Fotheringham House 2128 W. Second Ave.

SPA's 9th Annual Holiday Heritage Home Tour on Saturday, December 6th, was a great success! Over 500 tickets were sold, resulting in more than $8,000 to SPA! The funds will be given to SPA's Heritage Grant program, which promotes historic preservation in Spokane and Spokane County. Including the homeowners, their families, and people who received free tour tickets because they volunteered their time as tour guides, the four historic homes on the tour were visited by more than 650 people, making this tour the most well-attended of all. A huge "thank you" to fabulous weather, wonderful homeowners, and to all who helped make the 9th Annual Holiday Heritage Home Tour SPA's most successful tour event yet!
SPA member entering one of the houses.	Decorated and ready for holiday festivities.
Carolers provide entertainment and Christmas cheer.	Helpers provide refreshments for those on the Tour.
This year's weather was vastly different from last year's, when it snowed all day.	The history and/or transformation of a historic house is of great interest.