Message-ID: <1409762207.19370.YahooMailNeo@web122301.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2014 09:36:47 -0700 From: Jeanne Engle <joyfulwoman@yahoo.com> Subject: Walking Tour of Historic Madison Neighborhood on September 28
Orton Park Neighborhood Sept. 28
Walking Tour Marks
Madison Trust for H
istoric
Preservation’s 40th Anniversary
For generations Ort
on Park on Madison’s near east side
has been a place of relaxatio
n, recreation and celebration. But in Madison’s
early days, the a
rea served as a final resting place for the dearly departed.
Orton Park a
nd the surrounding residential neighborhood will
be the focus of the Madi
son Trust for Historic Preservation’s (MTHP) Sunday
afternoon, Se
pt. 28, 2014, historic architecture tour. Timed tickets for the two-hour wa
lking
tour are $30 ($25 for MTHP members) and can be purchased at www.mad
isonpreservation.org. Limited tickets may be available the
day of the tou
r.
Tour groups will leave every half hour between 1:00 and 4:30
p.m. fr
om Immanuel Lutheran Church, 1021 Spaight St. Parking is available in
the
church’s parking lots.
The tour of one of Madison’s old
est neighborhoods, part of
the historic Third Lake Ridge, will include ma
ny exteriors, three interiors,
and one garden. Participants will see home
s designed by local architects in distinctive
styles as diverse as Italia
nate, Queen Anne, Greek and Tudor revival, Craftsman
and Prairie.
For
more information on MTHP programs and tours go to: www.madisonpreservation.
org.
Thank you,
Jeanne Engle (MTHP Tour Committee)