From: Preservation Racine <preservationracine@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2017 19:53:49 -0500 Message-ID: <CAPmLPL7sNgcGBNeBBJe14i3V1fO_LFM7pxAoH_h60OomAQyw_Q@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Preservation Racine 42nd annual Tour of Historic Places
Preservation Racine will hold it’s 42nd annual Tour of Historic Pla
ces
Sunday, September 24 from 11:30 to 5:30.
Preservation Racine’s 2017 Tour of Historic Places is featuring sit
es
associated with Racine’s westward expansion of the 1930s. The major
ity of
the sites included in this year’s tour focus on the greater Manree
Park
neighborhood, which was originally platted on one of two original farms
that were situated along Washington Avenue. Of the 9 sites, 5 are within 2
blocks of each other. Part of Manree Park was designated the Orchard Street
Historic District in 2016 by the Wisconsin Historical Society for its
architectural and historical significance. The greater neighborhood was
developed between 1929 and the 1960s, as the Racine economy evolved from
the dairy industry into industrialization, resulting in an expansion of the
community’s boundaries.
Visit our website *www.preservationracine.org
<http://www.preservationracine.org>* and click on the 2017 tour tab to
learn more about our tour.
Tickets are $18 the day of the tour and $15 in advance. Advance tickets
can be purchased with PayPal by clicking on the tickets tab below the 2017
tour tab.
For more information you can also call 262 634 5748 and leave a message we
will get back to you.
Attached is a flyer you can share with your members.
Don Schumacher
President