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Staff Report 5:32 PM Wednesday, November 25, 2009

DAYTON — “A Dickens of a Christmas in St. Anne’s Hill,” the holiday historic home tour, will return Dec. 11-13 with guided tours of some of the historical district’s homes.

The tours are led by guides costumed in period dress and feature live entertainment followed by a visit to the homes, each decorated for the season. The tours will conclude with an old-fashioned dessert and a visit to the gift shop.

Tours begin every half hour, starting from 4:30 to 8 p.m. Dec. 11, 1:30 to 8 p.m. Dec. 12 and 1:30 to 6 p.m. Dec. 13. Tours last approximately two to three hours, including entertainment, home tours, and dessert. Tickets this year are $18 each, and may now be ordered online at www.stanneshill.org. Due to the popularity of the event, the schedule of tours sells out quickly and advance tickets are required.

The 2009 tour will begin at the High Street Gallery, located at 48 High St. The tour will conclude at the Bossler Mansion, a landmark structure built in 1869, considered Dayton’s best example of Second Empire architecture.

“A Dickens of a Christmas In St. Anne’s Hill” is the Miami Valley’s oldest continuously running historic home tour, having debuted in 1983. Proceeds from the tour will benefit the St. Anne’s Hill Neighborhood Association, to maintain the neighborhood’s historic character.

The St. Anne’s Hill Historic Society is celebrating its 35th anniversary, commemorating the evolution of the neighborhood since it became a registered historic district in 1974.

The neighborhood of St. Anne’s Hill is a historic community within Dayton, located one mile east of the downtown area just beyond the Oregon District. The area was part of the original out-lots of the city of Dayton, which were plotted in 1815 by Daniel C. Cooper, an early settler of the city. Although not settled for several decades, by the 1830s the first documented use of the name “St. Anne’s Hill” for the area is found in newspaper advertisements promoting the sale of nursery stock from a greenhouse in the area.

For more information, visit www.stanneshill.org.

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