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1 ' <br /> i <br /> Historical homes tour <br /> ­�`aw <br /> nr, <br /> highlight of � < <br /> F <br /> 2nd annual Historical Days <br /> One of the highlights of the second annual New Car- <br /> lisle Historical Days will be Historical Home Tours of <br /> five of the town's oldest dwellings. Stops along the <br /> tour are the Charles Taylor House (1880's), the old <br /> - Hamilton Church (1838), the William Trowbridge House <br /> (1867), the T. L. Bordon House (1868), and the Warner <br /> House (1893). <br /> Tickets for the tours which run from 10 a.m. to 6 <br /> The T. L. Bordon House - This home was built by Mr. p.m. each day during the festival, are purchased from The Charles Taylor House - The home is built on land <br /> Bordon as his retirement home and is now in the process the information center, located on Arch St. All tours purchased in 1880, but the exact date of the home con- <br /> of being restored to its original splendor by its process originate from the United Methodist Church, Compton struction is unknown. The furnishings contained in the <br /> owners. The interior of the home has an open walnut and Timothy Rd. home are for the greater part 1860 vintage. A collec- <br /> staircase and all of the woodwork in the house is either tion of Victorian shadow boxes is highlighted by a large <br /> walnut or cherry. ornate hair wreath. <br /> ` <br /> w a Z <br /> AS <br /> v <br /> . .� '.2 r•.i�w�\N� fs <br /> ,• �� Il�� <br /> d <br /> , W <br /> fill II <br /> w <br /> n <br /> J ft <br /> Aj <br /> The William Trowbridge House - - This Italinate home :N1111 ` A­ <br /> with the Queen Anne style roof was built by Mr. and Mrs. <br /> Morgan Smith in 1887. Restorative workonthe home in- The Warner House - This lovely home was built in <br /> Old Hamilton Church An example of Greek Revival eludes the removal of lowered ceilings and returning 1893 by the Warners. Its projecting bays, the curved <br /> Architecture, the church was begun in 1838. Leveled by floors to their original state. The interior is color- glass windown are among the most interesting features <br /> fire as construction was nearly completed, the towns of the home's exterior. The interior contains an open <br /> fully decorated with furnishing of the late nineteenth <br /> people rebuilt it once again. The present structure was century. stairway, tiled fireplace, and wood work with its ori- <br /> dedicated in 1843. ginal condition. <br />