Go inside historic Highland homes on holiday tour – Shreveport Times

Staff reports Published 2:48 p.m. CT Dec. 2, 2019

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Step inside beautiful homes filled with the warmth of the holidays and the grace of the bygone eras at the Highland Holiday Home Tour on Saturday, Dec. 7, from 5 to 9 p.m.

A holiday trolleywill transport attendees to the homes in the Highland and Fairfield Historic Districts.

The evening tour will make a stop at a neighborhood landmark where Katharine Hepburn once performed, the studio of a neighborhood artist and a host of bungalows and cottages each decorated for the holiday season.

The former house of former Shreveport Mayor Hazel Beard has been a stop on the Highland Christmas Home Tour in the past.(Photo: Henrietta Wildsmith/The Times)

The decorated trolley will depart from the Womans Department Club, 802 Margaret Place, which will feature a 6 tree with one-of-a-kind ornaments and trinkets. Raffle tickets for the tree are $5 or five for $20. Proceeds from the raffle will fund the upkeep of flowerbeds Highland Restoration Association maintains at Columbia Park. In addition, attendees have the opportunity to win a smart thermostat compliments of SWEPCO.

Other tour stops include:

Advance tickets are $15 and available at C&C Mercantile & Lighting, 2430 Line Ave., Enchanted Garden, 2429 Line Ave., and restorehighland.org. Tickets also will be available at the Womans Department Club throughout the tour for $20.

For more information, contact Highland Restoration Association President Michele Marcotte at (318) 639-0103.

More: Give the gift of art in the 2019 Holiday Art Drive, benefiting the Renzi Education and Art Center

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