On Saturday December 8th (before the blizzard of December 2018) hubby took me
on a photo shoot to see the homes that would be in the 47th Annual Candlelight Tour.
It was cold and overcast and little did we know what December 9th had in store for us.
I expect the 2nd day of the tour was cancelled.
Here is the first few lines for the write up about the Tour, December 8 and 9th, 2018
1:00 PM-7 PM both days.
There's a feeling of a small town community right in the middle of downtown Raleigh. Historic Oakwood is a community of homes most of which are dated from the mid- 1800s to the early 1900s. There's a continuing effort to preserve the Victorian, Queen Anne and Craftsman architectural styles of these homes from a century ago. The immaculate care of the exterior of a home is only a prelude to the beauty and attention to detail given to the interiors.
The next few days I'll feature some of the homes. Oakwood covers
several street we didn't go on all of them. I love all the colors and architecture and turrets.
There was no way to get all of this giant Magnolia in one photo
On left side of collage above is the front of the yellow home
lower collage on left is the side and that isn't all of it.
It was cold and overcast and little did we know what December 9th had in store for us.
I expect the 2nd day of the tour was cancelled.
Here is the first few lines for the write up about the Tour, December 8 and 9th, 2018
1:00 PM-7 PM both days.
There's a feeling of a small town community right in the middle of downtown Raleigh. Historic Oakwood is a community of homes most of which are dated from the mid- 1800s to the early 1900s. There's a continuing effort to preserve the Victorian, Queen Anne and Craftsman architectural styles of these homes from a century ago. The immaculate care of the exterior of a home is only a prelude to the beauty and attention to detail given to the interiors.
The next few days I'll feature some of the homes. Oakwood covers
several street we didn't go on all of them. I love all the colors and architecture and turrets.
There was no way to get all of this giant Magnolia in one photo
On left side of collage above is the front of the yellow home
lower collage on left is the side and that isn't all of it.
Host:
What beautiful homes - I love that Victorian architecture! It's one of the things I most love about driving around in New England. Nice you got your tour of homes in before the GREAT BLIZZARD OF 2018!!
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Those surel look like some great houses.Love the yellow one. Great pictures. You all have a great day.
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ReplyDeleteI love this type of house - what a gorgeous array (though I'd be calling that yellow one a mansion and less so a cottage!!!) YAM xx
Those houses are spectacular! hahaha, what a hairy dog......
ReplyDeleteOH MY , I did not know KAT lives with two beautiful BIG dogs.. Buddy and Big Boy might share a few mutual genes.... I would love to visit that part of town on a sunny day and walk up and down the sidewalks drooling at those homes. they are gorgeous and the type I love most of all..... glad you went the day before the blizzard
ReplyDeleteGorgeous! I grew up in a neighborhood and a house from that era (on the east coast - almost nothing out here is that old). Your photos sent me back down memory lane. I cannot wait to see the insides of the homes!!
ReplyDeleteI would have loved to see these in person. I love to tour old homes and never miss the opportunity.
ReplyDeleteHave a fabulous Wordless Wednesday, Cecilia. Big hug. ♥
Those are beautiful homes. Did you get to go inside any of them? It looks like Dakota has left just a little floof behind.
ReplyDeleteWe have those pretty gingerbread houses in our new town too! There's a tour called the Gingerbread Trail every year!
ReplyDeleteWhat nice houses!
ReplyDeleteThat sure looks like a pretty place to snoop around!
ReplyDeleteRaleigh definitely has some gorgeous, historic homes.
ReplyDeleteI love old homes like this and am so excited to see the others. They look like they are straight out of a Hallmark Christmas movie.
ReplyDeleteWhat gorgeous historic homes!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful homes!
ReplyDeleteThe Florida Furkids
Beautiful photos. I would love to tour those homes. XO
ReplyDeleteThe hubby and I love old houses, especially restored, like the ones we saw in the oldest section of Ft. Wayne, IN over Christmas. Hope you had a good Christmas.
ReplyDeleteLove those old homes and I also took part in wordless wednesday.
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Beautiful homes indeed!!! Mom would love to live in a Victorian house just for the wraparound porches:) We think those are Kit's dogs Mom wishes she would blog again.
ReplyDeleteOur Texans are at the airport waiting since 3:30 to go home. Bad weather in Dallas. Mom is pretty sure she is going to have to go back to pick them up until tomorrow. It is not looking good.
Woos - Lightning, Misty, and Timber
Love seeing old homes - went on a tour here in Pocatello of older homes quite a few years ago
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Hazel & Mabel
I'm also a big fan of older architecture...these are beauties!
ReplyDeleteOf course Buddy and Dakota are also pretty beautiful!
xoxo,
B
These houses are really beautiful! My human loves all these vintage styles.
ReplyDeleteKat has some BIG siblings! Love old homes but I wouldn't want to have to keep one up. CH grew up in a home similar to the one of the bottom right. Lovely pictures!
ReplyDeleteI love the style of these big old victorian houses!
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