The Candlelight Tours & Holiday Boutique
Sunday, December 8, 2019, from 1 PM - 4:30 PM
Each year usually on the first Sunday of December, the Yonkers Historical Society holds its Candlelight Tour at Sherwood House to celebrate the holiday season. Admission is free and there is a Holiday Boutique in the Weed Caretaker's Cottage, where merchandise and refreshments are made available.
Sometimes, volunteers wear historic costumes and Christmas carols are sung. In the past, there have been book signings, sculptor exhibits, special guests, and other great experiences. Each year is different and fun for the whole family. Visitors are welcome to tour the second oldest house in Yonkers with friendly and knowledgeable volunteers as your guides.
Donations are most welcome and greatly appreciated. All donations go to the betterment and care of the museum and its ever aging structures and exhibits.
Sometimes, volunteers wear historic costumes and Christmas carols are sung. In the past, there have been book signings, sculptor exhibits, special guests, and other great experiences. Each year is different and fun for the whole family. Visitors are welcome to tour the second oldest house in Yonkers with friendly and knowledgeable volunteers as your guides.
Donations are most welcome and greatly appreciated. All donations go to the betterment and care of the museum and its ever aging structures and exhibits.
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This year we will also have a special book signing event, added last minute. Volunteer and local author, Jason Medina, will be doing a book signing at the Caretaker's Cottage for his latest book, A Night at the Shanley Hotel, a ghost story about a haunted bed and breakfast in Napanoch, NY.
Jason, who is also a paranormal investigator, has done numerous investigations at the hotel, which have helped inspire him to write this book. |
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Plus, don't forget to check out his other popular book, Ghosts and Legends of Yonkers. Presigned copies are available at the Holiday Boutique, also in the cottage!
Candlelight Tours, 2018, photo by Jason Medina
Last year's Candlelight Tour was held on Sunday, December 9, 2018, from 1 PM - 4:30 PM, with our holiday boutique in the Weed Cottage. It was a great turn out with many volunteers on hand to help. Thank you to those, who were able to join us as volunteers and as guests. We hope to see you all next year!
Press Release:
Contact: Chris Kenney O’Rourke
Yonkers Historical Society
Phone: (914) 274-7717
cmkor.pub@gmail.com Sherwood House Museum
340 Tuckahoe Road
Yonkers, NY 10710
www.facebook.com/YonkersHistoricalSociety Yonkers Historical Society
The Yonkers Historical Society Announces Sherwood House Museum Candlelight Tours Yonkers, NY, November 28, 2018: The Yonkers Historical Society announced today that the Historic Sherwood House Museum, the excellent 276 year old example of a colonial tenant farmer homestead, will be open Sunday, December 9th between 1:00 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. for a very festive holiday event. Guided Candlelight Tours will begin at 1:00p.m., and will continue until 4:00 p.m. Other celebratory events include a Holiday Boutique and book sale. Seasonal refreshments will be available.
We will be collecting canned goods for our third Holiday Food Drive. Donations will be gratefully accepted! The food bank at St. Peter’s Church will receive all donations.
Come and join us to embrace your inner Charles Dickens, who wrote “A Christmas Carol” more than a century after the Sherwood House was built. See what winter holidays might have looked like in 1740’s Yonkers. The tours are free. Refreshments, including hot mulled cider, will be served.
The Sherwood House is located at 340 Tuckahoe Road, Yonkers, next to the southbound entrance ramp to the Sprain Brook Parkway.
Yonkers Historical Society, 914-961-8940,
yhsociety@aol.com
https://www.facebook.com/YonkersHistoricalSociety/
http://www.yonkershistoricalsociety.org/
Yonkers Historical Society
Phone: (914) 274-7717
cmkor.pub@gmail.com Sherwood House Museum
340 Tuckahoe Road
Yonkers, NY 10710
www.facebook.com/YonkersHistoricalSociety Yonkers Historical Society
The Yonkers Historical Society Announces Sherwood House Museum Candlelight Tours Yonkers, NY, November 28, 2018: The Yonkers Historical Society announced today that the Historic Sherwood House Museum, the excellent 276 year old example of a colonial tenant farmer homestead, will be open Sunday, December 9th between 1:00 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. for a very festive holiday event. Guided Candlelight Tours will begin at 1:00p.m., and will continue until 4:00 p.m. Other celebratory events include a Holiday Boutique and book sale. Seasonal refreshments will be available.
We will be collecting canned goods for our third Holiday Food Drive. Donations will be gratefully accepted! The food bank at St. Peter’s Church will receive all donations.
Come and join us to embrace your inner Charles Dickens, who wrote “A Christmas Carol” more than a century after the Sherwood House was built. See what winter holidays might have looked like in 1740’s Yonkers. The tours are free. Refreshments, including hot mulled cider, will be served.
The Sherwood House is located at 340 Tuckahoe Road, Yonkers, next to the southbound entrance ramp to the Sprain Brook Parkway.
Yonkers Historical Society, 914-961-8940,
yhsociety@aol.com
https://www.facebook.com/YonkersHistoricalSociety/
http://www.yonkershistoricalsociety.org/
