Popular Oklahoma City-area home tours get ready for guests

Season’s greetings — fall home tour season, that is!

It kicks off this weekend with four popular events in Oklahoma City: The Heritage Hills Historic Home & Garden Tour today and Sunday, the Nichols Hills Kitchen Tour on Sunday, the Gatewood Historic District Home & Garden Tour on Nov. 1, and the Linwood Place Historic Home Tour Nov. 8, a tour itself for the history books since it’s Linwood’s centennial year.

Here’s the lowdown on each event.

The tour will be from noon to 5 p.m. today and Sunday. Tickets are $15 at the door of any home on the tour, which has the theme "The Roaring ’20s.” Stops are:

• 326 NW 16, nicknamed "The Great Gatsby” for the tour, owned by Bill Carey, Spanish Eclectic style, built in 1929.

• 217 NW 19, "The Prohibition.” owned by Julie Charboneau and Jeff Darnell, a mix of Prairie and other styles, built in 1919.

• 501 NW 14, "The Flappers,” owned by Kirk and Rainy Broussard, American Foursquare, built in 1903.

• 912 NW 15, "The Jazz Age,” owned by Nikki and Marc Edwards, Tudor style, built in 1931.

• 320 NW 19, "The Cat’s Meow, owned by Bill and Carol Orr, Prairie style, built in 1920.

• 900 Block of NW 15, "The Charleston,” owned by Bond and Lori Payne, Georgian and Adam styles, built in 1929.

• 405 NW 15, The Overholser Mansion, owned by the Oklahoma Historical Society, French Chateau style, built in 1903 by early city business leader Henry Overholser.

• 310 NW 19, a garden-pool area.

For more information, go online to www.heritagehills.org.

The Kitchen Tour, organized by the Oklahoma County Medical Society Alliance, will be from 11 a.m. to 5 pm. Sunday, with five newly redesigned kitchens.

Tickets are $12 in advance at A Karen Black Co., 3013 NW 63; Jamie’s, 9313 N Pennsylvania; Mediterranean Imports, 5620 N May Ave.; New Leaf Florist, 9219 N Pennsylvania; On a Whim, 7118 N Western Ave.; Tony Foss Florist, 7610 N May Ave.; Nunu’s Mediterranean Cafe, 3131 W Memorial Road; and Paper Lion, 3218 S Boulevard, Edmond. Tickets will be $15 at the door of tour homes.

Tour stops, which will include food samples and demonstrations from top metro-area chefs, are:

• 1709 Camden Way, home of Jennifer Wheeler and Chris Coleman.

• 1714 Coventry Lane, home of Monique and Andy Nelson.

• 1210 Larchmont Lane, home of Tracy and Tim Hughes.

• 6917 Grand Blvd., home of Cristy and Jeff Mobley.

• 2431 Grand Circle, home of Sally and Steve Bentley.

The tour will be from noon to 5 p.m. Nov. 1 and will include retail-living spaces as well as traditional single-family homes.

Advance tickets are $8 at 23rd Street Antique Mall, 3023 NW 23.

Tickets will be $10 at any tour stop on tour day.

Stops along the Gatewood tour are:

• 1928 NW 17, home of Doug and Merrily Leach, Colonial Revival, built in 1925.

• 1919 NW 20, home of Mark MacDonald, Bungalow/Craftsman, built in 1924.

• 1701 NW 16, home and business of Estrella Evans, Velvet Monkey Salon and private loft apartment, built in 1927 as an ice house, renovated last year.

• 1830 NW 18, home of Jerry and Ann Fent, Colonial Revival, built in 1928.

• 1321 NW 16, home of John Holmes, Prairie style, built in 1921 as a fourplex, renovated to a single-family home.

• 1738 NW 16, owned by Keith Rinearson, PhotoArt Studios, a 1950s-era commercial building now photography studios and personal space.

For more information, go to www.gatewoodokc.com.

The tour, which celebrates the neighborhood’s centennial year, will be from 1 to 5 p.m. Nov. 8.

Tickets are $8 in advance at 23rd Street Antique Mall and at Prairie Thunder Baking Co. in the Plaza Court Building at NW 10 and Walker Avenue.

Tickets will be $10 at any of the stops on the day of the tour.

Tour stops are:

• 3333 NW 21, home of Joe and Virginia Shephard.

• 3140 NW 20, home of Scott and Karen Dedmon.

• 3145 NW 20, home of Graham and Kadie Ramsay.

• 3201 NW 18, home of Phil and Marian Horning.

• 3233 NW 18, home of Bob and Connie Bright.

• 3205 NW 19, home of Jim and Debby Blalock, hospitality house with refreshments and a string quartet.

For more information, go online to www.linwoodplace.org.

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