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The Ridgway Heritage Council sponsors Annual House Tours showcasing Ridgway's spectacular homes. The first tour took place in 1997.  Each year a theme is chosen and the homes to be featured are selected accordingly.  With so many historically and architecturally significant homes in the area, it is often difficult to choose!

2007 House Tour

The 2007 event was titled "A Stroll in the Shade" and indeed the weather was perfect for just that! Attendees were invited into five beautiful homes and finally into the Evangelical Covenant Church where refreshments were served.  The following buildings were available for viewing:

• The Harry R. Hyde Residence (Circa 1806) now the Hugus home,

• The William and Ruby Arnold Residence (Circa 1920)now the Kriegel home,

• The Lyle Hall Property which is now occupied by the Heindls,

• The C. L. Shawbaker Residence (Circa 1917) now the Mitchell home,

• The C.E. Lockhart Residence now home to the Hugars, and

• The Evangelical Covenant Church.

The 10^th Annual Historic tour of Homes was an enlarged version of the typical house tour.  Ten homes which had previously been featured on past tours were selected for the anniversary event.

The following homes were available for viewing:

• The William H. Hyde Residence,

• The Hon. John G. Whitmore Residence,

• The Harry Thayer Residence,

• The William Moore Residence,

• The Charles A. Kline Residence

• The Jerome Powell Residence,

• The Edgar Powell Residence,

• The Burt Cartwright Residence,

• The Beverly P. Mercer Residence and

• The First Baptist Church of Ridgway (recently transformed into a private residence).

2005 House Tour

The 2005 House Tour entitled a "Cornucopia of Homes" was held Sunday, September 18th. This year's homes were as varied as the name of the tour suggests!  The following houses were included:

• The Yorn home located on South Mill Avenue,

• The Kontes home located on Center Street,

• The Jacques home located on South Street, and

• The Jardini home (recently converted from a church) located on South Mill Avenue.

The tour both began and ended at the Ridgway BPO Elks Club, which itself is housed in a beautifully restored Victorian residence.

2004 House Tour

The theme for the 2004 tour, which took place on July 11, 2004, was entitled "A Ride Through the Past".  Approximately 250 individuals took part in this tour, which featured the five homes listed below:

• The Cartwright Home located on the corner of Broad and Center Streets,

• The Carman Home located on the corner of Metoxet and Jackson Avenue,

• The Darby Home located on the corner of Metoxet and Cook Avenue,

• The Thompson Home located on Montmorenci Road, and

• The Dickinson Home located on West Main Street.

Participants met at the Gazebo on the Elk County Courthouse Lawn and were transported to the five homes by bus, with a tour guide for each group and house guide at each house.