Salem homes featured on tour

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SPECIAL TO THE VINDICATOR Featured above is one of the homes that can be visited during the 2016 Salem Preservation Home Tour set for Friday and Saturday. There are eight homes on the tour from 1800s structures to kit homes, to mid-century modern homes.

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SALEM

Architecture through the Ages, the 2016 Salem Preservation Home tour, will take place 2 to 8 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. next Saturday.

The self-guided tour features eight homes sorted into three categories: 1800s structures, kit homes, and mid-century modern homes.

Houses in the 1800s structures category are:

David Painter House (1826), 1553 Cleveland St., owned by Cecil and Robbie Chamberlain

John Street House (1838), 631 N. Ellsworth Ave., owned by Denise and Joe Serensky

Ruth Smucker House (1860), 271 S. Broadway Ave., owned by Salem Federation of Women’s Clubs.

The two kit homes are:

Aladdin Winthrop (1921), 650 Cherry St., owned by Sophie Braut Donnelly Tomko

Sears Hazelton (1920), 1526 E. Third St., owned by David and Tina Shafer.

The three mid-century modern homes are:

Murdock House/Lincoln Homes (1950), 1979 Southeast Blvd., owned by Barbara Yonker;

Gertie Hertz House (1963), 1440 E. 11th St., owned by Dr. Michael and Eloise Traina;

Brooks Emeney Mansion/Loudon House (1970), 575 Highland Ave., owned by the Kevin and Kim Jamison family.

Tickets are $16 and include a booklet, refreshments, admission into the eight historic properties, other exteriors and two visual exhibits, Lustron technical drawings and Sears catalogs. Don Santee, builder of the Lincoln Homes, will be available during some hours.

The tour booklet will provide information on each house, such as which house sat on McKinley Avenue before being moved to its current location, which house was won on the TV show The Price is Right, which house has an indoor pool and which has a secret hiding place that was used by the Underground Railroad.

The booklet also discusses the architectural styles and trends related to the periods when these houses were built.

Tickets may be purchased at Salem Giant Eagle, Salem Area Chamber of Commerce, from Salem Preservation members and at the tour starting point, the Ruth Smucker House. Tickets also may be reserved by calling 330-337-6829 or 330-337-7225, or by sending an email to salempreservationsociety@gmail.com.