Our Online Ticket Sales Have Ended, but You Can STILL Join Us and Enjoy a Great Tour!
Just go to Woodmere Art Museum, 9201 Germantown Avenue or
Hill Company, 8040 Germantown Avenue before 2:30 pm to buy your Day-of-Tour Ticket, get your wristband, booties, and program/map! (Please keep in mind that the tour takes about 3 hours )
This is an all weather event. Light snow enhances the beauty of picturesque Chestnut Hill! You may ride our festive event trolleys from house to house, or drive your car. Check in at Woodmere Art Museum, 9201 Germantown Avenue OR Hill Company, 8040 Germantown Avenue to pick up your map, wristband and booties.
The holiday season is a time to relive cherished traditions, and for Chestnut Hill, there is no better tradition than spending a day enjoying the Christmas Holiday House tour. Presented annually by the Chestnut Hill Community Association (CHCA), this year’s tour will feature five of the area’s loveliest historic homes decorated for the holidays. Get into the holiday spirit with a day spent touring a variety of dramatic homes and find inspiration for your Holiday celebrations, while experiencing the rich architectural heritage of Chestnut Hill.
Make it a day in Chestnut Hill! Many restaurants and shops will be offering discounts for Christmas Holiday House Tour attendees, and our event trolleys will stop at each house on the tour, and along Germantown Avenue.
Attendees are invited to return to the Woodmere Art Museum when they finish the tour, between 3:30 and 4:30 pm to enjoy a holiday reception with light refreshments and to explore the galleries. The current exhibit, A Grand Vision: Violet Oakley and the American Renaissance is exceptional and not to be missed!
To begin the tour: Attendees must stop by one of our two egistration locations: Woodmere Art Museum, 9201 Germantown Avenue, or Hill Company, 8040 Germantown Avenue in Chestnut Hill to pick up their tour booklet, map and wristband. The tour is self-guided and attendees have the option of driving to the homes, or riding one of our special event trolleys. Free parking is avaiable at Woodmere Art Musuem, at Hill Company on-street parking is available.
Be sure to print and bring your ticket to the tour! We will also have you on our registration sign-in list.
Thank you to our generous sponsors!
Main Sponosor: Audi Willow Grove
House Sponsors: Bowman Properties, George Woodward Co., Janice Manzi/Louise "Butter" D'Alessandro/Elfant Wissahickon Realtors, Berkshire Hathaway Home Services/Fox Roach Realtors
Trolley Sponsors: Brandywine Realty Trust, Chestnut Hill Hospital, One West Chestnut Hill, Merrill Lynch: Nottingham-Goodman Group, St. Clair CPA Solutions
In Kind Sponors: Senior Helpers/Elkins Park, Chestnut Hill Local
This year we are thrilled that Watercolor Artist Eddie Flotte has generously offered his beautiful painting for the front cover of our program booklet — a snowy scene of Germantown Avenue looking south towards the Chestnut Hill Hotel. You may also buy this painting as an open edition print at $55 or as an archive quality Giclee reproduction at $275. He is donating 20% of the proceeds to CHCA. Attendees may pick up their prints at registration on the day of the tour.
