We are thrilled to announce the date and location of the 47th Annual Preservation Sacramento Historic Home Tour.

Join us Sunday, September 17, 2023, 10 am - 4 pm, as we explore the charm of East Sacramento’s 38th Street!

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The Preservation Sacramento Annual Home Tour is the largest and longest running home tour in Sacramento. One day a year, volunteers open their homes and businesses to members and friends of Preservation Sacramento.  With an emphasis on historic buildings, the tour also features quality infill projects that have become important parts of Sacramento’s urban fabric. 

Visit the Home Tour page to learn more about this year’s tour and see highlights from past tours.

After a long hiatus, Preservation Sacramento's members-only inside tours of historic buildings and exciting new projects under construction has returned! This tour will explore the General Produce Warehouse (200 N 16th St), a firm founded by Sacramento merchant Chan Tai Oy. Representatives of the Growers District project will outline their vision to convert the historic building to commercial use, while adding a new residential building in its open central courtyard. We'll follow the tour with a visit to nearby Touchstone Brewing for refreshments and conversation. Preservation Sacramento membership is required to attend this tour; if you're not a member yet, join today!

Members - RSVP here.

Not a member? Learn more here.

Part of the Jane Jacobs Event series.

Date: Sunday May 28, 11 AM-Noon

Starting Location: Lavender Library, 1414 21st Street

Tour Leader: William Burg, Preservation Sacramento, & Lavender Library

Description: This 90 minute tour will visit some of the buildings and places associated with Lavender Heights, Sacramento’s most prominent “gayborhood.” We’ll visit places where Sacramento’s LGBTQ+ community organized for recognition and rights, responded to the AIDS crisis, came together in celebration and love, and got on with the business of everyday living, and share stories of the people associated with these events and places. Reservation required; maximum 50 attendees.

Register here: https://preservation-sacramento-44.wildapricot.org/event-5263230 

Part of the Jane Jacobs Event series.

Date: Sunday May 21, 10 AM-11 AM

Tour Leader: William Burg, Preservation Sacramento, & Sacramento Walking Sticks

Starting Location: 8th & O Street light rail station

Description: In the 1970s and 1980s, portions of downtown Sacramento redeveloped for the 1960s “Capitol Area Plan” became a laboratory for experiments in urban design and sustainable architecture. Utilizing principles developed by Sim van der Ryn and Peter Calthorpe, these experimental buildings were early responses to the energy crisis of the 1970s, incorporating passive heating and cooling, natural lighting, green roofs, and other aspects of environmental design. The one hour tour ends at Café Xocolatl for refreshment. Reservation required; maximum 50 attendees.

Register here: https://preservation-sacramento-44.wildapricot.org/event-5263226

Part of the Jane Jacobs Event series.

Date: Saturday, May 20, 3 PM-4:30 PM

Starting Location: Old City Cemetery, Broadway & 10th Street

Tour Leader: Eric Bradner, Old City Cemetery Committee

From the boneyard to the tap house! Eric Bradner, tour guide for the Old City Cemetery Committee, will lead you on a stroll down a rapidly changing Broadway and explore the past and future of the area. Starting at the 10th Street entrance of the Historic City Cemetery, we’ll make stops at Target, The Tower Theatre, the old Tower Records site, and other points of interest. We’ll end up at New Helvetia Brewery to wet our whistles and have friendly arguments. Reservation required; maximum 50 attendees.

Register here: https://preservation-sacramento-44.wildapricot.org/event-5263224

Part of the Jane Jacobs Event series.

Date: Saturday, May 13, 10 AM-11:30 AM

Starting Location: West Steps of California State Capitol, 10th Street & Capitol Mall

Tour Leader: Bruce Marwick, Sacramento Art Deco Society

Description: Bruce Marwick of the Sacramento Art Deco Society leads a 90 minute tour of downtown buildings designed by Alfred Eichler (1895-1977), senior designer in the California State Architect’s office 1925-1963. Best known as the designer of the Tower Bridge, Eichler’s work as an architectural draftsman, painter, and sculptor will also be presented.  Reservation required; maximum 25 attendees.

Register: https://preservation-sacramento-44.wildapricot.org/event-5263187