The Friends of Historic Hannibal will host its 12^th Annual Homes Tour, Sunday, April 19 from 1:00 to 4:00 pm. Five historic homes will be featured in this year’s tour and will be open to the public. Tickets are only $5.00 (five dollars) and can be purchased the day of the tour at any of the homes on view.

The theme this year is “work in progress,” and will focus on houses that are in the process of restoration. Hannibal’s stock of affordable historic homes is an important asset to the community and continues to attract many new residents to town. People from all parts of the country come here to invest in the fine old Victorian homes that can be purchased for a fraction of the price elsewhere. These immigrants bring with them new assets for the community. Many of these newcomers have been at the very heart of the downtown revival America’s Hometown is experiencing.

This year the Homes Tour will feature five homes that are conveniently situated near one another.

The first home on the tour is the 1884 Andrew G. Brown House at 124 N. Maple owned by Jack Klotz. It is a rare example of what architectural historians refer to as Eastlake Victorian Stick-style.

The second home is directly across the street at 125 N. Maple. The builder of this pre-1899 structure is unknown. It was built as a double house – what we would call today a duplex. It is in the Italianate style with a Colonial Revival Porch.

207 North Maple is the third house owned by Jackie Karlock. Known as the Doyle-Mounce House, this Second Empire style house is one of the least altered houses in Hannibal of the period. It was built before 1880.

1020 Center Street, home of Lynette and Randy Doty, is the Jesse H. McVeigh House. Another Second Empire example, it was constructed between 1885-1888.

The final home on the tour is the Lamb-Munger House at 521 Bird, built around the Civil War. The home of Pat and Bob Yapp, the house is in the Italianate style. Bob Yapp uses the house as a classroom for historic preservation techniques. As a nationally known expert, Yapp teaches both Hannibal students and adults from around the country on how to do everything from refinishing floors to repairing windows.

Friends of Historic Hannibal meets the second Thursday of every month, and is open to anyone interested in historic preservation. Location of the meetings are announced in a monthly newsletter available on

Friends of Historic Hannibal & Marion County Historical Society

Announce

THE GREAT UNVEILING of the LAURA HAWKINS HOUSE

What: In the tradition of a barn raising, volunteers will be removing (unveiling) the non-original siding

from the exterior of this historic Queen Anne style home to reveal the original wood exterior.

The house was the home of Laura Hawkins. Miss Hawkins was the boyhood friend of young

Samuel Clemens and the model Clemens aka Mark Twain used to create the Becky Thatcher

character in his book, Tom Sawyer.

A workshop on how to achieve affordable 12-to-15-year exterior paint jobs will also be held.

Bob Yapp, nationally known restoration expert, author and host of the former national PBS

series, “About Your House with Bob Yapp”, will lead both workshops. Bob & his wife Pat

recently moved themselves and Bob’s business, Preservation Resources, Inc. to Hannibal.

When: Saturday, October, 25, 2008. Unveiling from 8:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. The Affordable House

Painting Workshop begins at 3:00 p.m. and runs to 5:00 p.m.

Where: The Laura Hawkins House owned by Nora Creason and Don Metcalf

210 N. 5th, Hannibal, MO

Who: Everyone in the community is invited to this FREE event. Whether you can to bring a pry bar

and gloves to help unveil the house or just want to learn about cost effective, long-term paint

jobs, we encourage the community to turn out.

NOTE: Volunteers for the unveiling need to be there no later

              than 8:30 a.m. for a ladder and safety primer. Please

              bring gloves, safety glasses, stepladders and a flat-style

              pry bar. We will have some pry bars, stepladders and

              gloves for those without.

Sponsors:

Friends of Historic Hannibal

Marion County Historical Society

Nora Creason and Don Metcalf

JM&S Electric, Hannibal

Preservation Resources, Inc., Hannibal

LaBinnah Bistro

Contacts: Bob Yapp 573 629-2226 yapperman@msn.com

Nora Creason 206 335--346 ncreason@justice.com

Check out the Raising Laura Blog for more information and photos

Laura Hawkins with Samuel Clemens in Hannibal, 1903. ( from Raising Laura Blog)