HOME TOUR IN SCOTT CITY NEXT SUNDAY

SCOTT CITY -- The Scott City Historic Preservation Commission will host its third annual historical home tour next Sunday, Oct. 16, 1-5 p.m.

The home of Chuck and Carol Keppler, 1320 Warner, is one of five stops on the tour.

Known as "The Hamilton House," the home was built between 1907-1912 by Carl and Helen Wielpuetz. The house had numerous owners until 1941 when George and Minnie Hamilton bought it. Mrs. Hamilton planted many trees and flowers that are still around the home today.

The Kepplers have lived in the house since 1978. Through the many additions and renovations over the last 16 years, they have tried to retain the style of that earlier time with the woodwork, staircase and doors being original.

Other stops on the tour:

-- the home of Jerry and Virginia McCloud, 414 E. Maple, known as the "Holly House";

-- the home of Steve Graves, 713 Second St. East, and his Shades of the Past Antique Shop, which is known as the "Hartner House";

-- the home of Mike and Jan Davis, about four miles south of old Illmo on Highway N, built in the 1860s and known as the "Sheet Home"; and

-- the River Ridge Winery, a renovated farm house about 100 years old, two miles north of Commerce on County Road 321, owned by Jerry and Joannie Smith.

Tour tickets for a $5 donation will be available at each featured home.

For more information, contact Jeannine Schuenemeyer, president of the Scott City Historical Preservation Commission, at 264-4873.