On Sunday, June 13, 2o1o we will hold the "350th Anniversary Historic Homes Tour and Tea."

Buy advance tickets online now with your credit card or check and save $5.

All proceeds benefit historic preservation in Marlborough.  You can help raise awareness of this event by printing out and distributing posters/fliers.  Download the PDF here.

Just added: Attend just the Tea for $7 payable at the Peter Rice Homestead (377 Elm Street), the location of the Tea.  This year's Tea is somewhat different than last year's. Read more about this year's Tea below.

About this year's tour

Join us on Marlborough's 350th Anniversary weekend for a look inside historic homes representing the history of Marlborough, from The Peter Rice Homestead (1688) and farm houses from the 1700s with fireplaces for cooking, wide plank floors, and hand-hewn beams,  to a Victorian home with intricate painting and Eastlake hardware from the late 1800s and a charming cape built in 1920. Each house and owner has a story to tell. 

Along the way or at the end of your day relax at the Tea in the Peter Rice Homestead with tarts, coffee cakes, muffins, shortbread, biscotti, and tea cakes, and the music of a classical string duo, which will be performing throughout the day

Purchase your ticket online now and you'll save $5 off the pay-at-the-door price.  Advance tickets will also be sold at the Peter Rice Homestead at 377 Elm Street on Friday morning from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.

Tickets may also be purchased at any of the houses on the day of the Tour for $20 (cash).

Your ticket covers the houses and the tour, and everyone in your party must have a ticket. 

Note that you will not be mailed a ticket and, unlike traditional home tours, you don't need to go to a central point to pick up a booklet.  Instead you will print a ticket at the end of your online purchase and can then use the information below to plan your trip.  When you present the ticket you've printed at the first house you visit you'll be given a booklet that you will use for admission to the other houses and the Tea.

All houses and the Tea are open one day only, Sunday, June 13, from noon to 5 p.m., and all proceeds benefit historic preservation in Marlborough.

Buy advance tickets online now with your credit card or check and save $5.

Download the map showing the locations of the six houses. [PDF]

Reminder: You can visit the houses in any order you wish and can attend the Tea at any point.   The houses open and the Tea is taking place from Noon to 5 p.m.

The Peter Rice Homestead (1688)

377 Elm Street
On the North side of Elm Street, just East of the 495 overpass

Parking available in the lot across the street and on Elm Street

Buy advance tickets online now with your credit card or check and save $5.

Download the map showing the locations of the six houses. [PDF]

Important information: Admission, parking, and other tour details

• The homes will be open June 13 only (rain or shine) from noon to 5 p.m.
• Admission to the houses and the tea is $15/person in advance and $20/person on the day of the tour.  Everyone must have a ticket. 
  
• Advance tickets can be purchased online with a credit card.  Same-day admission must be paid in cash.  You can also buy advance tickets (cash or check, only) at The Peter Rice Homestead at 377 Elm Street Friday mornings from 9 a.m. - 11 a.m.
  
• You will not be mailed a ticket and don't need to go to one central location to pick up your ticket or a booklet.  Instead, you will print your ticket at the end of the online ticket process. 
  
• Pick the homes you want to see in the order you want to see them.  You will present the ticket you've printed at the first house you visit and will be given a booklet that you'll present at the other houses and at the Tea.
• The Tea will be at the Peter Rice Homestead and Museum at 377 Elm Street.  Stop in at any point during your day for coffee, tea, soft drinks, pastries, and sweets.  The Tea ends at 5 p.m., the same time that the homes close.
• To help ease parking headaches, please join your friends and share a ride.  If you're driving, please note the parking suggestions included for some of the houses above.
  
• All proceeds benefit historic preservation in Marlborough