Join GHS for Home Tour Weekend!
This home tour will emphasize the history of one area of the Greenbrier Valley. There will be five stops including two historic homes; the Arbuckle Fort Preserve with the Blaker’s Mill community; the Blue Sulphur Springs pavilion; and an antique tractor and equipment show. A driving tour guide will be provided with the ticket which will include an additional seven historic “view spots” to be seen from the road.

Opening Reception

June 9th, 2023 at 7:30pm
​The opening reception will be held at 7:30 p.m. at the 1834 Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia Law Library and Study Building in Lewisburg, WV. Guests will be able to explore this building as well as the Enslaved Quarters beside it.

Drawings of Native Americans by Roanoke artist Chuck Carroll will be displayed and the first Chief Justice to sit in Lewisburg, Henry St. George Tucker, will make an appearance. Light food and drink included.

Home Tour Day

June 10th, 2023 from 10am - 4pm
​The ”Homes Among the Hills” tour will be held from 10 am to 4 pm beginning at the visitor’s choice of locations following the map in the driving tour book. The tour will happen regardless of the weather. No refunds will be given.

​All the locations are “kid-friendly” and folks are encouraged to bring youngsters to learn about the history of this area by experiencing these sites.  It is a learning experience for the whole family!

Sites

  1. ​The Blue Sulphur Springs Pavilion will have a dramatic presentation by Major Vass, the resort’s manager in the 1830s & 40s, at 11:00 am and 2:00 pm; wagon rides; docents who will talk about the resort’s history; food for purchase; and portable toilets.
  2. The Arbuckle Fort Preserve will have a Native American habitat; displays of Native American artifacts; tours to the fort site by the archaeologists who excavated it; artifacts from the fort site; and information about the Blaker’s Mill community.
  3. The two houses open for tour include the circa 1795 home of James Jarrett and the circa 1860 home of Dr. and Mrs. Thomas G. Clay on land first owned by James Jarrett and willed to his son, William.
  4. ​Agriculture dominated the economy of this area from the earliest white settlement. Early tractors and other farm machinery will be displayed by the Tahoe Antique Tractor Club.
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Please use Google Maps to navigate using these addresses & coordinates. We cannot guarantee correct directions using other GPS/navigation apps.
     1. The Diamond House
3212 Spring Valley Rd, Alderson, WV 24910 / 37.8188302, -80.6132973
     2. The Brick House
3789 Spring Valley Rd, Alderson, WV 24910 / 37.822899, -80.619814
     3. The Blue Sulphur Springs Resort & Pavilion
8010 Blue Sulphur Rd, Alderson, WV 24910 / 37.828071, -80.6389903
     4. The Joseph & Melinda McClung Jarrett/Fleshman House
4740 Blue Sulphur Rd, Alderson, WV 24910 / 37.7902915, -80.621113
     5. The Samuel Jarrett/Keeney House
304 Hamilton Ridge Rd, Alderson, WV 24910 / 37.7644633, -80.6342606
     6. Fairhill/The James Jarrett (I) House
997 Hamilton Ridge Rd, Alderson, WV 24910 / 37.770128, -80.642142
     7. The Homeplace/Jarrett/Clay House
2062 Hamilton Ridge Rd, Alderson, WV 24910 / 37.783183, -80.6436578
(Note: Do not attempt to continue down Hamilton Ridge Rd. Turn around and go past Fairhill to reach Blue Sulphur Springs Rd again.)
      8. The Muddy Creek Church & Blaker's Mill Cemetery
Blakers Mill Rd, Alderson, WV 24910 / 37.769348, -80.618489
      9. Twin Chimneys/The Spring
Blakers Mill Rd, Alderson, WV 24910 / 37.768102, -80.612103
     10. The Lewis Cabin
279 Blakers Mill Rd, Alderson, WV 24910 / 37.7617398, -80.6104192
     11. Arbuckle's Fort Preserve
Blakers Mill Rd, Alderson, WV 24910 / 37.7617596, -80.6103836
      12. The Blaker's Mill Store
Blakers Mill Rd, Alderson, WV 24910 / 37.761699, -80.609918

Starting Locations
Tickets & check-in will be available at each of these sites. Visitors are welcome to start at the site of their choice.
Blue Sulphur Springs Pavilion
8010 Blue Sulphur Springs Rd., Alderson, WV 24910

​​37.828071, -80.6389903
The Jarrett House
​(Fairhill)
997 Hamilton Ridge Rd., Alderson, WV 24910

37.770128, -80.642142
The Clay House
​(The Homeplace)
2062 Hamilton Ridge Rd., Alderson, WV 24910

37.783183, -80.6436578​
Tahoe Antique Tractor Club
Hamilton Ridge Rd., Alderson, WV 24910

37.773323, -80.638565​
Arbuckle's Fort
​Preserve
Co Rte 66, Alderson, WV 24910

​37.7618674, -80.6103429

Tickets

​Tickets are $75 for the opening reception only.

Tickets are $100 for both the Friday night opening reception & the Saturday tour (advance purchase only).

Tickets for just the Saturday tour, which includes the driving tour book, are $30 in advance or $40 day-of for adults.
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Youth tickets (18 & under) are $10 whenever purchased
​(no booklet included).
Tickets will be available for purchase at each site on the day of the event. Only cash & check will be accepted at the Tractor Show site. Cash, check, & cards will accepted at the rest.
There are no physical tickets provided for this event. Each check-in table will have the names of those who purchased tickets and a wristband will be provided.
There will be no refunds.

Sponsored in part by the Greenbrier County Convention & Visitors Bureau

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