Here are examples of the houses and buildings featured on the tours.  To see full sized photos, click on the small images.  Then click the back button to return to this page.

	320 Healdsburg Avenue  was the site of Healdsburg’s first bank in 1868. This 1920 building was utilized by a series of bank companies until 1981.
	Built in 1903, the Eli Bush house at 326 Matheson Street almost perfectly exemplifies the transition from the Queen Anne style to the later neoclassic bungalow. The home was considered avant-garde for Healdsburg when it was built for Eli Bush, a prominent merchant and civic leader. Dr. Edward Beeson and his family lived in the house from 1919 to 1944.
	Built in 1888, St. Paul's Church was originally an Episcopalian Guild Hall that was built a half block east of its current location at 209 Matheson Street. It was moved  in 1900.  The false wooden buttresses on the sides conceal the seismic retrofit work done in 1990.  The interior was refurbished in 1900 by William Floyd, who added pews and an alter that are still in use today.
	The Hall House, at 314 Matheson Street, built in 1900, is a typical "Queen Anne" Cottage. The house was built by pioneer shopkeeper Gustavus Peterson, who also built the house next door at 228 Fitch Street.  The porch was remodeled in 1917 by Lieuallen Hall, Jr. "Lutie" Hall was a bank bookkeeper and City Treasurer. The Halls lived in this house from 1907 through the 1940s.
	Originally the Public Library, this 1911 Neo-Classic Greek Revival building at 221 Matheson Street has housed the Healdsburg Museum since 1990. Noted Petaluma architect, Brainerd Jones, designed it at the height of the second revival of classical architecture.  The building was built with a $10,000 library grant from the Andrew Carnegie Foundation. There were 142 libraries constructed in California through Carnegie grants.
	The Gobbi Building at 312 Center Street, on The Plaza, was built in 1885. It is one of 3 remaining cast iron front structures in Healdsburg. The iron columns were cast at the McCormick Foundry in San Francisco. The store was rebuilt after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and restored again after a 1982 fire. Gobbi was an Italian immigrant who worked in the wine business and built this building during a local commercial boom. It has housed a variety of stores: grocery, meat, dry goods and hardware.
	The Kruse Building at 110 Matheson Street was built in 1900.  It has the only existing original 2nd story on the Plaza that survived the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. The downstairs of the building was Healdsburg’s Wells Fargo office and stagecoach stop. The upstairs was designed for dentists, doctors and a photo studio.  The building was remodeled to serve as the Healdsburg Inn On The Plaza.
	The Decker House at 313 Matheson Street was built in 1941.  It is typical of a 1940s style English House. It has a medieval, steep pitched roof with flared eaves. Shiplap siding and random shaped, split wood shingles add to the English Cottage style. The house was built for the Chris Decker family. Chris Decker owned and operated a florist shop in Healdsburg.
	This magnificent Queen Anne, built in 1895,  is at 304 Matheson Street.  It is one of the more ornate examples of the Queen Anne cottage architecture in the community. It once had iron grillwork on the roof. It also had the first porcelain bathtub in town. The hexagonal roof (or witches cap) and bull’s eye ornamentation are all part of the Victorian look. The colored glass windows clipped corners and rounded porch style are true to the Queen Anne style. The house was built for A. W. Garrett, prominent local merchant, who established Cook & Garrett Hardware in 1889.
	The Emma Field House at 320 Matheson Street, built in 1865, is an "Old Lady" in Healdsburg (built within 10 years of the founding of the town in 1857). It was originally a plain structure as shown in a lithograph in 1884, and a typical farmhouse. In 1904 it underwent a substantial remodel and embellishment.