Montauk Holiday Open House – Dec. 1st & 2nd
Celebrate the season during annual Holiday Open House at Montauk Dec. 1-2
Guests can enjoy music, food, beverages, ornaments and tours of the home
CLERMONT – Celebrate the season when Gov. William Larrabee’s 1874 Montauk mansion flings back its doors for its annual Holiday Open House next month.
The historic mansion will be adorned with Victorian Era decorations and guests can learn about Victorian Christmas traditions while perusing photographs from the Larrabee collection that show how the family enjoyed holiday and winter activities.
Guests can also enjoy music, hot apple cider, holiday goodies carriage rides, Christmas stories and tour the home noon-4 p.m. There will be a kids craft of making Victorian Christmas cones to fill with goodies to take home. Dec. 1-2. Local pianist David Beck will perform Christmas songs on Saturday, Dec. 1, while three local groups of piano students will perform recitals on Sunday, Dec. 2.
If you go:
What: Annual Holiday Open house at Montauk.
Where: Montauk Historic Site, 26223 Harding Road near Clermont.
When: Dec. 1-2, 2018, Noon-4 p.m. both days
Admission: Free and open to the public.
Montauk Historic Site is one of eight historic sites overseen by the State Historical Society of Iowa, a division of the Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs. More information is available at iowaculture.gov.
The Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs and its divisions – the State Historical Society of Iowa, the Iowa Arts Council, Produce Iowa, the State Office of Media Production and the State Historic Preservation Office – empower Iowa to build and sustain culturally vibrant communities by connecting Iowans to the people, places and points of pride that define our state. The department’s work enables Iowans to foster creativity and serves as a catalyst for innovation where the stories of Iowa are preserved and communicated to connect past, present and future generations. iowaculture.gov.
Hannah Frederick
Montauk Historic Site Coordinator
montauk@iowa.gov | 563-423-7173 | iowaculture.gov
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