Take A Walking Tour of Tourison: An Architectural History of East Mt. Airy

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Dates:May 3, 2026
Meets:Su from 11:00 AM to 1:15 PM
Location:Meet at Lovett Library
Cost: $34.00

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East Mt. Airy has a fascinating and little known history, and many fabulous houses. Who built and designed these houses, and created most of what we know as East Mt. Airy? Attend "A Walking Tour of Tourison" to find out more! Ashton Tourison, Sr. was a builder with strong principles with respect to beauty, community and integrity, and he and his family created a residential architectural legacy that has lasted more than 100 years, as well as leaving other surprising Mt. Airy legacies. Please join us as we journey back in time to c. 1905!

Notes:

For a donation of any size to Historic Germantown, at the conclusion of the tour, you will receive a link to a video that shows house interiors as well as many other details about the Tourison family and East Mt Airy history.
Fee: $34.00

Fee Breakdown

Category Description Amount
Course Fee (Basic)Course Fee$ 34.00
Optional FeeDonation (optional)$ 0.00

Meet at Lovett Library

6945 Germantown Ave.

Elise Rivers

Esq., MAc, has practiced holistic medicine for more than twenty years and is the founder of the Northwest Center for Food As Medicine, teaching people how to prevent and reverse the chronic diseases of our time. Learning from renowned functional medicine doctors, she has studied the benefits of plant-based nutrition since 2013, and is certified by Cornell University's program in plant-based nutrition. TOUR OF TOURISON: Elise worked in the field of historic preservation in the 1990's as Assistant Director of Preservation Worcester in Massachusetts and Executive Director of Landmark West, an historic preservation non-profit advocating for the upper west side of Manhattan. Her passion for beauty in architecture has never waned, and she was inspired to put together this walking tour, after living in, and loving her own Tourison home.  She is grateful for the extensive archives of Historic Germantown, without which this tour would not exist.

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