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Historic
District Guided Tours
Tours are scheduled by appointment: Monday
- Sunday.
Please call:
Cassandra Bulmer: (540) 473-1004
HFI Office: (540) 473-3077
Adults: $8.00
Couples: $15.00
Children: Free (18 and under)
Tour Groups are priced according to number of individuals in group
Fincastle Museum open new tour.
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Tour
Committee volunteers of Historic Fincastle, Inc. provide guided
tours Monday through Sunday.
Tours are scheduled by appointment and can be made by calling 540-473-3077.
In addition to seeing 18th and 19th Century buildings, a few other
interesting historic benchmarks to
look for on the tour include:
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House Documents signed by Thomas Jefferson and other famous Virginia
Patriots.
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Beautiful wrought iron fences, balconies and gates.
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Flagstone walks from early 19th century
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Horse-mounting stile in front of Presbyterian Church.
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Hand water pumps at old cisterns and wells.
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Early gravestones in church cemeteries with oldest dating 1795.
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Handsome cupolas on courthouse and churches.
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Steeples containing bells which, by tradition, each year ring
out the old and ring in the New Year.
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