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LINCOLN COUNTY - Visitors will be able to tour five homes during the Lincoln County Holiday Homes Tour on Sunday, December 7 from 1 – 5 pm.
These tours will be part of a fundraiser for the Lincoln County Tourism Coalition.
Properties on the tour will include the following from in Lincoln Center, Kansas.
- Ricardo and Mechele Castillo home at 603 N 4th Street
- Mike and Becky Cheney home at 205 N 2nd Street (formerly the Presbyterian Church)
- Eddie and Julie Flores home at 2137 E Hwy 18
- Cindy Entriken’s small, newly rehabbed Victorian cottage at 604 N 3rd
Also available to tour will be the Rodney and Bev McCosh home at 2771 E Kiowa Drive, just outside Beverly, KS.
Tickets may be purchased in advance at the discount price of $18 at the Lincoln Area Chamber of Commerce or the Post Rock Scout Museum through December 5th.
Tickets will be available for sale for $20 and refreshments served at the historic Marshall-Yohe House at 316 S 2nd on December 7th starting at 1 pm.
People will be able to vote on for their favorite room decorated by Lincoln County businesses.
History of the homes
- The Castillo home was built in 1952 by the Postmaster of Lincoln. The home has been restored to all its midcentury glory. The cabinets in the kitchen were stripped and repainted and adorned with atomic hardware. Mid-century inspired lighting throughout, bath gutted and restored with flair. Kitchen floor is marmoleum and the kitchen counters were hand made with pink boomerang laminate with metal edge.
- The Cheney home was originally built in 1913 as the Presbyterian Church. Infrastructure was destroyed by fire in 1928, and rebuilt and reopened in 1934. There has been extensive interior remodeling.
- The Flores home is the big green house east of town on Hwy 18. Their story of “winning” the home and moving it and remodeling it was featured on HBOMax and Discovery+ and also in Northwest Kansas Today, Winter 2023 issue. It was built in 1905, a Dutch Colonial home, by one of the first mayors of Lincoln on north second street. The whole house was gutted and put back together. All woodwork and hardwood floors are original. They will have photo albums displayed of their remodel journey.
- The Entriken home was stripped down to the studs inside and completely remodeled inside and out, new everything except for original framing and foundation. The traditional Christmas decorations include WWI embroidered Christmas cards.
- The Rodney and Beverly McCosh home was built in 1901 by Oscar and Bessie Anderson. It was originally built in limestone and added on a mountain side style. In 2022 they added on a kitchen, living room and basement. They will have 15 decorated trees with many collections including Precious Moments, Jim Shore, Snowpinions, Bearfoot Bears and Hallmark and teddybears.
For more information, call the Lincoln Area Chamber of Commerce at 785-524-4943 or Kathie Crispin at 785-531-1550.