23rd Annual Historic Home & Building Tour

Globe will showcase some of its finest buildings during the 23rd Annual Historic Home & Building Tour Feb. 17th-18th, 2007. This year’s tour is one of the kickoff events for the Globe centennial celebration.

When passing through Globe-Miami you might see it as a somewhat rough mining town, but those taking the time to get off the main thoroughfare know better. You'll see neighborhoods of find Craftsmen style homes, Victorian cottages & native stone buildings that hearken back to the town’s early mining days when it reigned supreme as a center of mining & commerce.

The Home Tour will begin in front of the Globe City Hall from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on both days. This years tickets are a keepsake copper keychain with the tour information on one side & a salute to sponsor Phelps Dodge Copper & its 125-year anniversary on the other. As a tour participant, you will be driven to each stop & are welcome to spend as much time at each building as you wish before going on to the next stop, courtesy of friendly, local volunteer drivers. At each stop, hosts & hostesses will give a history of the building & its occupants.

One of the stops this year will include the Southern Pacific freight office, which was remodeled last year as an early day depot. Visitors will enjoy the displays & photographs included with this stop. Local homes have been included & the ticket will also include a stop at an antique show.

On display at the Cobre Valley Center for the Arts throughout February is the annual Pieces of Friendship Quilt Show. Located in downtown Globe at the old courthouse, the center is a lovely setting for the showing of quality quilts made by local quilters. The guild has made an opportunity quilt in the colors of the Globe Centennial & tickets on the quilt will be available throughout February.

Also included with the tour is the annual antique show, held this year at the Globe High School from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Feb. 17th & from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Feb. 18th.

Local talent puts on a display of musical magic with the annual “Broad Street Does Broadway” show offered several times each day.

Make plans to visit Globe-Miami on Feb. 17th & 18th, & explore the riches of this early day mining town. The Globe-Miami Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring the annual Historic Home & Building Tour. Globe is located 90 miles east of Phoenix on US 60 & north of Tucson on SR 77. For more info on the tour, call the chamber at 1-800-804-5623.