After a five-year hiatus, the Tacoma Historical Society is reviving its historic homes tour – a rare opportunity for people to see some of Tacoma’s oldest homes from the inside.
Featuring six homes and a church, the tour will take place May 3-4 through Tacoma’s Stadium District. The homes range from the iconic and recently renovated Rust mansion to the twin Fitch and Achilles houses, which were designed to look like mirror images of each other.
Bill Baarsma, a former Tacoma mayor and president emeritus of the Tacoma Historical Society, said the group decided to bring the tours back this year to celebrate the city’s 150th anniversary…