2014 Old Allegheny Victorian Christmas House Tour

Thank you everyone, volunteers and tour goers both for a wonderful 2014 tour!  We can't wait for next year!  If you would like to be notified when next year's tickets go on sale, as well as other upcoming events sponsored by Allegheny West, including our summer Wine and Garden tour, please sign up for our mailing list here.

Experience a By-Gone Era

Information about parking etc. may be found on our Frequently Asked Queestions

You may purchase Train Tour tickets at the door at 719 Brighton Rd. ($12) without purchasing Christmas Tour tickets.  The trains are open from:

• Friday (6:30 pm - 11:00 pm)  
  


• Saturday (11:30 am - 9:00 pm)

Train tickets may be used any day/time the train museum is open, regardless of the time slot they were purchased.  

IMPORTANT: For tours leaving after 6:00pm on Saturday, if you are planning to visit the trains, you must visit the trains BEFORE the tour, because the museum will be closed before your tour is finished.   Allow about an hour to visit the trains and then walk about to Calvary Church to check in for your tours.

All tours are guided and leave every 12 minutes from Calvary Church.  You must purchase tickets for a specific time slot on either Friday or Saturday.

Our tour features restored Victorian homes plus the historic Calvary United Methodist Church, famous for its beautiful Louis Tiffany stained glass windows, all decorated to celebrate a Nineteenth Century Christmas.

These personally guided tours afford a rare opportunity to glimpse a by-gone era and experience the warmth of the season in a truly old-fashioned style. Most homes in Allegheny West are over 100 years old and Victorian in architectural style. Lavishly decorated for the holidays, they recall the late 19th Century birth of the traditional American Christmas: elaborately decorated mantels, towering Christmas trees and pine, holly and mistletoe on stairs and chandeliers.

Tour guides will explain Victorian holiday traditions, provide the history of Allegheny West and its famous Nineteenth Century residents and discuss the individual homes as they are visited.