The Sacramento Mid-Century Modern Home Tour will provide architectural and design enthusiasts an opportunity to discover what it’s like to live, work and play in more than 15 quintessentially Californian residential and commercial structures built between 1945 and 1970. Participants are invited to tour the interior spaces of buildings designed by renowned architects, Jones + Emmons, and a host of local prominent architects and designers including, Carter Sparks, Leonard F. Starks, Sooky Lee, George Muraki, and Rickey + Brooks. An estimated 500 visitors will see Sacramento from a different perspective as we open the doors to our past, present, and future.

MCM architecture (also referred to as “Post-War Modern”) is a style that arose from the post WWII suburban housing boom. Characteristics of MCM architecture include: clean, simple lines; walls of glass, open floor plans that incorporate outdoor space; open, beamed ceilings; emphasis on the horizontal plane, and; flat, or wide-angled roofs.

Sacramento’s Land Park and South Land Park neighborhoods contain hundreds of mid-century modern residential and commercial buildings, including sixty Eichler Homes, and custom homes by local architects, designers and developers such as Streng Bros. Homes and Perich Bros.
 

Registration begins at 9:00 a.m. at the Sacramento Executive Airport at 6151 Freeport Boulevard; participants will receive tour guidebooks upon check-in. Vintage car clubs will display mid-century vehicles in the airport parking lot along Freeport Boulevard, and the airport lobby (part of a Leonard F. Starks-designed circa 1955 building) will be filled with interpretive materials and vendors presenting items related to mid-century modern history, architecture, furnishings, and art between 10:00 – 2:00 p.m. Homes will be open to visitors from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Tickets are $20 if purchased in advance, $25 if purchased the day of the tour. Tickets can be purchased online via PayPal, or with cash or check at the following locations beginning April 1st: Capital Nursery, HOT ITALIAN, Parkside Pharmacy and Blomberg Window Systems.

A portion of this year’s proceeds will benefit South Land Park non-profit, Shorter Center South, who provides recreational and studio arts opportunities for people with developmental disabilities.
 

Individuals or groups interested in volunteering should contact Kris Lannin Liang at SacMCMHomeTour@gmail.com.

For more information, visit us online at www.SacMCMHomeTour.blogspot.com.