Advance Tickets to 2025 Historic Home Tour Available Now
Preservation Sacramento is proud to announce exciting plans for the 49th Annual Historic Home Tour happening on Sunday, September 21, 2025. With a mission to highlight historically significant architecture, timeless design, and beautiful décor of some of Sacramento’s most prized historic homes and buildings, the 2025 Historic Home Tour will showcase five historic properties, four of which are coveted Eichler homes, Mid-Century Modern in style, designed by the team of Quincy Jones and Frederick Emmons, and built by Joseph Eichler in 1955.
As is the case for the Eichler homes on the tour, a few of the identifying features of Eichler homes include distinctive Modernist design with California ranch influences, post-and-beam construction, and open interior floor plans that are often connected to outside via floor-to-ceiling windows that look out to or surround atriums.
“Joseph Eichler was a social visionary who built inclusive and diverse planned communities,” said William Burg, President of Preservation Sacramento. “He established a non-discrimination policy, and offered homes for sale to anyone, of any religion or race. Sacramento’s only Eichler district, South Land Park Hills, was listed in the Sacramento Register of Historic and Cultural Resources, both for its striking Modernist architecture and the equitable philosophy of its developer.”
The Eichler homes on the tour are all part of the South Land Park Hills (Eichler) Historic District (adopted in 2024), the first Sacramento residential historic district located outside of the city grid, and the first one to be focused on Mid-Century Modern architecture. Sacramento Modern led the campaign to secure the historic designation, with support provided by Preservation Sacramento. Also involved were a team of dedicated volunteers, architectural organizations, and entities such as the City of Sacramento.
To add to the home tour experience, eye-catching classic cars from the 1950s and 1960s will be parked in driveways or in front of homes on the tour. Extending six blocks, the tour is both walkable and bikeable with bicycle parking available in a monitored Bike Corral provided by SABA (Sacramento Area Bicycle Advocates).
While touring the prized historic homes is the highlight of the annual event, an always-popular Street Fair will include vendors, food trucks, nonprofits, community organizations, local crafters and artists, live musical entertainment, and more.
Stay tuned for more detailed information about the five homes on the tour and the lively Street Fair. Tickets to the 2025 Historic Home Tour are on sale now and cost $30 per person for Preservation Sacramento members, $40 for the general public in advance or day-of the event. For day-of ticket purchases if still available, the ticket booth will be located at 1155 Silver Lake Drive. And, for those still eager to see and learn more about local Eichler homes, a supplemental self-guided tour will be available for attendees to see the exterior features of additional Eichler homes in the area.
Each year, funds raised from Preservation Sacramento’s Historic Home Tour support nominations and surveys of historic properties. They also benefit other community projects that raise awareness of important and/or culturally significant historic places. Initiatives supported by the Home Tour include the Japantown mural at Capitol Mall & 4th Street, National Register nominations for the North Sacramento and Jefferson Schools, and historic district nominations for the Newton Booth and Richmond Grove neighborhoods, just to name a few.
To explore volunteering opportunities at the 2025 Historic Home Tour, please visit www.preservationsacramento.org/volunteer. For event sponsorship opportunities and/or advertising in the program, please call 916-604-8320 or reach out to preservation.sacramento@gmail.com. Nonprofit or community organizations interested in exhibiting at the Street Fair are encouraged to call 916-604-8320 or email preservation.sacramento@gmail.com. To purchase advance tickets and/or for more information about Preservation Sacramento’s 49th Annual Historic Home Tour, please visit www.preservationsacramento.org/hometour. And, for more information about membership to Preservation Sacramento, please visit www.preservationsacramento.org/join.
