We suggest allowing at least 3+ hours for the tour. Time to complete the tour can vary greatly from year to year and depends on the distance between houses, number of tour properties, tour home layouts, time of day, weather, and your walking speed. Many tour goers report starting “in the middle” of the tour houses or the furthest from The Tucker House helps avoid long lines early in the day at the properties closest to check-in.

No. This is a fund raising event for the nonprofit SPHO. All ticket sales are final. Unused tickets may be considered a donation.

Please see the tour page using the button on this page for current prices.

Yes! We offer groups of 10 or more a small discount. Please see tour web page.

Yes. You must select Saturday or Sunday to attend at the time of purchase. Vouchers and entry to tour properties is only permitted for the day you purchased for. Re-entry into the tour properties is not permitted.

Children UNDER 6 years of age are admitted without a ticket when accompanied by a paying adult (maximum two children per adult). You are reminded that strollers are NOT permitted in the tour properties and we ask that children be strictly supervised inside the tour properties. Children 6 years of age and older require a ticket.

Please use the resend button on this page to have Ticketspice resend your ticket vouchers. You must use the same email address that you purchased your tickets with.

TOP TIP: Please be sure to check your spam folder if you do not see the ticket resend within a few minutes.

Ticket sales are limited to try to keep wait times at tour properties to a minimum. The number of tickets sold has not increased over the past 10 years. Total capacity for the entire weekend is limited to just under 4000.

Each year differs slightly. Our goal is to offer a lineup of at least 10 properties. Some years may have one or two more. Occasionally emergencies arise and we lose a participating property as these are private property.

The Tucker House, 418 N. Person Street, Raleigh. (owned and managed by The City of Raleigh)

No. One person may redeem all vouchers for your group and distribute your entry tickets to your group. Each person in a group requires an entry ticket.

No. Tourgoers traverse on your own through the neighborhood. Your ticket will have a map of the neighborhood and some directional signs will be placed in the neighborhood for tour weekend.

Any you like. See note above in the “How long” for tips.

No. You will be greeted at each property by our porch hosts who will check off your ticket and tell you a bit about the property. Once inside there will be docents scattered about providing direction through the property and to tell you a bit about the rooms and answer questions you may have.

Maybe. Often property owners act as docents in their homes and sometimes they go on the tour themselves. Also, not all homes on tour are owner-occupied. We often have tenants that open their homes for the tour.

No. This is a fund raising event for the nonprofit organization the Society for the Preservation of Historic Oakwood. The tour committee actively avoids having homes for sale to limit the commercialization of the tour.

Depending on the size of the property, attendees will enter the homes in small groups, typically 8-12 people at a time. Large groups will be broken up so you can see the rooms more easily and to manage traffic flow.

Portable toilets and luxury restroom trailer(s) will be located at The Tucker House and a portable toilet will be located on the tour “route,” typically next to Side Street Restaurant, and marked on the tour map. Use of tour property restrooms is not permitted.

Please dress accordingly. The tour is held “rain or shine” and even in the snow!

Sorry, no. There is no possible way of rescheduling the tour’s 10+ homes or 500+ volunteers for another date. The tour is held “rain or shine” and even in the snow!

Parking is available at the State Government parking lots #14 and #35 bounded by Blount, Polk, and North Streets. Overflow parking may also be available in the North Carolina Medical Society parking lot located behind Side Street Restaurant on Bloodworth Street. Tour parking is also available along most streets of Historic Oakwood; however, please be aware on-street parking is limited and occupied by Oakwood residents, as most homes do not have off-street parking. Driving from property to property is not recommended.