LHS Spring House Tour 2012

April 17, 2012

A House Tour home from 2010.

The Larchmont Historical Society’s annual House Tour has become an eagerly anticipated “Rite of Spring.”  Please join the LHS for a lovely Saturday evening, May 19th, from 4-7pm, as we celebrate three fantastic Manor homes as well as unveil the newly restored Engine One, the 1922 American LaFrance fire engine that served Larchmont until 1948.  Returning to Larchmont after a three year restoration, Engine One gleams in its original colors of white with red trim and red wheels, refurbished engine and radiator panels.

Detail of the radiator, headlamp and fender of the restored Engine One

This years’ tour will feature a grand 1880’s Queen Anne, a classic 1920’s waterside Colonial, and the gardens and porch of a turn of the century Victorian, where the restored Engine One will be on display. Engine One is Larchmont’s 1922 American LaFrance pumper. It has just returned from almost 3-year museum-quality restoration in Maine, re-creating its like-new appearance in 1922.

A reception will run concurrently with the house tour, from 4-7pm on the front porch of 14 Pryer Lane, the Victorian home where Engine One will proudly be unveiled.

Tickets, $45 ($35 for LHS members) are available in advance by mail, House Tour Tickets, c/o LHS, PO Box 742, Larchmont, NY 10538 or, online below.   Tickets can be purchased on the day of the tour, May 19th, at 14 Pryor Lane where Engine One is displayed.

Tickets are also available at the following Larchmont real estate agencies:  Houlihan Lawrence, Coldwell Banker, Weichert and Julia B Fee.

Regardless of how you purchase your ticket, you can also pick up your ticket on the day of the tour at Engine One at 14 Pryor Lane.

Purchase Tickets Online

  • Date: Saturday, May 19th,
  • Time: 4:00-7:00PM at
  • RSVP: Email lhs@larchmonthistory.org
  • Purchase Member Tickets – $35:
  • Purchase Non-Member Tickets – $45:

Antiques Appraisal Day 2012

March 16, 2012

Saturday, March 31, 2012, 12:00 – 4:00 PM,
Clarke Auction - 2372 Boston Post Road, Larchmont

Last year, near the end of the very busy, fun and successful Larchmont Historical Society’s Antiques Appraisal Day, an excited hush fell over the group of professional appraisers gathered at Clarke Auction. A couple came in with what appeared to be two, long lost landscape paintings by Jasper Cropsey, a renowned 19th Century artist of the Hudson River School. As Ron Clarke carefully studied the paintings, that had for decades hung unrecognized in a basement rec room, the thrill of the “Antiques Roadshow” moment took over. The excitement was warranted: two months later, Clarke Auction held the sale where the paintings sold for $840,000!

Do you have undiscovered treasure in your home? Please find out by joining the LHS and Clarke once again this year, on Saturday, March 31, from 12-4pm, as certified dealers and appraisers will be on hand in the fields of Asian Art and Antiquities, European and International Fine Art, Jewelry, Silver, Traditional American Antiques, Paintings, Sculpture and the Decorative Arts. The LHS is thrilled to once again offer guests the chance to assess the history and value of their antiques.

A fee of $20 will be charged for the first appraised item, $10 will be charged for each additional item, with a maximum of three objects being appraised per person.

Light refreshments will be served.