A Unique Halloween Celebration at Bush-Holley House

Have you or your children ever wondered what it was like to grow up in Greenwich at the turn of the 20th century? This Sunday, October 14 is your chance to learn about it! Take part in the debut of a new family tour at the Bush-Holley House.  The tour, entitled “Growing Up in Greenwich Then and Now”, introduces children to Clarissa and Constant MacRae, twin sisters born in 1904, who grew up in the Bush-Holley house at a time when the family home was a boarding house.

This new family tour was created through a collaboration between the Greenwich Historical Society and the Junior League of Greenwich, and the two organizations are co-sponsoring this Sunday’s launch party. The launch party, which runs from 12 noon to 4:00 p.m., will be a fun-filled family day with multiple activities to meet the Holley-MacRae family and celebrate the twins’ October 31 birthday.

The children’s costume parade will begin at 1 p.m. on the grounds of the Bush-Holley house, followed by story reading with Nana Banana (a.k.a Isabel Malkin) at 2:30 p.m. House tours will be led by Greenwich Historical Society docents. Craft activities for children, inspired by the Holley House era, will be available throughout the afternoon, and will include origami, painting a communal mural, landscape and still life watercolor painting, and Halloween inspired yarn stitching. Refreshments will be served.  This event will take place rain or shine.

Tickets may be purchased through the Greenwich Historical Society web site, www.greenwichhistory.org.  Tickets are $5.00 each for members of the Greenwich Historical Society and the Junior League of Greenwich, $10.00 for nonmembers.  Tickets will also be available for purchase at the door.

Bush-Holley house is at 39 Strickland Road, Cos Cob. For more information, please call the Greenwich Historical Society at (203) 869-6899.