The Heritage Alliance is excited to offer a new walking touron Saturday, December 18^th. As a part of Jonesborough’s ChristmasChurch Stroll, the Alliance will be offering Historic Church Tours at 11:30 amand 1:30 pm. These tours will lead guests down Main Street and will include thehistory of Jonesborough’s churches, interesting tidbits, and a chance to viewtheir beautiful architecture from the outside. This tour will not take peopleinside the churches, but guests are welcome to look inside participatingchurches from 11:00 am – 3:00 pm that day as a part of the Town’s event.

Do you know which church was the first building inJonesborough to be designed by an architect? Do you know who influenced theBaptist Church to purchase their bell? Which church has a historic chandelier,and how did the Civil War impact the churches in town? Learn all this and muchmore during the one hour tour. Tickets are only $5.00 per person and areavailable at the Chester Inn State Historic Site and Museum. The museum opensat 11:00 am that morning.  

For more information on the Chester Inn Museum or theHeritage Alliance please call our office at 423.753.9580 or the Chester InnMuseum at 423.753.4580. You can also contact the organization via email at info@heritageall.org.  Additional information about the HeritageAlliance and its mission can be found online at http://www.heritageall.org/.Be sure to follow the Chester Inn and Heritage Alliance Facebook pages forupdates about events at the Chester Inn and other Heritage Alliance programs.