Scandia Historic Homes Tour and Silent Auction

Scandia Historic Homes Tour

Saturday, October 12, 2024 -- 10am to 4pm
Tickets $50 Including Lunch -- Fundraiser to Support SHA Programs

BUY HOME TOUR TICKETS - CLICK HERE

Home of the first Swedish settlement in the state of Minnesota, Scandia is rich in history. Tucked into our forests - and displayed on fields of agriculture - you'll find historic homes ranging from Swedish settler's cabins -- to brick farmhouses -- to cozy cottages overlooking the St. Croix River and local lakes. This is not your big-city luxury home tour - but rather a glimpse back in time to a simpler life in rural Minnesota. 

Take a break and enjoy the "hygge" lifestyle in quaint Scandia. The tour includes 11 private homes and cabins -- including traditional brick as well as classic wood-clad farmhouses; a remodeled farmhouse and barn overlooking Big Marine Lake; two recently renovated hand-hewn log cabins with dovetail corners built by early Swedish settlers; a river cottage in historic Otisville (an area popular with St. Paul families in the early 20th century); and a 1970s prairie house overlooking the St. Croix River designed by Stillwater architect Michael McGuire. The tour also features the Erickson Log House (on the National Register of Historic Places) owned by Washington County Historical Society, as well as the historic log church at Gammelgården Museum. The Gammelgården Butik (gift shop) will be open for the day. 

Your tour ticket includes a picnic lunch at your leisure between 11:30 and 1:30. This is a self-drive tour, and you will be provided with a map, addresses, and home descriptions at registration. The official tour starts at 10am, and registration opens at 9am at the Scandia Community Center with coffee and treats. Gammelgården Museum across the street will open at 9:15 to welcome guests who would like to visit the historic log church and gift shop before the official tour begins. 

This event is Scandia Heritage Alliance's annual fall fundraiser. Tickets are $50 and include lunch. Your ticket and silent auction purchases support our programs to preserve and celebrate Scandia's rich history, culture, arts and rural character. 

TICKETS
To purchase tickets, click the link above or select "Home Tour Tickets" from the top menu. Tickets are $50 per person, which includes a picnic lunch (chicken salad croissant sandwiches, pasta salad, mixed seasonal fruit, a cookie, and a beverage) and coffee and snacks at registration.

Schedule: 
September 7, 2024
Online Silent Auction Opens at Scandia Taco Daze -- Visit our booth to view a selection of items!
October 12, 2024
9 am: Tour registration opens and Silent Auction items on display. Scandia Community Center, 14727 209th St. N., Scandia, MN
9:15 am: Gammelkyrkan log church and Gammelgården Museum gift shop open across the street from registration
10 am: Start of historic homes tour - explore homes at your leisure in your own car
11:30 am - 1:30 pm: Lunch at Scandia Community Center -- outdoors under tent or indoors. Silent auction items on display. 
4 pm: Tour ends
Monday, October 14, 2024
Midnight -- Silent auction closes

Questions?
Email scandiaheritagealliance@gmail.com or call Susan Rodsjo at 651-233-0267. 

Banner art by Watercolor Artist Sharon Larson. For more information and to order prints, visit www.slarsonwatercolors.com/watercolor-house-portraits

Auction Instructions

Below is a preview of the amazing items in our Online Silent Auction, which runs through midnight on Monday, October 14, 2024. In order to bid on items, follow these instructions:

1) Click the Login/Register menu item at the top of this page.
2) Enter your phone number under the WELCOME heading and click GO.
3) Enter your details and click "Press to Add Payment Method."
4) Set up your credit card details to prepare for bidding. (NOTE: Except for event tickets, no amount will be charged to your credit card until the auction is over - and only for your winning bid items.)
5) You are now ready to start bidding! When you are logged in for bidding, the "Login/Register" menu item will change to "Continue Bidding."

Please note that the Silent Auction includes a number of parties and experiences for which you can purchase tickets. These are not auction items that you bid on - you are purchasing the number of tickets that you select to the event. The titles for these items include the words "Single Ticket to ______." 

If you have questions or issues, please call Susan at 651-233-0267.

Event Sponsors

Thank you to our TOWER-Level Event Sponsor:

Thank you to our Barn Door-Level Event Sponsors: