IRVINGTON — Learn how to investigate the history of your home with free sources at a workshop and tour on Saturday, June 15. Learn the history of Irvington homes from two of Irvington’s premier historian/story tellers: Paul Diebold and Bill Gulde during a two-hour tour. The tour begins at the Bona Thompson, 5350 E. University Ave., at 10 a.m., breaks for lunch at Ixca, an Irvington Mexican restaurant, and returns to the Bona on an alternate route. Reserve tickets at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/steeped-in-history-workshop-tour-tickets-61492936027. The cost is $10.
The total walking distance will be about 2 miles round trip. Please be sure to wear comfortable walking shoes as our sidewalks are also vintage.
The cost of lunch is not included in this price. A menu for Ixca can be viewed at this site, https://www.ixca.us/#menu
Additional sessions will be July, 6 and August 17.
Free parking is available either on the streets or the lot north of the Bona on Downey Avenue.