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The
Sunday
tour
that
I
attended
was
okay.
The
docents
are
certainly
not
well-versed
in
the
history
of
the
individual
buildings.
Docents
in
different
buildings
will
tell
you
conflicting
stories
and
timelines.
I
assume
the
only
correct
information
I
received
came
from
those
docents
that
religiously
referred
to
their
physical
handbooks
when
I
asked
a
question
--
those
that
spoke
from
memory
were
useless.
But
if
you
just
enjoy
looking
at
old
buildings,
it's
easy
to
look
past
that
failing
and
just
enjoy
the
walk
around.
The
open
buildings
included:
Simmons/Hill
house
(both
first
and
second
floor),
Farmhand's
house
(first
floor
only),
Kingsley
house
(first
floor
only),
Shaw
house
(first
floor
only),
Newburg
school,
Newburg
church
(first
floor
only),
A.J.
Geer
Store
(which
has
some
bottled
water
and
soda
for
sale,
some
resale
items
like
antiques
for
sale,
and
Greenmead-branded
bags
for
sale),
and
the
DUR
station
(train
station).
The
Hinbern
House
is
likewise
open,
but
is
first
floor
only
and
set
up
as
a
gift
shop.
The
gift
shop
is
also
where
you'll
purchase
your
tickets
for
the
tour
($3
per
person)
and
receive
your
admission
sticker
that
you'll
wear
so
that
docents
know
you're
a
part
of
the
tour
groups.
The
tour
is
self-led
from
one
building
to
another,
but
the
docents
do
lead
you
through
each
building.
The
Bungalow
home
was
closed
the
day
I
attended,
but
it
is
regularly
open.
The
following
are
not
included
in
the
tour:
the
caretaker's
house,
the
north
and
south
barns,
the
"blue
office"
(garage),
the
meeting
house
(which
is
available
for
rent
for
private
events),
the
old
schoolhouse
that
doesn't
have
a
sign
and
is
currently
cordoned
off
and
in
disrepair,
the
"blue
house"
(the
grand
house
that
they
hold
events
in),
and
the
parsonage
for
the
church.
No
photography
is
allowed
within
the
buildings.
Main
parking
is
off
Newburgh
Road,
just
south
of
8
Mile
Rd,
in
front
of
the
grand
"blue
house"
(which
is
tan
lol),
but
there
is
parking
available
elsewhere
in
the
park.
The
vast
majority
of
the
buildings
are
not
handicap
accessible.
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