Community · Holiday candlelight open house
White Haven by Candlelight
A candlelit holiday open house at Grant's historic home, with carols, period music and treats.
- Length
- About 2.5 hr
- Setting
- Indoors and outdoors
- Length
- About 2.5 hr
- Setting
- Indoors and outdoors
What to expect
Lights illuminate the grounds and the historic house as carols play on arrival. Inside, decorated rooms glow with battery-operated candles, and guitarist Patrick Rafferty plays period holiday music in the museum. In the Visitor Center classroom, food historian Suzanne Corbett serves 19th-century treats and talks about etiquette and holiday food customs. The evening ends with a Wolf Creek Bluegrass concert in the park's theater at 7 PM.
Good to know
- No reservations required
- Parking lot reserved for site visitors
- Candles are battery operated
- Concert at 7 PM in the park's theater
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