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Columbia Woman's Club Home Tour is Sun., Dec. 2, 2012

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By Vonnie Kolbenschlag

The Columbia Woman's Club's annual home tour is scheduled 1pm-4pmCT, Sunday, December 2, 2012.. The tour includes the Willis and Traci Pooler home at 235 West Park Drive; the David and Cathy Martin home at 506 Young Street, Columbia;


The tour includes:

The Pooler Family Home, 235 West Park Drive (Bing Map), Columbia, KY

Willis and Traci Pooler with their three sons say welcome to their home built in 2003. This house of four bedrooms and three and half bathrooms offers numerous quality features such as a family room with a vaulted ceiling and an open layout second floor. Visitors will enjoy the special and novel Christmas decorations created by Traci, dean of admissions at Lindsey Wilson. Willis is athletic director at the college. Their three sons, Tanner, 17, Jacob 15 and Lucas, 9, help this house be a comfortable home lived in day in and day out accompanied by their one year old pet, a Lhasa Poo, Luci.

The Martin Family Home, 506 Young Street (Bing Map), Columbia, KY

David and Cathy Martin moved into a new home in 1994. Seven years later, an addition gave more room to the original and recently a major renovation brought the house an outstanding different inside appearance. Walls were removed to meld the kitchen, now filled with needed cabinetry and counter surface, with the large living room. The centerpiece is a newly surfaced stone fireplace - perfect for hanging the five Christmas stockings for David, Cathy, McKenzie, Blake and Blake's wife, Haley. The dining area now is large enough for great family gatherings. The bright white new woodwork outlines the beautiful colors selected for the walls. Please enter the door beside the garage. Parking is allowed on the lawn if the soil is dry. Benson and Webster, wagging their tails, will make you feel most welcome.

Their second "home" is the Grissom-Martin Funeral Home, a building that was constructed in 1818 by an early merchant in Columbia, Elijah Creel, who with his brother, was the founder of Creelsboro, a major trading center on the Cumberland River in the 1800s.

The Columbia Union Presbyterian Church 304 Burkesville Street (Bing Map), Columbia, KY

Kitty Frazier was a widow in 1856 when women did not usually have control of finances. She was ahead of her time, however, with a good sense of business. Records show she was granted a license in 1843 to keep a tavern, what we might think of as an inn - a place for weary travelers to rest and have a meal. Kitty also had some land. She donated a half acre to build a Presbyterian Church, which has been a place of worship for 155 years. Bricks were made and fired in a yard on Jones Street, the limestone steps and foundation were hand chiseled. During the Civil War the steeple was handy for a lookout southward from where rebel troops were likely to come.

Pause and listen to carols played - ones that have been sung in this sanctuary for over one hundred fifty years. There is much to learn and treasure from this oldest church building in Columbia. A reception in the Claycomb Room adjoining the sanctuary will give a chance to sample Christmas delicacies prepared by members of the Columbia Woman's Club while learning more about this church's interesting history. - Vonnie Kolbenschlag


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CWC Home Tour 2012: The David and Cathy Martin Home



2012-11-18 - 506 Young Street, Columbia, KY - Photo by George Kolbenschlag. The Martin Family Home, 506 Young Street (Bing Map), Columbia, KY

David and Cathy Martin moved into a new home in 1994. Seven years later, an addition gave more room to the original and recently a major renovation brought the house an outstanding different inside appearance. Walls were removed to meld the kitchen, now filled with needed cabinetry and counter surface, with the large living room. The centerpiece is a newly surfaced stone fireplace - perfect for hanging the five Christmas stockings for David, Cathy, McKenzie, Blake and Blake's wife, Haley. The dining area now is large enough for great family gatherings. The bright white new woodwork outlines the beautiful colors selected for the walls. Please enter the door beside the garage. Parking is allowed on the lawn if the soil is dry. Benson and Webster, wagging their tails, will make you feel most welcome.

Their second "home" is the Grissom-Martin Funeral Home, a building that was constructed in 1818 by an early merchant in Columbia, Elijah Creel, who with his brother, was the founder of Creelsboro, a major trading center on the Cumberland River in the 1800s.


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CWC Home Tour 2012: The Willis and Traci Pooler home



2012-11-18 - 235 West Park Drive, Columbia, KY - Photo by George Kolbenschlag. The Pooler Family Home, 235 West Park Drive (Bing Map), Columbia, KY

Willis and Traci Pooler with their three sons say welcome to their home built in 2003. This house of four bedrooms and three and half bathrooms offers numerous quality features such as a family room with a vaulted ceiling and an open layout second floor. Visitors will enjoy the special and novel Christmas decorations created by Traci, dean of admissions at Lindsey Wilson. Willis is athletic director at the college. Their three sons, Tanner, 17, Jacob 15 and Lucas, 9, help this house be a comfortable home lived in day in and day out accompanied by their one year old pet, a Lhasa Poo, Luci.


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CWC Home Tour 2012: Columbia-Union Presbyterian Church



2012-11-18 - 304 Burkesville Street, Columbia, KY - Photo by George Kolbenschlag. The Columbia Union Presbyterian Church 304 Burkesville Street (Bing Map), Columbia, KY

Kitty Frazier was a widow in 1856 when women did not usually have control of finances. She was ahead of her time, however, with a good sense of business. Records show she was granted a license in 1843 to keep a tavern, what we might think of as an inn - a place for weary travelers to rest and have a meal. Kitty also had some land. She donated a half acre to build a Presbyterian Church, which has been a place of worship for 155 years. Bricks were made and fired in a yard on Jones Street, the limestone steps and foundation were hand chiseled. During the Civil War the steeple was handy for a lookout southward from where rebel troops were likely to come.

Pause and listen to carols played - ones that have been sung in this sanctuary for over one hundred fifty years. There is much to learn and treasure from this oldest church building in Columbia. A reception in the Claycomb Room adjoining the sanctuary will give a chance to sample Christmas delicacies prepared by members of the Columbia Woman's Club while learning more about this church's interesting history. - Vonnie Kolbenschlag

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