The Sierra Curtis Neighborhood Association is hosting its 24th annual Curtis Park Home and Garden Tour on Saturday, April 24 from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. in the Curtis Park Neighborhood.

Curtis Park reflects a remarkable collection of period houses built between 1910 and 1925 that at the peak of popularity for Bungalow and Craftsman styles. Six residences will be featured with a focus on these styles including a two-story Craftsman featured on the cover of Sacramento’s Curtis Park book by local author Dan Murphy, and a very unique home and former residence of local artist and Sacramento State University art professor Jack Ogden.

The annual tour is a showcase of each homeowner’s own creativity and enjoyment of a fine older home. Tour goers will enjoy beautiful original interiors balanced with recently updated kitchens, baths and master suites. Enjoy patios and gardens including one crowned by a massive oak tree surrounded by wood seating, decking, and used brick pathways.

Known as the “happiest day in the neighborhood”, tour goers will enjoy a lovely Spring day walking or bicycling from home to home in the shade of mature tree canopies. Relax and enjoy live music, refreshments including lunch, vintage cars, self-guided residential walking tour brochures and history displays at the north end of Curtis Park at Donner Way and 26th Street.

There will be a price break for those purchasing tickets in advance; tickets can be purchased on-line at www.Sierra2.org, or at the Sierra 2 Center, The Fringe, The Ivy House, The French Hen or Collected Works. Advance General Admission tickets are $20 ($15 for SCNA members), and day of the tour tickets are $25 ($20 for SCNA members).

The event is a fundraiser for the Sierra Curtis Neighborhood Association and benefits the Sierra 2 Community Center and SCNA programs. Refreshment sales benefit the Sacramento Children’s Home, a Curtis Park neighbor on Sutterville Road.

Cook Realty returns as major sponsor. Their continued support of this fundraising event is appreciated.

For more information, call Sierra 2 at 452-3005 or visit www.Sierra2.org.