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Assistance League opens Astoria’s
historic houses during Home & Chef Tour
By NANCY MCCARTHY
t was only a pair of new shoes.
But to the little boy, they were
wings.
“I’m going to be the fastest
runner now!” he told Mary Da-
vies, a volunteer with Assistance
League of the Columbia Paciic.
To prove his claim, the boy joyfully
lew down the school hallway and back
again, beaming.
“They are very
BUILT
thankful,”
Davies
BETWEEN
said.
1885 AND
boy
1908, THE FIVE with The the little
new shoes
HOMES OFFER was only one of
A GLIMPSE nearly 1,000 children
INTO ONE OF in Clatsop County
who are helped by
THE MOST
League
PROSPEROUS Assistance
each year.
PERIODS IN
Through several
ASTORIA’S Assistance League
projects, children re-
HISTORY.
ceive new clothes —
and new conidence — to wear to school.
“It’s just a good feeling to know that I
can be a little bit of help and make a dif-
ference in a child’s life,” Davies said.
To provide that help, Assistance League
is conducting its annual Home & Chef
Tour. From 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday,
Oct. 15, ive historic homes and a com-
mercial building in Astoria will be opened
to the public. In addition, chefs from area
restaurants will provide appetizers.
Built between 1885 and 1908, the ive
homes offer a glimpse into one of the most
prosperous periods in Astoria’s history.
Among the homes on the tour is the
Foard home, a Queen Anne-style house
Continued on Pg. 5
Ornate Lincrusta-Walton wainscoting is
featured in the foyer of the historic Foard
home.
PHOTOS BY DANNY MILLER
Above: The historic Foard home, owned by Bonnie and Jack Ross,
will be featured on Assistance League of the Columbia Paciic’s annu-
al Home & Chef Tour on Oct. 15 in Astoria. The home’s vivid exterior
paint colors (an antidote to Astoria’s overcast winter days) were cho-
sen by former owner Melissa Yowell, whose great-grandparents were
Martin and Lilli Foard, the home’s originial occupants and owners.
Left: The Rosses, who are enthusiastic historic preservationists, have
replaced a mantel over the library’s ireplace and reinished the ma-
hagony inlaid loors.
At the rear of the Foard home is a modern
kitchen with an original, built-in china closet
and outside door that leads to the back porch.
A bedroom in the Foard hom, which will be
featured on Assistance League of the Co-
lumbia Paciic’s annual Home & Chef Tour
on Oct. 15 in Astoria.
The elaborate staircase in the Foard home
features built-in window seats at the land-
ing windows.