Timothy Mazza and Kevin Swearingen have opened their home at 111 11th St., Parkersburg, for the 2022 Holly Trail Tour on Dec. 10 and 11. The tour is sponsored by the Parkersburg Woman’s Club. (Photo Provided)

PARKERSBURG — Holly Trail 2022, an annual fundraiser of the GFWC Parkersburg Woman’s Club, will be held 4-7 p.m. Dec. 10 and 2-5 p.m. Dec. 11.

The yuletide tour of homes will include six residences in Vienna and Parkersburg and the Woman’s Club clubhouse at 323 Ninth St. where refreshments will be served all afternoon by members of the club. Piano entertainment will be provided by local artists Rachel Johnson, Michelle Hall, Jason Wyers and Raymond Bradley.

The Parkersburg Woman’s Club has about 100 members who focus their volunteerism in the arts, education, conservation, international issues, public issues, home life and family crisis issues. The club has supported scholarships to students, Hugh O’Brien Leadership Camp, Rhododendron Girls’ State, nursing home residents, little libraries throughout the city, Carpenter’s Club and Habitat for Humanity, the Wood County Society, the Parkersburg Arts Center and the Family Crisis Shelter.

Tickets for the tour are $15 and are available at Crown Floral and Mulberry Lane or from club members in advance.

The six homes on the tour this year are:

Jack and Kim Mathers’ log home at 280 Kimberjack Trail, Route 14, Parkersburg, is one of the five homes in the 2022 Holly Trail. (Photo Provided)

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4613 Grand Central Ave., Vienna

Joe and Sandy Bell’s 6,500-square foot Craftsman-style home was built in 2017. Rooms have ceilings of 10 to 20 feet.

A desire to have their home blend in with the environment was a main focal point in the materials and colors chosen. The home was built to age in place with interior designs focusing on one-level living.

The Christmas decorations include several adorned trees featuring many antique ornaments and handmade needlepoint ornaments crafted by Joe’s mother and aunt over many years. Also featured will be a Creche set handed down over three generations and an antique train set Joe received as a young man.

The Joe and Sandy Bell home at 4613 Grand Central Ave., Vienna. is a stop on the 2022 Holly Trail tour, to be held Dec. 10-11. (Photo Provided)

Furniture and decor throughout the house tell the story of several generations with many items from around the world. The house features Christmas past and present and a special tree for their grandson with unbreakable ornaments.

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413 56th St., Vienna

“Classic Christmas style” will welcome visitors to the home of Dr. Ramy and Debbie Gold. The two-story, new Modern Classic Style home offers family traditional living while highlighting family heirlooms.

Designed with a focus on a family friendly kitchen, formal dining area and multiple family rooms, the home includes access to the second level via an active stairway with a spacious landing and hallway to the bedrooms.

Members of the Parkersburg Woman’s Club Holly Trail Committee, from left, are Barbara Joyce, Jill Burner, Diane Cunningham, President Kathy Roedersheimer, Jane Hardman, Chairwoman Judy Parrish and Susan Gardner. (Photo Provided)

Multiple specially decorated trees spread warm Christmas cheer throughout the house.

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1024 Juliana St., Parkersburg

The Caswell-Smith House was built in 1885 by Willliam B. Caswell. The residence was completed two years before he died and was a monument to his thoroughness and ability as a builder.

At the time, there were few homes in the area that equaled it for detail. Located in the Julia-Ann Square Historic District, the home is the residence of Norm and Judy Smith.

This home for Dr. Ramy and Debbie Gold, 413 56th St., Vienna. will be featured in the Holly Trail Tour sponsored by the Parkersburg Woman’s Club. (Photo Provided)

Holly Tour guests will walk through three floors of the home decorated for the season. In the backyard, there are three tracks of toy trains. Antique cars will be on display in the carriage house.

This year, the Smiths have selected a Christmas decoration theme of nutcrackers.

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1351 Market St., Parkersburg

The Queen Ann structure at 1351 Market St. was built circa 1893-98 and is known as the Burns-Stiles House. It is a two and a half story wood-frame building with a hipped roof, lower front and side projecting gables and paired windows within the gable ends.

The 2022 Holly Trail will feature the home of George and Janet Shinsky, 1351 Market St., Parkersburg. The tour, sponsored by the Parkersburg Woman’s Club, will be held Dec. 10 and 11. (Photo Provided)

There is decorative woodwork throughout the interior and exterior of this house of George and Janet Shinsky. The front porch contains decorative brackets and gingerbreading and a semi-elliptical fan light over the front entrance.

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111 11th St., Parkersburg

The Mazza-Swearingen House is located at 111 11th St. in the heart of the Julia-Ann Square Historic District center. Owners Timothy Mazza and Kevin Swearingen have resided in the home for seven years with their 11-year-old daughter Gianna Mazza.

The home was built as a small townhome circa 1898 by the Neil family and had major renovations by the Richardson and Solley families at the turn of the century that greatly expanded the home’s size. South Penn Oil founder John Wilson Solley and his wife, Ellen H. Solley, lived in the home from 1917 to 1923. Professor and author Grace Scott resided in the home from 1965 to 1992 while home from her teaching travels in China.

The carriage house, called “Lion’s Gate,” was built originally as a stable house and inn around 1865, then converted into a carriage house around 1885 by Hunter Holmes Moss and his wife, Hattie B. Moss, the first president of the Parkersburg Woman’s Club.

The owners welcome guests to view four rooms in the main house and one room in the attached carriage house. The home will be decorated in true holiday splendor.

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280 Kimberjack Trail, Parkersburg

Jack and Kim Mathers’ log home was built in 2001. The exterior walls are white pine, and the floor joists and interior roof joists are southern yellow pine. The ceiling is 2-inch Canadian hemlock, and the roof is seven layers.

All the flooring, trim and doors are white ash that came from the area around Boaz. The lumber was milled in Marietta into moldings, doors, flooring, stair treads and newel posts. The plinth blocks and newel posts have laser-carved trees done by the company that carves for Longaberger Baskets.

The custom kitchen cabinets, laundry room cabinets and master bathroom cabinets are wormy red oak. The floor design is open with high ceilings. The retirement home has all the main needs on the first floor.

Over a mile of wiring is in the house. The plumber, who taught at a union plumbing school, considered the log home a challenge.

The swing on the front porch is a favorite to watch birds at the feeder, deer, turkeys, rabbits and squirrels. The upstairs loft is a quiet reading space with a view of the logs and the fireplace in the great room.

The garage, or cat cave, is where the Mathers’ cat, Cleo, has her own Christmas Tree.

The home of Norm and Judy Smith, 1024 Juliana St., Parkersburg, is among the featured residents in the annual Holly Trail sponsored by the Parkersburg Woman’s Club. (Photo Provided)