SATURDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2025 CHRISTMAS TOUR OF HOMES 9 AM - 12 PM
The Christmas Tour of Homes is a holiday tour of uniquely decorated properties in Natchitoches, Louisiana. The event will feature docent-led commentaries on the history of each property as well as the unique holiday decorations. The Christmas Tour of Homes is a self-guided walking tour. You may begin at any of the 3 properties listed below. There will be docents to guide you through the interior of each venue. The entire tour takes between 2.5 and 3 hours. Please plan accordingly.
You may begin your tour at any of the 3 properties featured. Tickets may also be purchased at the front door of every property. We do NOT sell out. *For large group rates (30+) please contact Christina Johnson at 318-228-7083.
Tours will NOT be cancelled due to rain or bad weather. Be sure to pack an umbrella!
Tickets are $30/person. Children under 12 are free. Your emailed confirmation/receipt is your ticket. You can display these tickets on your phone when you arrive. We keep accurate records of all ticket holders at each property should your emailed receipt be lost.
We invite you to experience the charm of historic Natchitoches during this annual holiday event. Proceeds from the tour benefit restoration of properties in the Natchitoches Parish area.
*Saturday tickets include a complimentary ticket to The Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame & Northwest Louisiana History Museum located at 800 Front Street.
You may begin at any of the 3 properties listed below:
The Dickens House (855 rue Washington):
Only steps away from the brick streets of downtown, this charming historic cottage reflects the homeowner’s love of elegant furnishings and the Christmas season. Traditional decorations in classic red and green are prominent throughout the house. The collection of Snow Village churches and buildings surrounding the tree are reminiscent of the historic structures found on Cane River.
Two Goose House (416 Williams Ave.):
Featured in the February 1949 issue of House and Garden, a little house in Lake Forest, Illinois, owned by Countess Gloria Potocki and designed by architect Jerome Cerny, was the inspiration for Two Goose built by Bob Henry for Annette and Alvin DeBlieux in Natchitoches, Louisiana. Because it stretched into two years for “Miss Annette” to make up her mind on all the details of the charming house, the local townsfolk began saying that it took so long for the house to be built that the geese had flown, never lived! Thus the name took form: Two Goose. The house was begun in 1949 and finished in 1951; the DeBlieux family lived there until 1971, when Miss Annette left due to illness, and the house was rented for the next ten years. In 1981, the Randall M. Keator III family bought the house. The Keator family did some immediate restoration and remodeling and has made it their home ever since. During the holiday season guests always comment on the chandeliers and arches of holly in this charming Colonial-style home. Black reindeer prance on the roof and lanterns warmly glow in front windows throughout the Christmas season. As one local teacher put it, "You might spot the school’s 8th grade visiting!"
Keegan House (225 Williams Ave.):
The Keegan House began its life as a very simple farmhouse. Built in circa 1850, this pre-civil war, virgin pine construction had a much different appearance than the one and a half story home you see today. The house began as four rectangular rooms - two on each side of a central breezeway known as a dog trot. In the 1920s, the Keegans, the family for whom the house is now named, transformed this simple, dog trot farmhouse into a Colonial Revival-style home. Their renovation included incorporation of indoor plumbing and electricity to add a basic bathroom and kitchen. Subsequent renovations by others in the 1940s and 1980s incorporated a den, study, master bath, and additional living spaces within the attic which created the second story of the home accessed by a staircase in the foyer. In 2020, the Lemoine family purchased the home and began an extensive 3-year renovation to modernize the kitchen and bring back some of the character and turn of the century charm that had been renovated out of the home over the decades.
The Keegan House is one of a small group of styled, early twentieth century
structures in Natchitoches and is one of a handful which can be identified clearly as an example of the Colonial Revival. Visitors to the Keegan House will enjoy details which set it apart from other Colonial Revival style structures in Natchitoches. These include an elaborate entrance highlighted by a large semi-circular fanlight with rectangular sidelights with delicate Federal segmental glazing bars above wooden panels, a large front facing gable which adds prominence to the facade and gives it a strong visual presence, tall six-over-six windows on the gallery, wide floorboards with accompanying wide baseboards, wide ceiling boards, and four panel interior doors.
During the holiday season, the Keegan House is decorated in a mix of traditional and family-heirloom décor that gives this stunning home a feeling of warm, Christmas joy. Visitors will be enveloped by the homespun holiday spirit the moment they climb onto the welcoming front porch.
The Christmas Tour of Homes is a holiday tour of uniquely decorated properties in Natchitoches, Louisiana. The event will feature docent-led commentaries on the history of each property as well as the unique holiday decorations. The Christmas Tour of Homes is a self-guided walking tour. You may begin at any of the 3 properties listed below. There will be docents to guide you through the interior of each venue. The entire tour takes between 2.5 and 3 hours. Please plan accordingly.
You may begin your tour at any of the 3 properties featured. Tickets may also be purchased at the front door of every property. We do NOT sell out. *For large group rates (30+) please contact Christina Johnson at 318-228-7083.
Tours will NOT be cancelled due to rain or bad weather. Be sure to pack an umbrella!
Tickets are $30/person. Children under 12 are free. Your emailed confirmation/receipt is your ticket. You can display these tickets on your phone when you arrive. We keep accurate records of all ticket holders at each property should your emailed receipt be lost.
We invite you to experience the charm of historic Natchitoches during this annual holiday event. Proceeds from the tour benefit restoration of properties in the Natchitoches Parish area.
*Saturday tickets include a complimentary ticket to The Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame & Northwest Louisiana History Museum located at 800 Front Street.
You may begin at any of the 3 properties listed below:
The Dickens House (855 rue Washington):
Only steps away from the brick streets of downtown, this charming historic cottage reflects the homeowner’s love of elegant furnishings and the Christmas season. Traditional decorations in classic red and green are prominent throughout the house. The collection of Snow Village churches and buildings surrounding the tree are reminiscent of the historic structures found on Cane River.
Two Goose House (416 Williams Ave.):
Featured in the February 1949 issue of House and Garden, a little house in Lake Forest, Illinois, owned by Countess Gloria Potocki and designed by architect Jerome Cerny, was the inspiration for Two Goose built by Bob Henry for Annette and Alvin DeBlieux in Natchitoches, Louisiana. Because it stretched into two years for “Miss Annette” to make up her mind on all the details of the charming house, the local townsfolk began saying that it took so long for the house to be built that the geese had flown, never lived! Thus the name took form: Two Goose. The house was begun in 1949 and finished in 1951; the DeBlieux family lived there until 1971, when Miss Annette left due to illness, and the house was rented for the next ten years. In 1981, the Randall M. Keator III family bought the house. The Keator family did some immediate restoration and remodeling and has made it their home ever since. During the holiday season guests always comment on the chandeliers and arches of holly in this charming Colonial-style home. Black reindeer prance on the roof and lanterns warmly glow in front windows throughout the Christmas season. As one local teacher put it, "You might spot the school’s 8th grade visiting!"
Keegan House (225 Williams Ave.):
The Keegan House began its life as a very simple farmhouse. Built in circa 1850, this pre-civil war, virgin pine construction had a much different appearance than the one and a half story home you see today. The house began as four rectangular rooms - two on each side of a central breezeway known as a dog trot. In the 1920s, the Keegans, the family for whom the house is now named, transformed this simple, dog trot farmhouse into a Colonial Revival-style home. Their renovation included incorporation of indoor plumbing and electricity to add a basic bathroom and kitchen. Subsequent renovations by others in the 1940s and 1980s incorporated a den, study, master bath, and additional living spaces within the attic which created the second story of the home accessed by a staircase in the foyer. In 2020, the Lemoine family purchased the home and began an extensive 3-year renovation to modernize the kitchen and bring back some of the character and turn of the century charm that had been renovated out of the home over the decades.
The Keegan House is one of a small group of styled, early twentieth century
structures in Natchitoches and is one of a handful which can be identified clearly as an example of the Colonial Revival. Visitors to the Keegan House will enjoy details which set it apart from other Colonial Revival style structures in Natchitoches. These include an elaborate entrance highlighted by a large semi-circular fanlight with rectangular sidelights with delicate Federal segmental glazing bars above wooden panels, a large front facing gable which adds prominence to the facade and gives it a strong visual presence, tall six-over-six windows on the gallery, wide floorboards with accompanying wide baseboards, wide ceiling boards, and four panel interior doors.
During the holiday season, the Keegan House is decorated in a mix of traditional and family-heirloom décor that gives this stunning home a feeling of warm, Christmas joy. Visitors will be enveloped by the homespun holiday spirit the moment they climb onto the welcoming front porch.