PRESS RELEASE
GORE PLACE · 52 Gore Street · Waltham , MA 02453
781.894.2798 · Gore Place is a 501(C) 3 non-profit organization. Exemption number: 042-104-254

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
MARCH 1, 2012

GORE PLACE OFFERS A SPECIAL EVENING TOUR OF THE 1806 MANSION.

(WALTHAM , MA) On Friday, March 23 at 7:30pm, Gore Place, the historic Governor Gore estate in Waltham, will offer a special evening tour of the 1806 Governor Gore Mansion. The tour will offer views of the Great Stairs, Great Hall, Withdrawing Room, Office, Library, Parlor, Breakfast Room, second-floor Chambers and Billiard Room as well as Servant's Quarters. Included will be a whole-house exhibit of late eighteenth and early nineteenth century folk art. With its spiral staircase, marble floors and oval rooms, the elegantly furnished mansion has been called “the Monticello of the North” and architectural historians consider it to be the most significant Federal period mansion in New England.

Admission to the evening tour is $14, $10 members and children 5-12. For reservations, call: (781) 894-2798. For press information, photographs, or interviews contact Director of Public Programs Thom Roach at (781) 894-2798 ext. 12 or email events@goreplace.org .

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52 Gore Street , Waltham , MA 02453 TEL: (781) 894-2798 · FAX: ( 781) 894-5745
Gore Place is accredited by the American Association of Museums
and receives funding from the Massachusetts Cultural Council.