The Tour begins at the Shell Clubhouse at 1635 Pacheco Boulevard in Martinez. The Clubhouse was built in the 1930's and still retains its original Craftsman interior.

The first stop on the Tour is the Martinez Museum. The Museum is housed in the Borland home, an 1890 Carpenter Gothic structure. The gingerbread on the exterior and the Victorian details in the interior are all intact.

This 1928 Arlington Way home shows the Tudor influence popular in the 1920's. The house features a spectacular view of Carquinez Strait from the home and hillside garden. Owners: Bob and Kathy Braun.

This gorgeous Packard, parked in front the previously picture Home Tour house, was built in ______. Owner: _________________.

This charming home, surrounded by beautiful gardens, dates from the 1880's. During the Prohibition Era (1920 - 1933), it housed an illict still in the attic. Owners: Hope Savage and Jim Cooper.

Many musicians provided music at various places during the Home Tour. These are the Hopeful Romantics. The lead singer, Hope Savage, owns the 1880s home pictured above.

This 1890s home belonged to an Italian fisherman whose wife baked bread in a sideyard oven. Across the street is the location of the home where Joe DiMaggio was born. Owners: Ben & Aimee Arrigoni.

This antique vehicle is parked in front of the Home Tour house picture above. The house was already 25 years old before such "motor vehicles" became commonplace on Martinez streets.

This gambrel-roofed house is a rare home constructed during the Great Depression of the 1930s when there was little new construction. The house is located in the Arlington Way neighborhood where almost every home is a charmer. Owners: Matthew & Amanda Segura.

Romance gave birth to this Victorian cottage. It was built by a prominent Martinez couple and presented to their son and his new bride as a wedding gift. Owners: Dick & Carolyn Boone Duncan.

This cat sits on the front step of his Talbart Street abode, greeting visitors to the house -- which is depicted in the photograph below.

This modest fisherman's cottage from the early 1900's is as cute as a dollhouse inside. The support posts underlying the house are the masts from former sailing ships. The fishing nets were pulled through the upper window and stored in the attic during the winter. Owners: Gino and Mimma DiTullio.

The garden of this 1890s Italian winemaker's house is surrounded with a white picket fence and enetered through a vine-covered arbor. Owners: Pat and Cindy Guitterrez.

This photograph, and the two that follow, illustrate the types of kitchens in the historic homes on the Tour. This kitchen has been completely updated.

This second kitchen has been partially updated. Updated cabinetry is paired with mid-Century countertops and an earlier, but fully functional, stove and hood.

The third kitchen is a beautiful example of a pre-WWII kitchen with glass-fronted cabinetry, wooden counters, beaded panelling, a gorgeous stove, and a huge double-basin farmhouse sink (not shown). Owner: Hope Savage.

This photo and the two that follow were taken at the same Arlington Way neighborhood house. Here homeowner Kathy Braun welcomes visitors to her home.

Here in the same home, we have a well arranged display of family photographs with a daybed suitable for use when grandchildren are visiting.

The National Park Service opens the John Muir Home on Tour Day. When he wasn't trekking through the wilderness, John Muir lived here until his death in 1914.

The Martinez Adobe is located on the grounds of the John Muir House. It is home to the newly opened and largest exhibit ever about the 1775 de Anza Expedition from Mexico to California.