The Times Herald from Port Huron, Michigan • Page 26

SATURDAY, SEPT. 6, 2008 TIMES HERALD Step back in time Historic home tour welcomes visitors 1 -i Hi i I'Ti By BOB GROSS Times Herald They all own older homes and the love they feel for those glories of a former age is apparent. "Sometimes these homes belong more to the community than to the owners," Amy Pellegrini said. "We're just the caretakers. "We're proud of them and want to show them off." Pellegrini and her husband, Rodger Carter, own a Victorian home at 147 Brown St.

in St. Clair. They and the owners of eight other homes and busineses in St. Clair will open their doors for a tour on Sept. 13 to benefit the St.

Clair Society for Historic Preservation. The tour continues Sept. 14 with admission to two museums and the Red Brick Schoolhouse on Meisner Road in East China Township. Pellegrini's Brown Street home was once the residence for the head trainer at the Dromore Farms horse and dog racing stable that flourished in the early 1900s north of St. Clair.

Carter and Pellegrini believe the home was moved to its present location in the 1920s. It's one of two residences referred to locally as the "Dog House." "There's only two houses left from the original estate: This one and the one across the street at 146 Brown Carter said. He and Pellegrini belong to the St. Clair Society for Historic Pres-ervatioa Pellegrini's a trustee and Carter is vice president While the primary purpose of the tour is to support the society, it is also a way to "share the history of the houses with the public," said Donna Cornell, the Historic Society's recording secretary. She owns a "Folk Victorian" home at 802 Thornapple St.

that was built in 1902 by the master carpenter at the Diamond Crystal Salt Plant. "When urban renewal took St. Clair HOME TOUB SEPT.i3th Times Herald photos by BOB GROSS CHARM: Chris Trey walks down (fie steps of the St. Clair home he and his wife, Lori, own at 21 5 N. Third St.

The home is part of a tour Sept. 1 3, 1 4 sponsored by the St. Clair Society for Historic Preservation..