HOUSE AND GARDEN TOUR SET SUNDAY; DESSERT BUFFET WILL ALSO BENEFIT AGENCY

For the fifth year, Lutheran Family and Children's Services of Cape Girardeau is sponsoring a house and garden tour, featuring some of Cape Girardeau most beautiful homes.

The tour is set Sunday, with a dessert buffet on Saturday night. The tour features five homes which will be open from 1-6 p.m. They are:

The home of Dr. Brock and Kathy Whittenberger, 151 S. Spanish. The 154-year-old home once housed the rectory of Old St. Vincent's Church. In the 1920s, the porches were screened or glassed in and rich architectural detailing was added. The home saw more renovations in the 1980s and was redecorated by the current owners.

The Frederick-Pettigrew house at 308 S. Lorimier. The house was thought to be built in 1891 by a Cape Girardeau jeweler, and has been recently renovated by Dr. Don Pettigrew of Springfield. Special touches include a beautiful etched and stained glass window on the porch door and the elaborate supports of the roof overhang and carved window frames, which are typical of homes of the period.

The garden of James V. Parker, 445 Marie. Parker has lived in the house for 18 years, and has grown an elaborate garden which includes blue rug creeping junipers on the steep north and west side terraces. At least fifty varieties of perennial plants and shrubs adorn the garden. The house, not open for touring, was built in the late 1940s by Vernon Landgraf.

The home of Dr. Trygve and Karen Honaas, County Road 319. This Greek revival home was built in 1990 and inspired by the design of the home of Jefferson Davis' parents in Mississippi. The home is filled with antiques, including a spool bed that has been in the family for six generations and 90-year-old dining room set that was once used by harvest hands on the family homestead.

The home of Bill and Charlotte Craig, County Road 332. The Craig built this two-story brick home in 1988, and have furnished it with family pieces as well as furniture purchased at auctions and sales. The beams in the kitchen are from a deteriorating log home on the property, and many of the stained glass windows, light fixtures and doors were salvaged from the Craig's former home.

The dessert buffet will be held Saturday night from 6-8 p.m. at the home of Dr. Anthony and LouAnn Zoffuto, Number Seven Beinville. This home is open only during the buffet. Built in 1983, the French Colonial home includes custom-made French doors with solid brass handles reclaimed from the demolished Laclede Gas building in St. Louis, and kitchen cabinets that were crafted from 50-year-old locally harvested, air-dried walnut.

The tour is one of the major fundraisers for Lutheran Family and Children's Services, a non-profit group that offers counseling services to individuals, couples and families, single expectant parents, families wishing to adopt, the elderly and grieving. The services are open to anyone.

Tickets are still available for the tour and buffet. Ticket for the tour only are $7 and for the tour and dessert buffet are $12.50, and may be purchased at the organization's office at 833 Broadway, Wanda's Coiffures at 1405 Thomas, Williams Hearing Center at 320 Broadway, Antique Mall at 5 N. Main, The Way Bookstore at 528 W. Main, Jackson.