Forest Hill neighborhood’s fall house tour

Performing arts and exotic artwork will be the focus Sunday of the third annual "Country in the City" house tour in Richmond's Forest Hill neighborhood.

The neighborhood association event, from noon to 5 p.m., features nine homes, from Colonial foursquares to cottages.

The tour features homes owned by a former ballerina, an associate conductor for the Richmond Symphony, a water colorist and a seamstress. Art is a focal point in each home, from Italian Murano glass chandeliers to paintings from a murdered scene maker for a German opera house.

Tickets are $12 in advance at South of James Farmers Market, 43rd Street Gallery, Crossroads Ice Cream & Coffee (both locations), Ruth & Ollie, Mongrel, Salon 23, the Glave Kocen Gallery and Williams & Sherrill.

Tour-day tickets are $15 at Good Shepherd Episcopal Church, Forest Hill Avenue at 43rd Street, beginning at 11 a.m. Tour booklets will be available at Good Shepherd and each house. Westminster Canterbury will provide two handicap-equipped buses that will shuttle throughout the event.

Light snacks and pastries will be available at Good Shepherd. Donations are encouraged.

The house tour is the largest fundraiser sponsored by the Neighborhood Association. Proceeds go toward Music in the Park, National Night Out, a December social and other neighborhood projects.

Following are the homes on tour:

4312 Forest Hill Ave., brick Colonial Revival owned by Carolyn Paulette

1000 W. 43rd St., Foursquare/Arts & Crafts home owned by Phil Licking and Dana Cooper

4311 Reedy Ave., bungalow owned by Viki Atkinson

1202 Taylor Ave., brick Tudor owned by Dan Stackhouse and Jim Morgan

4407 Forest Hill Ave., Victorian owned by Sue McGarvey and Holli Newman

1205 W. 42nd St., circa 1925 home owned by Harry Tatian and Camille Lovelace

1107 W. 42nd St., 1939 Cape Cod owned by Terry Curry and Steve Martin

4107 Boscobel Ave., circa 1934 brick Colonial owned by Keith and Michele MacPhee

1506 W. 41st St., a brick Colonial. -- Julie Young