SALEM — The owners of six historic Salem homes will be opening their doors to the public this weekend as part of a holiday tour.

The event, sponsored by the Salem Federation of Women’s Clubs, will be held 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. Tickets for the tour are $20 each and can be purchased by cash or check during the tour at the Smucker House at 271 S. Broadway Ave.

Pre-sale tickets are available at the Salem Computer Center on Second Street, Wild City Bird and Feed on Broadway and Nature and Nurture and a Taste of Gracious Living on State Street. Tickets will also be sold at Consign and Design in Poland.

City Service Safety Director Joe Cappuzzello has also announced that the city will be allowing parking on the streets where the six participating homes are located Saturday and Sunday for the duration of the tours. Participants are asked to only park on the side of the street the house they are visiting is on.

According to a press release about the event, each of the participating homes are beautiful examples of both Salem’s history and of historic architectural movements, highlighting the historic status of each.

David and Kathy Gano’s home at 343 Highland Ave. is a colonial revival style constructed in 1936 and 1937 by Salem Industrialist Nathan Hunt and designed by Cleveland architect Munroe Copper, known for designing many of the homers in the Shaker Heights area of Cleveland.

Dr. Marshall and Sami Bahr’s home at 700 Highland Ave. is a Georgian colonial style home built in 1901 by Salem Industrialist Herbert H Sharp. Sharp was co-founder of the Buckeye Engine Company, the largest manufacturer of both stationary steam and gasoline power plants and electric generators in the country in the late 1800s through the 1930s.

The Baer family home at 1085 Jennings Ave. is a Greek revival style home built in 1866 and known for being the home of former Quaker Senator Jones D. Cattell. The home also stored the wooden box that carried home Edwin Coppock after his 1859 hanging for participating in John Brown’s raid on the U.S. Arsenal in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, in October 1859.

The Crowell House located at 725 S. Lincoln Ave. is an Italianate constructed in 1880 by Amos Rank and is listed on the National Register of Historic Homes in Salem. The historic residence features a massive living room measuring 18-foot by 32-foot with 12-foot ceilings, brick interiors walls and two Carrara marble fireplace mantels. Paul Metzger, a bodyguard for President Lincoln during the Civil War and longtime proprietor of Salem’s own Metzger Hotel, purchased the home in 1889.

The Greenisen Farm located at 1904 Depot Road is a Century Farm and has been owned continuously by members of the Greenisen Family for over 100 years. Built between 1862 and 1870, the property features a sugar house where maple syrup is made and is currently the home of five Austrian haflinger horses.

Jennifer Brown’s home at 2005 Pearce Circle was built in 1991 and is what is referred to as a “McMansion,” which were larger homes with blending styles. It is a blend of modern, colonial and Victorian styles and features a grand entrance with an open staircase indicative of the “McMansion” and has a semi-open floor plan.