Landmark Building Events

OCTOBER 2022 Landmark building tours and events

Special to The Enterprise

Historic Woodland Train Depot

1120 Lincoln Ave. 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

The Historic Woodland Train Depot will be open for tours from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. during the Stroll Through History. This year we will be celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Sacramento Valley Historical Railways, the nonprofit organization that owns and operates the Historic Woodland Train Depot. In addition, we will be celebrating the restoration of the Southern Pacific Section Tool House funded by a generous grant from the Stroll Through History.

Visit www.WoodlandTrainDepot.org and follow on Facebook at www.Facebook.com/ SacramentoValleyHistoricalRailways.

St. Luke’s Episcopal Church

515 Second St. 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

This Gothic-Revival style church has graced the corner of Second St. and Lincoln Ave. since 1912. Don’t miss the three stained glass windows above the altar. They were created by the world-famous Louis Tiffany Studio and installed in 1922. There will also be a 30-minute organ recital by Dean Mora at 11:30 a.m.

Woodland Opera House

Main and Second streets on Heritage Plaza 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

The Opera House will be open for tours. Tickets are also available to see the play “The Ghost of the Woodland Opera House.” Check woodlandoperahouse.org for ticket availability and times. Ken Byes/Enterprise photo The Woodland Opera House will be open for tours from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. For ticket information about the play “The Ghost of the Woodland Opera House” visit woodlandoperahouse.org.

Woodland Christian Church

509 College St.

The church and museum will be open for tours from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. This Mission Revival style church was dedicated on October 16, 1949. The museum tells the history of the church and also of Hesperian College. Don’t miss the picture of the college as it looked when it was dedicated at the exact hour of Lincoln’s inauguration in 1861.

Boy Scout Cabin

515 Lincoln Ave. 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Open house and a rummage sale.

Chapman University Archives/Courtesy photo Hesperian College building, constructed in 1860-61, Woodland, ca. 1862. Chapman University was founded by members of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) as Hesperian College in Woodland on March 4, 1861.