September 26, 2026, 1:00 to 5:00 pm

Overview ● Tickets ● Registration ● FAQs ● Sponsors

Buy tickets in advance and save $10! Ticket price includes access to a digital house tour booklet. Hard copy booklets may also be ordered for $10 until September 7, for pick up at registration. A limited number of extra booklets will be available for $12 the day of the tour, as supplies last.

Open Doors: Exploring the Homes of Historic North Woodside invites you into our charming neighborhood shaped over more than 130 years of growth, from rural to urban. Established in the 1890s along Grace Church Road and expanded through the early 20th century, North Woodside offers a living gallery of local architecture from late Victorian homes to bungalows, Tudors, and Colonials to mid-century cottages. Once promoted as a peaceful escape just 20 minutes from the White House, it remains a place of blended history and contemporary life.

Today, those open doors reveal more than beautiful interiors, they offer a glimpse into a vibrant, connected community. Inside, you’ll find beloved historic details – hardwood floors, fireplaces, and architectural nooks – alongside modern updates. Outside, neighbors gather for seasonal celebrations, block parties, porch concerts, beautification projects, and simple moments of connection. This tour is more than a walk through lovely homes – it’s an invitation to experience the character, warmth, and livability of historic North Woodside.

Profits from the tour will go to create a green native oasis out of a neighborhood traffic island where neighbors have been gathering since 1926 for holiday celebrations and more, and to support the Linden-Lyttonsville Museum.

Registration

Open 12:30 pm to 5:30 pm

Woodlin Elementary School (Google Maps)
2101 Luzerne Ave, Silver Spring, MD 20910

At registration you will be checked in by name and given a wristband and a map of the tour route and information on access to the online tour booklet. The wristband is required for entry to the homes. Pre-ordered tour booklets also can be picked up at registration and a very limited number of extra booklets will be available for sale. Tickets must be picked up by 4:30 pm.

FAQs

• Event will be held rain or shine. No refunds.
• Parking will be available in the lot at registration at Woodlin Elementary.
• Children over the age of 12 and infants are welcome, but no children between 1 and 11 years old, strollers, and pets will be allowed in the houses. Guide dogs are allowed. If you are planning to attend with a service animal, we’d love to hear from you in advance so we can ensure the smoothest possible experience for you and our homeowners.
• A limited number of commemorative paper booklets will be available for sale at registration. Water and light refreshments will be available for a donation.
• In order to protect homeowners’ floors, a pair of protective booties will be provided to each ticket holder to wear over their shoes. Please place the booties over your shoes while touring the homes that require them. No house will require shoe removal.
• Interior photography, video, and/or streaming is not allowed, but exterior photos are permitted.
• Each open floor of each house will have a docent available to answer questions.
• This is a walking tour – no transportation will be provided – so comfortable walking shoes are encouraged. There will also be stairs to climb in many of the houses, either to access the front door or second floor.
• Attendees of the tour assume all risks and accept sole responsibility for any injury, illness, damage, loss, claim, or expense of any kind that they may experience or incur in connection with attending the house tour.
• Please email any questions not answered here to HouseTour@NorthWoodside.org.

A big thank you to our House Tour Sponsors!

Alzate Painting, The Driggers Team, Innovative Kitchens & Bath, Lillian Farms, Strawberry Fields, Finecraft, Macpeak Landscaping, Montgomery for All, Chrissy Carlson Realtor, Fenwick Beer & Wine, Four Corners Counseling, Mark Willcher Design & Build, Maya Hyman Realtor, Stuff of Life, Backyard Bounty, Cleverdog, JC Home Improvement, Martha Vance Cello Studio, Physiocare Physical Therapy Works, Rock Creek Sports Club, Sarot Woodworking, Simpli Dues

Although the deadline for placing an ad has passed, we are still welcoming sponsorships for the house tour.  If interested, please act soon, as the deadline is September 5. Click button at right to access sponsorship form.