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DULUTH — Expect finger sandwiches, lemon curd and scones during the Scottish Tea and Tour at First Presbyterian Church.
The Sept. 24 event begins with a 1 p.m. guided tour of the church, 300 E. Second St. There’s music from the 1917 three-story Skinner pipe organ at 2:15 p.m., and tea services at 3 p.m.
Tickets are $40. Call 218-722-1745 to reserve a spot, attendance is limited to 125.
The Duluth Preservation Alliance has named Presbyterian Church among the city's top 10 “endangered buildings."
The building was erected in 1891 and features Edwardian pendant lights, seven Tiffany stained-glass windows, a hidden playroom, rock fountains and Colonial Revival architecture.
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"First Pres is kind of this fortress that people drive by every day. ... We're not as foreboding as we look from the outside," church volunteer Kathy Peterson said in a News Tribune story in July.
If you go
- What: The Scottish Tea and Tour
- When: Sept. 24; 1 p.m. guided tour; 2:15 p.m. pipe organ music; 3 p.m. Scottish tea
- Where: First Presbyterian Church, 300 E. Second St., Duluth
- Cost: $40, call 218-722-1745
- More info: https://bit.ly/3U8Mr1t
