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Current owners of the Ralls Home, Dennis Tyson and Bruce Neveau, show the gas oven that would have been used when the home was first built more than a century ago. The range is still used to cook. Rather than cupboards, the Victorian kitchen used open shelves

ARCADIAN PHOTO BY SUSAN E. HOFFMAN, shoffman@sun-herald.com

The Cecil F. Hull home was built in 1926 by a former county tax collector. The one-story home features a formal parlor in front, and the home has been restored with many beautiful furnishings.

ARCADIAN PHOTO BY SUSAN E. HOFFMAN, shoffman@sun-herald.com

The Cecil F. Hull home, built in 1926, features a lovely enclosed back porch, now decorated for the holidays. The Holiday Tour of Homes, held Saturday, was sponsored by Team Arcadia and included visits to five homes and St. Edmund's Episcopal Church.

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Sandy ____, left, Bebe Jackson, Carol Mahler and Linda Keen stand in front of the restored fireplace at the John Morgan Ingraham Home, built around 1900. The DeSoto County Historical Society has restored the house through several grants, as well as the adjacent Seed House now used to house DCHS's collection of historical documents. This was one of six stops on Team Arcadia's Holiday Tour of Homes Saturday.

ARCADIAN PHOTO BY SUSAN E. HOFFMAN, shoffman@sun-herald.com
In restoring the Ralls home, the current owners discovered items once owned by the young girl who lived there a century ago, such as her lace collar, hairbrush and mirror. Furnishings in the home are from the same period and replicate many of the items that might have been used by the Ralls family members.