2003 Chautauqua Historic Homes Tour

Chautauqua is a festival that began in the early 1900's on the school grounds of East Clinton Street School. It consisted of traveling performance arts groups as well as many of the local singing, dancing, storytelling, and musical groups.

East Clinton has carried on the tradition of holding a citywide festival each year in commemoration of this event. Unfortunately the school was forced to cancel this festival about 15 years ago due to lack of support. We began working in 2001 to begin the tradition of Chautauqua again. "Our goal is to have this be an annual city wide festival that the people of Huntsville look forward to each fall as they have in the past" says organizers of the event.

Chautauqua is a fabulous venue to focus on Huntsville history, the performance arts, unique local organizations, and the surrounding community. Check the Events Calendar for details on this year's celebration.

Historic Homes Tour Part of Chautauqua Celebration

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