Take a Walk in the Park at Epworth
Guests have a chance to eat food, listen to music and tour 100-year old Victorian cottages at Epworth Park’s upcoming big fall event.
Epworth Park’s second annual “Autumn at Epworth – A Walk in the Park” will be from noon to 5 p.m. Oct. 19 at 215 N Main St., Bethesda.
Tickets are $15, $25 for two adults. Children under 16 are free when accompanied by an adult. Tickets can be purchased on the website or at the event, as well. By purchasing tickets online, buyers will be eligible to win a pair of tickets to the Wheeling Symphony on Ice in December in Wheeling, WV.
The funds will be used for park improvements.
Guests can expect:
- 12 cottages open to tour
- Three plein air painting artists
- One photography artist
- Three local entrepreneurs-baked goods, caramel apples and handmade items
- Banjo performer
- Kennedy Wilkinson, local guitarist
- Homemade brats, chili and soups beans from The Soup Shack from Wheeling’s Centre Market, Frizzi’s Original Pepperoni Rolls, smoked pulled pork sandwiches and more
- Epworth Park historical display
- Raffle for two-night stay at Wilson Lodge
- Email registrations are eligible to win a pair of tickets to ice show
- Free coffee or cider
View a promotional video for the walk here.
The primary goal of Epworth Park Foundation is to maintain and improve the park, Secretary June Diehl said.
The park was established in 1870, which developed into a Chautauqua community. Visitors drove horse and buggies or arrived by train.
The park grew from there, but went downhill in the 1960s. Now, volunteers are working to keep the park alive. Many cottages have been renovated.
This past year, Epworth Park was added to the National Register of Historic Places thanks to the research and efforts of the foundation.
“We’re on the road upward, and we want to continue to go on that path,” Diehl said.
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