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Explore the Chestnut Street District with the Hays Public Library. Docents from the library’s staff will be leading tours of historic downtown Hays at 6:30 pm, 7 pm and 7:30 pm on Friday, July 14. Tours are open to all ages and will leave from the library’s main (west) entrance. No reservation is needed.

The tours will feature eight downtown buildings including George Philip Hardware Co., Wiesner’s Department Store, the Hays Arts Council, which used to be Newspaper Publishing Co., and Salon Centric, which used to be Harkness Pharmacy.

Adult librarian Samantha Dean planned the tour and is serving as one of the docents.

“I was inspired to do the walking tours because Hays is in its sesquicentennial year,” she said. “There is no better time to celebrate the history of this town!”

Tours will last approximately 30 minutes. Due to the hot weather, there will also be cold bottles of water available to anyone who goes on the tour.

For more information on this and other programs, visit hayslibrary.org or call 785.625.9014.