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.

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 call 785.625.9014.