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DIGITAL TOURS OF PERRY<br />
TRY DIGITAL TOURS OF PERRY<br />
STORY AND PHOTOGRAPHY BY WILL OLIVER, MANAGING EDITOR<br />
HAVE YOU FOUND YOURSELF<br />
near the City of Perry and looking for<br />
something to pass the time?<br />
Look no further than the self-guided<br />
digital tours offered by a partnership<br />
between the Perry Convention and Visitors<br />
Bureau and the Perry Area Historical<br />
Society featuring the city’s historic<br />
downtown landmarks, churches around the<br />
city as well as notable homes.<br />
Becky Wilson of the Perry CVB said<br />
they began the tours in a driving-friendly<br />
format, featuring landmarks with signs<br />
nearby containing a QR code to scan<br />
and receive more information on the<br />
structure’s historical significance. Other<br />
documentation was available containing<br />
information as well.<br />
There have been moves made towards<br />
featuring a digital tour ran through the<br />
CVB website.<br />
This digital option also means one can<br />
access the tour from anywhere, including<br />
from their computer at home. Photo<br />
and video options give users a unique<br />
perspective as compared to the previous<br />
version of the tour.<br />
“It allowed us to put in historical photos,”<br />
Wilson said. “When you’re looking at that<br />
house, you can see what it looked like 100<br />
years ago.”<br />
Some of the notable landmarks, in<br />
Wilson’s opinion, included the area<br />
where <strong>Houston</strong> High School used to be<br />
located near Lumpkin’s<br />
Shell Station. While that<br />
building is not there<br />
anymore, the tour was<br />
able to feature past<br />
photos of the building,<br />
principal and the<br />
football team.<br />
Another local house and its backyard were<br />
where SSS Tonic was concocted. That<br />
tonic is still sold and used to this day.<br />
She said a couple had, at one point,<br />
come into the Welcome Center looking<br />
for something to pass the time in Perry.<br />
Wilson sent them on their way with the<br />
tour, and the feedback was positive.<br />
Other feedback has been positive, and<br />
Wilson said they hope to add more content<br />
to the website as it becomes available.<br />
“We looked into doing the website<br />
because we could add things and adjust<br />
without having to put everything into<br />
print,” Wilson said. “We felt like that was<br />
a move toward the future.”<br />
AT HOME IN HOUSTON COUNTY 102
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