MARION — If you’ve ever wandered around Marion and wondered about the history of its buildings, eight-year-old Greta Agnew has you covered. 

Greta led a tour on July 26, chaperoned by her mother Julia Agnew and grandmother Meg Steinberg, teaching local kids about Marion’s historic houses, from the Town House to the Music Hall. 

Greta, who lives in Pennsylvania, put the tour together last summer while she was visiting her grandparents. This year, she got to take a group of eight kids with her and show them around town. 

The tour began and ended at the Sippican Historical Society, which hosted the event, and  looped around Marion center. Bikers visited residential houses like 2 Main Street, a house nicknamed the “Two Captains House” and 72 Pleasant Street, one of Marion’s first one-room schoolhouses. The group also visited places like the Elizabeth Taber Library and the Marion Art Center. 

The tour even stopped by the Elizabeth Taber statue, where Greta’s dad and two brothers Ralph and William waited with lemonade and cookies. 

Greta said putting the tour together was “not that hard” because her mom helped her put the material together. The humble eight-year-old said she was “just reading facts.” 

To prepare for the tour, Greta said she did two test runs. 

“One was hot and one was wet,” she said. 

But when the tour landed on another hot day, Greta said she handled the weather “pretty good because we had the lemonade and cookies.” 

The brochure for Greta’s tour can be found here.