The Sycamore History Museum had locals bustling Saturday for the Historic Homes Tour during the 52nd annual Pumpkin Fest.

The annual tour’s theme for this year was the Movers and Shakers of Sycamore, and it featured six of Sycamore’s oldest homes, which housed families that shaped the town. Homes were featured old knickknacks, narrow staircases and servant’s quarters. The Historic Homes Tour is the largest fundraiser of the year for the Sycamore History Museum, which has hosted the tour twice since taking over from the Friends of the Sycamore Library, who ran it for more than 20 years.

Jayne Higgins, chair and organizer of the tour, spoke highly of the city she’s lived in for 18 years.

“I think there is a spirit of community in Sycamore that other towns don’t have,” she said.

The sense of town camaraderie did not stop there, with more than 100 volunteers helping to give tours and watch the six homes as hundreds of visitors came to soak in local history.

“It takes huge generosity to do that. We couldn’t do it without them,” Higgins said.

The Hove family, which owns the McAllister House on Main Street, have only lived there since May. They used the tour as a chance to check out the other homes while everyone else in Sycamore looked at theirs. Theresa Hove said McAllister House is exactly what her family was looking for, and she has no problem letting the neighborhood experience its interior.

Resident Katie Burgess lives in the Carlos Lattin house, which was built by an early settler. Burgess has lived in her there for 24 years.

“It takes getting used to hearing voices outside of people giving tours,” Burgess said. “But it’s nice.”