Girard's history awaits you on this tour, which includes the 1887 home (NRHP) of publisher J.A. Wayland (721 Summit); the Haldeman-Julius House (RHKP; 310 N. Sinnett), home of the Little Blue Books publishers; the J.T. and Anna Leonard Home ( NRHP; 211 N. Summit), the largest home ever built in Girard in a stunning Queen Anne style; the J.E. Raymond House (NRHP; 301 S. Osage), identifiable by its "onion dome"; and the home of Henry Laurens Call (608 N. Summit). Call was a Socialist lawyer, author, and lecturer, and in 1908 he built the first airplane west of the Mississippi. Call named it the Mayfly because "it may fly!" But it didn't. A 19-site driving tour brochure is available at the front desk of the public library (128 W. Prairie).