Peek into these 10 storied properties during the annual Fort Collins Historic Homes Tour

Fort Collins has a time machine. Or more accurately — and for the purposes of this story — it has 10.

Luckily for you, they'll all be on display as part of the 40th Annual Fort Collins Historic Homes Tour Sept. 21, giving glimpses into Fort Collins' past.

Cross the threshold of the historic Avery House, 328 W. Mountain Ave., and you'll be in 1879 — when prominent Fort Collins banker Franklin Avery built the stately Victorian home for his family.

Venture into the Emma Malaby Grocery building, 313 N. Meldrum St., and you'll be back in the neighborhood grocery's heyday — literally, back when the store sold hay as well as firewood, coal, locally ground flour and other grocery items from around 1906 until it was boarded up in 1943.

Fort Collins history: Frozen-in-time Fort Collins grocery store gets historic landmark status

Visit the Nelson Farm's milk house, 3101 S. Lemay Ave., and you'll envision what it might have been like back in the 1880s when the small stone building — now the last vestige of John Nelson's once-sprawling dairy farm — was surrounded by Jersey cows instead of housing developments.

The properties will be on display from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sept. 21. Tickets can be purchased in advance for $35 at the Poudre Landmarks Foundation website.

Blast from the past: 6 Fort Collins buildings you probably never knew existed

Here are all 10 properties on this year's Historic Homes Tour

• J.M. Glick House, 425 E. Laurel St.
• Blunk Farmhouse, 3136 S. Lemay Ave.
• Barton Aylesworth Property, 704 Mathews St.
• Leslie P. and Ruth A. Ware Property, 1801 Sheely Drive
• Kickland House, 430 W. Mountain Ave.
• Emma Malaby Grocery, 313 N. Meldrum St.
• 1880 Nelson’s Milk House, 3101 S. Lemay Ave.
• Museo de las Tres Colonias, 425 10th St.
• The 1879 Avery House, 328 W. Mountain Ave.
• The 1883 Water Works, 2005 N. Overland Trail

This article originally appeared on Fort Collins Coloradoan: Peek into these 10 storied properties during the annual Fort Collins Historic Homes Tour