Annual ice cream social set June 26 at Perkins House

Gazette intern reporter

The event was started in 1972 by Norma McGregor, as well as others who were interested in saving the cabin and house built by James A. Perkins. The cabin, built in 1870 and the house, built in 1886, have been around to celebrate the Whitman County Historical Society's Perkins House and Ice Cream Social, which is always on the last Sunday of June.

This year’s will be on June 26 from 1-4 p.m. on the grounds of the Perkins House on Perkins Ave.

This year is the 130th anniversary of the house. The event will feature ice cream from Ferdinand's Creamery at Washington State Un...