Tours run from May to October

Named Best Local Tour
in Cincinnati Magazine
“Best of the City”, 2003

Downtown Tours

South Tour, 1st Saturday and 3rd Sunday at 2:00 p.m.
North Tour, 1st Sunday and 3rd Saturday at 2:00 p.m.

-Approximately 2 hours, 2 miles

Tours begin at the Contemporary Art Center, 44 East Sixth Street.
$15 per adult, $5 per child.

Highlights: South Tour
Carew Tower Complex  • Lombardy Building • Gidding-Jenny Storefront • Ingalls Building • Dixie Terminal • Queen City & University Clubs • Guilford School • Lytle Park & Taft Museum

Downtown South Tour Sponsors:  Bromwell's, Downtown Residents' Council and Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza

Highlights: North Tour
City Hall • Plum Street Temple • St.Peter in Chains Cathedral • 800 Broadway • Hamilton Co. Courthouse • Piatt Park Complex • Enquirer Building

Downtown North Tour Sponsors:  Cincinnati Arts Association, Blue Wisp Jazz Club, Downtown Residents' Council, LPK Building Leadership Brands, URS Corporation, Architects, Engineers, and Planners, The Phoenix, Avril-Bleh Meat Market, Batsakes Hat Shop and The Cincinnatian Hotel.

Out of Towners:

Visiting Cincinnati? Call us at least two weeks before your scheduled visit and we will craft a combination for you including highlights of both the North and South Downtown tours. We want you to see as much of our city as possible during your stay!

Findlay Market/Brewery District Area Tour

1^st & 3^rd Saturdays at 10 a.m.

-Approximately 1.5  hours, 1 mile

Leaving from location of restrooms at north side of  Findlay Market House, at Corporation for Findlay Market sales revenue.
$10 per adult, $5 per child.

Highlights:
Phillipus Church • Christian Moerlein Brewery • Clyffside Brewery

Over-the-Rhine East & West Tours

2^nd & 4^th Saturdays at 10 a.m.

-Approximately 2 hours, 2 miles

Guides for each separate tour leaving from the Coffee Emporium at the Emery Center Apartments, 110 E. Central Parkway.
$15 per adult, $5 per child.

Highlights:

East: Verdin Complex-Pendleton House • St. Paul’s Church • Facades of Main • Old St.Mary’s Church • Germania Building

Over-the-Rhine East Tour Sponsors:  Iris BookCafe, Merchants of Main Street (MoMS), Urban Eden, Gateway Quarter and US Bank Over-the-Rhine

West: The Art Academy, The People's theater, Weilert's Beer Garden, Music Hall, Barlow Motors Building

Over-the-Rhine West Tour Sponsors: 3CDC and WCET

Mt. Adams Tours

2^nd Wednesday at 11 a.m.
1^st and 3^rd Saturday at 10 a.m.

-Approximately 1.5 hours, 0.75 miles

Leave from Koka Coffee, 1101 St. Gregory Street.
$15 per adult, $5 per child.

Highlights:
Holy Cross Immaculata Church & Monastery • Crowley’s Pub • Ida Street Bridge • Rookwood Pottery Buildings

Mt. Adams Tour Sponsors:  Koka Coffee; Mt. Adam's Bar & Grill and the Blind Lemon; The Wine Cellar, Longworth's Mt. Adams, Tavern on the Hill and Mt. Adams Fish House

 Clifton Tour

3^rd Wednesday at 11 a.m.
2^nd and 4^th Saturday at 2 p.m.

-Approximately 2 hours, 2.7 miles

Highlights:
Boulter House • Probasco House • Scarlet Oaks  • Calvary Episcopal Church • William Resor House  • Rawson Woods

Clifton Tour Sponsors: DEWEY'S Pizza, Jack Brand Construction Company; Kramer Design & Production, Olives at the Ludlow Garage and Tink's Cafe

Northside/Cumminsville Tour

4^th Wednesday at 11 a.m.
2^nd and 4^th Sunday at 11 a.m.

-Approximately 2 hours, 2 miles

Leaving from Take the Cake at 4035 Hamilton Avenue.   Please arrive by 10:45 a.m.
$15 per adult, $5 per child.

Highlights:
Banner Cornice Works  • Millionaires' Corner  • American Can Company • Post Office/Masonic Lodge • Charles Miller Funeral Home  • Fosdick and Holloway Machine Tool Company

Northside Tour Sponsors: Melt Eclectic Deli, Sidewinder Coffee, Shake It Records and Take the Cake.

Walnut Hills and East Walnut Hills Tours 

East Walnut Hills:  3^rd Sunday at 11:00 a.m.

-Approximately 2 hours, 2 miles

Leaving from the Parkside Cafe 1026 E. McMillan Street.
$15 per adult, $5 per child.

Highlights:

Walnut Hills:  Peebles Corner  • Walnut Hills Public Library •  Walnut Hills First Presbyterian Church.
East Walnut Hills:  Upland Avenue Homes  • Woodburn Avenue Historic District

East Walnut Hills Tour Sponsors:  East Walnut Hills Assembly.

CINCINNATI MEMORIES II

Due to the popularity of CPA’s Power Point presentation, “Cincinnati Memories, a Virtual ARCHTREKS’ Walking Tour of Downtown Cincinnati,” project developer Jeanne Rolfes has created a second presentation.  Included in this one-hour show will be photos and histories of Old Crosley Field, the Cincinnati Inclines, Eden Park including the Cincinnati Art Museum and Krohn Conservatory, the Island Queen and Coney Island, Alms & Doepke and the Miami & Erie Canal, Music Hall, the William Howard Taft birthplace and the Harriet Beecher Stowe house.

Primary target audiences are senior centers and residential facilities for the elderly of Cincinnati.  The goal of the presentations is to rekindle memories of the area and to stimulate conversation among the participants.  However, Ms. Rolfes and other volunteer guides have also presented to student groups and civic clubs.

For more information or to schedule either show, please call 721-4506 or email CPA at info@cincinnatipreservation.org.

Updated:  2/5/2010