Tours run from May to October

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

Downtown Tours

1st Wednesday at 11 a.m.
1^st & 3^rd Weekends (Saturday and Sunday at 2 p.m.)

-Approximately 2 hours, 2 miles

Tours begin at the Contemporary Art Center, 44 East Sixth Street.
$10 per adult, $5 per child.

Highlights: South Tour
Carew Tower Complix  • 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, Fountain Square Management Co. 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, The Cincinnatian Hotel, URS Corporation, Architects, Engineers, and Planners and The Phoenix

Out of Towners:

Visiting Cincinnati? Call us at least a week 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 hour, 1 mile

Leaving from outside Findlay Market House, North Side of Elder Street
$5 per adult

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.
$10 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), Nicola's Restaurant and US Bank

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

Over-the-Rhine West Tour Sponsors: Central Credit Union, Central Vine Business Group, Gateway Quarter, OTR/Gateway Merchants Group, Park + Vine and Studio Vertu

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.
$10 per adult, $5 per child.

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

Mt. Adams Tour Sponsors: Cincinnati's Oldest Irish Bar; Koka Coffee; Mt. Adam's Bar & Grill and the Blind Lemon; and The Wine Cellar

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

Leaving from the corner of Middleton and Rawson Woods Lane

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

ARCHITREKS’ popular “Outside-In” program will feature a tour of a significant residence not normally open to the public. This special tour includes the regular Clifton walking tour. Cost for the tour is $10 per adult, $5 per child or $20 per family, and $100 per group (maximum 20 per group).  Reservations are not required. For more information, visit www.cincinnatipreservation.org/architreks or call 513-721-4506

The H.C. Hulbert House, 333 Lafayette Avenue, Clifton. Saturday, June 13, 2:00 p.m. Meet at Middleton Avenue and Rawson Woods Lane.

One of the most extraordinary houses in Clifton is the H.C. Hulbert residence in the Lafayette Avenue Historic District. 

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 Sidewinder Coffee at 4181 Hamilton Avenue.  Please arrive by 10:45 a.m.

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: Blue Jay Restaurant, Melt Eclectic Deli, Sidewinder Coffee and Slims 

COMING SOON:  CINCINNATI MEMORIES 2

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 received permission from Ohio Valley Foundation and Fifth Third Bank to create 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.  It is anticipated that the presentation will be available to the public by May 1st.

Primary target audiences are senior centers and residential facilities for the elderly of Cincinnati.  The goal of the presentation 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.

Posted 3/23/09