2008 Walking Tours
East Side, West Side, North Side, South Side, Downtown—
Choose From 32 Landmarks Walking Tours
TICKETS are $7 for Landmarks Members / $15 for Non-Members
To purchase tickets, call Landmarks today, space is limited! 614.221.4508.
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Special Series in September/October
The Arts & Crafts and Early 20th Century Architectural Movements
with Featured Columbus Neighborhoods
Sunday, September 21st, 2 pm-4 pm
• Glen Echo Historic District—Nature Meets Architecture
At the time it was platted, c. 1908, Glen Echo was the first planned sub-division
outside the city limits of Columbus, whose northern boundary was today’s
Hudson Street. Today the neighborhood is listed in the National Register
of Historic Places, and its identity is intimately connected with the
ravine, Glen Echo, in which the neighbors take great pride and volunteer
time in helping to preserve and protect. A number of Arts & Crafts
bungalows will be highlighted on the tour. Tour begins on the
boulevard at the corner of Arcadia and Glenmawr Avenues.
Wednesday, September 24th, 5: 30 pm-7 pm
• A special inaugural event for the Arts & Crafts series
and joint membership event for Columbus Landmarks Foundation and Columbus
Historical Society. $100/person includes dual (new or renewed)
membership in both Columbus Landmarks Foundation and the Columbus Historical
Society. Additional information forthcoming. 614.221.0227
Saturday, September 27th, 10 am-noon
• Grandview Heights—The Country Club District
Along with Marble Cliff, Grandview Heights was one of Columbus’s
first two autonomous suburbs where many wealthy families built their summer
mansions at the turn of the last century. Because of its geographically-elevated
area noted for scenic vistas and cool breezes, the locale became known
as the “Country Club District” and the site of eight existing
Frank Packard-designed homes, varying from Tudor to Spanish hacienda to
eclectic styles. However, the area is best known for its lovely Arts &
Crafts homes. Tour begins at the Grandview Library, 1685
West 1st Avenue, but please park on the street near the library so that
library patrons may use the library lot.
Sunday, September 28th, 2 pm-4 pm
• Merion Village—Architecture and the Many Faces of Columbus
The entrepreneurial skills of the Merion family, who settled on 1800 acres
of the Refugee Tract in the early 1800s, gave the area its first businesses
associated with the canals. Over time, the Merion Village neighborhood
was built up between the 1890s and World War I, and many housing styles
are associated with that period, including bungalows. The area is becoming
the “in place” to be for young families, but many of the older
residents who have been here for 3 and 4 generations are descended from
the original German, Irish, Italian, and Hungarian families who came to
work in the steel mills and factories of the South Side. The neighborhood
is rich in stories and fascinating history—the German “Schutzen
Platz;” historic schools and churches, including one, St. Leo’s
which is opened only for special occasions—like this tour—and
has been recognized by Landmarks for its preservation efforts; and houses
moved and saved from demolition. Tour begins at the Merion Village
Information Center, 1330 South 4th Street.
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Saturday, October 4th, 10 am-noon
•Clintonville—A Tapestry of Amazing Streets
Clintonville’s history dates from the 1840s when its first post
office opened in the Arcadia Avenue area, but its early claim to fame
was its politics—temperance and abolitionist. As the area filled
in along High Street to Worthington, developments knit together already
existing pockets of housing and created new ones—a tapestry of lovely
and varied housing. The tree-lined streets are filled with early 20th
century homes from American Four Squares to Lustron homes. However, Clintonville
also boasts some of the loveliest bungalows and Arts & Crafts houses.
Tour begins at 112 Arden Road.
Saturday, October 11th, 10 am-noon
• Open House at Euro-Classics (a free event)
3317 North High Street
A chance to browse Roycroft’s-Home-Away-From-Home with a cup of
coffee and a piece of coffeecake (made from a 1915 recipe), meet others
who love and are knowledgeable about Arts & Crafts furniture and styles,
and drool over (and perhaps buy?) that fantastic bookcase, art lamp, tile
or table you will see. Arts & Crafts enthusiast and preservationist
Franco Ruffini will share stories of how his collecting passion started
25 years ago and has not stopped since. Come share your story. For 21
years, Euroclassics has been the store in Columbus for lovers of all things
Arts & Crafts and early Modern. If you have yet to discover this gem,
prepare to be amazed. You are in for a treat. Store is located
just south of East North Broadway, parking on the street.
Sunday, October 12th, 2 pm-4 pm
• Iuka Ravine Historic District—Urban Nature at its Grandest
Listed in both the City’s and the National Historic Registers, the
Iuka Ravine, developed 1900-1912, is one of Columbus’s most remarkable
concentrations of houses, designed by prominent local architects and reflecting
the influence of the Arts & Crafts Movement. Located east of The Ohio
State University, the beautiful, natural environment provided by the ravine
heightens the beauty of this tour but is little known by most Columbus
residents and visitors. Tour begins in front of the Indianola
Presbyterian Church, East 18th and Waldeck Avenues.
Saturday, October 25th, 10 am-noon
• Green Lawn Cemetery Tour—The Dead Do Tell Tales—Art,
Architecture, and a 1000 Stories
This premier Central Ohio cemetery has served the city since the late
1840s. It is an outstanding example of the Cemetery Beautiful movement
which transformed the concept of the church graveyard into the Victorian
park-like landscape setting of monuments and markers. Here nature, fraternity,
philosophy—concepts of the movement—combine with the natural
terrain of the land to complement unusual monuments and landmark mausoleums.
The 1902 chapel, designed by Columbus architect Frank Packard features
mosaics and windows by the Tiffany Studios. There are 1000 stories about
who is buried here—just one of them is about why Frank Packard did
not design an Arts & Crafts mausoleum for himself. Tour begins
at the Green Lawn mausoleum (the 1902 chapel) near the center
of the cemetery, past the cemetery offices, 1000 Greenlawn Avenue.
Wednesday, October 24th through Friday, October 31st
• The Famous Columbus Landmarks Ghost House Tours
13 Halloween walking (and a bus) tours to choose from—covering the
architecture, folklore, and history of some of Columbus’s most interesting
and supposedly haunted spots. From Town Street’s nexus of ghosts—which
has more ghosts per square foot than any other Columbus location --to
Capitol Square’s haunted theaters and The Ohio Statehouse—from
Ohio State University’s haunted residence halls and academic buildings
to South High Street’s haunted saloons—the tours include “the
real ghost stories,” sidebars on architecture and buildings of note,
and include the history stories of Columbus which the Chamber of Commerce
doesn’t always promote—stories of murders and mayhem—perfect
for an October evening. Tours start at various times from a number
of locations. Check the website for exact dates, times,
and latest sightings.
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