Architectural Walking Tours

Architectural 

walking

tours

of the

historic

neighborhood...

for school classes and group tours are offered through the Site. A guided tour is available for groups of six or more who make reservations at least three weeks in advance. (Walking tours are offered April-October; scheduling dependent upon availability of trained guides.)

Recommended for grades 4-adult.

Program length: 2 hours.

Fee - $2.50 per student, $5.00 per adult.

All group tours are by reservation only.

• Allentown: A National Preservation District that includes homes, churches and other structures dating from the early 19th century to the early 20th century. Architecturally, Allentown is the most eclectic area in the city with styles ranging from Federal (1814) to Colonial Revival (1926) and everything in between. The tour covers three miles and takes about two hours at a good pace. Allentown is also home to many restaurants, antique and specialty shops housed in the old homes.
  
  
• Delaware Avenue: Once known as "Millionaire's Row," Delaware Avenue was the place to live in Buffalo at the turn of the twentieth century. Elegant mansions lined both sides of "the Avenue" while stately elm trees formed a canopy over it. Unfortunately, all of the trees and most of the mansions are gone now except for a few blocks north of the Site where the grandeur is still present. The tour covers one and a half to two miles (including several side streets) and takes about an hour and a half to complete.
  

Tours begin and end at the Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site.