Programs:
Home and Garden Tour: ARCH hosts a Historic Home and Garden tour on the last Saturday of June annually. Each year, ARCH works with a historic neighborhood in Fort Wayne, providing tour-planning expertise to the neighborhood and splitting the tour proceeds, so that both organizations can complete historic preservation projects. The 2009 Tour will be held in historic Southwood Park, adjoining Foster Park.
Free and Fun Lecture Series: Historic Gardens? Geothermal? How to paint? What is historic? Skyscrapers! Bungalows! and more. ARCH holds free and fun lectures monthly during the winter months at a variety of locations throughout Allen County and northeastern Indiana.
Heritage Trail: ARCH is the trustee of the Fort Wayne Heritage Trail--a series of four downtown walking tours that feature community history and local landmarks. Free maps are available at ARCH, the History Center, and the Visitor's Center.
Let's Go Downtown Walking Tours: ARCH offers a downtown walking tour of architecture and history the first Friday of every month, April through October, at 1:00 PM, beginning at the Visitor’s Center, 1021 South Calhoun. From June-September we also offer a tour every Saturday morning, at 10:00am, starting at the Barr Street Market, at the corner of Barr and Wayne Street. Both tours last 90 minutes, and travel approximately 1 mile through some of Fort Wayne’s “must-see” architectural gems. Always best to call and let us know how many to expect, so we have enough tour guides. 260-426-5117.
Classroom Tours and Activities: ARCH offers a variety of programs, activities, and power-point lectures for groups of all ages.
Charter Tours and Walks: ARCH offers step-on bus tour guides and walking tours. Cost is $50/hour, per tour guide. Contact Angie for specific information: aquinn@archfw.org
Professional Services: ARCH has qualified professionals trained to complete National Register nominations, and other historic preservation documentation. Contact Angie for specific information: aquinn@archfw.org.
Calendar 2008
Classroom visits and tours: throughout the school year. Call ARCH to schedule: 260-426-5117.
Monopoly Madness Tournament, July 19th 12-5pm, hosted by ARCH. Registration begins at noon and costs $15.00. The Tournament will be held at ARTLINK Art Gallery, 437 E. Berry Street.
Mary Rockhill-Tyler House Open House, September 6-7, noon-5:00pm. Free. Tour this c.1840 remnant of old Fort Wayne, and learn about the process of restoring early homes to their original condition.
Haunted Sites Bus and Walking Tours, October 25. Tickets will go on sale October 1. Spine-tingling tales of early Fort Wayne and the locations where they happened.
Haunted Halloween Bash, October 25. Join ARCH at the Masonic Temple, as we celebrate Halloween in style, with live dance music, refreshments, and tours of the historic, and somewhat creepy Masonic Temple. Ticket sales begin October 1.