Streetcar Route
Buildings on the Tour
Fifth Third Center (Dubois Tower)
Potter Stewart US Courthouse
At the time of its completion, the building housed 51 agencies of the Federal Government, having grown from 27 agencies in its previous location.
Mercantile Library
The building is the home of the Mercantile Library, a private library established in 1845 for the use of its members who were pursuing mercantile careers.
Formica Building
The retail arcade connected Fourth and Fifth Streets.
Renaissance Cincinnati Hotel (Bartlett Bldg., Union Savings & Trust Co.)
Dixie Terminal
The building's name stems from its original function as a streetcar and bus terminus for Northern Kentucky's transit system.
Scripps Center
John A. Roebling Suspension Bridge (Covington and Cincinnati Suspension Bridge)
At the time of construction, it was the longest suspension bridge in the world at 1057 feet.
National Underground Railroad Freedom Center
The building is designed in 3 sections that symbolically represent the three Constitutional Amendments that led to the end of slavery, and the winding spaces between the masses represent the perilous paths that slaves took to escape their owners.
Great American Ball Park
Smaller than its predecessor, the new ball park is more intimate and nostalgic in character inspired by Baltimore's Camden Yards.
McMicken School of Design
Home of the offices of Salmon P.
Duke Energy (formerly CG&E)
The building follows the classic tripartite form with a 3-story doric columned base, a 16-story tower, and a pyramidal top.
Atrium One
The building is organized around a series of stacked 4-story atria in the manner of their office building in Chicago.
Federal Reserve Bank
PNC Center
First new highrise building in Cincinnati to depart from the conventional rectangualar shape.
John Weld Peck Federal Building
Gwynne Building
The building was financed by Cornelius Vanderbilt II and was named after his wife, Alice Gwynne Vanderbilt.
Hamilton County Courthouse
The courthouse represented a return to classicism.
Hamilton County Department of Jobs and Family Services (Alms & Doepke Bldg.)
Built on the north side of the canal that is now Central Parkway, the store marked the growth of the city into the previously undesirable area that was pioneered by the development of Music Hall.
Art Academy of Cincinnati
Eric Kunzel Center for Arts and Education (School for Creative & Performing Arts)
Funded by major Cincinnati arts philanthropists, the school is the first K-12 arts school in the US funded using both public and private resources.
The Transept (Apostolic Bethlehem Temple Church, St. John German Protestant Church)
"From its beginning, the church was well known for its liberal theology and social outlook.
Hamilton County Memorial Hall (The Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Building)
The building is decorated with historic military references.
Cincinnati Music Hall
Conceived as a cathedral or temple of music, the building was championed by Ruben Springer and other local philanthropists.
Taft's Ale House
Nast Community United Methodist Church
Kroger Building
The building was the first curtainwall clad high rise in the downtown area.
Emery Theatre
From 1912 to 1936, the auditorium was home to the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra.
Emery Apartments (OMI College of Applied Science)
Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County
Aronoff Center for the Arts
The building became the anchor of the new Entertainment District created by the City to help revitalize the downtown area.
21C Museum Hotel
The original hotel declined in popularity in the 50s and 60s and became a transient hotel.
580 Building
The original design was the first major building to embrace the City's skywalk system by locating all major public functions at the skywalk level.
1209 Elm Street
The design is reminiscent of the Chateau of Chambord in the Loire Valley on a much smaller scale.
Symphony Hotel / Peter Ehrgott Home
Lois & Richard Rosenthal Center for Contemporary Art
It is the first building in the US for the internationally renowned, Iraqi born, female architect from London.
Findlay Market West
It is the oldest municipal market house in Ohio and was named after General James Findlay, a former mayor of the City.
Findlay Market East
It is the oldest municipal market house in Ohio and was named after General James Findlay, a former mayor of the City.
Citadel Building
Germania Building
The first floor hall served as a home for the many German-American societies that existed in Cincinnati at the time.
Underwriters Salvage Corps
The building was home to the company that worked with both insurance companies and the fire department to save both lives and property.