GHPA's popular guided tours offer both residents and visitors an opportunity to learn about Houston's architectural and historical character as manifested by the city's historic neighborhoods, sites, and landmarks. Walking tours are open to the public and are held the second Sunday of each month. GHPA also offers private group tours (scroll down to request information on booking a private tour).

Researched and written by volunteers of GHPA, the tours include the following Houston neighborhoods and landmarks (click on a topic for more information):

• Allen's Landing • Avondale Addition and Lovett Boulevard • The Binz • Boulevard Oaks • Broadacres • The Buildings of Jesse H. Jones • Clayton Genealogy Library • City Hall and Hermann Square • Courthouse District • Courtlandt Place • Downtown Churches • Downtown Deco • Downtown's HIstoric Waterfront • Early Settlements Along Buffalo Bayou • Eastwood • Niels and Mellie Esperson Buildings • Fifth Ward (Texas Trailblazer Preservation Association Community Center) • Forest Park Lawndale Cemetery • Founders Memorial Park and Beth Israel Cemetery • Freedmen's Town • Glenwood Cemetery • Historic Architecture Along the MetroRail Line • Historic Rusk Avenue • Houston Heights • Independence Heights • Institutional Growth Along South Main • JPMorgan Chase Building (formerly the Gulf Building) • Julia Ideson Building and Texas Room, Houston Public Library • The Legacy of George Hermann • Main Street/Market Square Historic District • Midtown • Main Street/Museum District • Norhill Historic District • Old Jeff Davis Hospital • Old Sixth Ward Historic District • Rice University • Riverside Terrace • Third Ward, Texas • Union Station (Minute Maid Park) and Surrounding Area • University of Houston central campus • University of St. Thomas and the Menil campus • Warehouse District • Westmoreland • Woodland Heights

The cost of the tours is $10 per person ($7 for GHPA members). For more information, call 713.216.5000.

To suggest a topic for a future walking tour, or to book a private tour, contact Walking Tours Program Co-Chair Martha Peterson. [new] Sign up to receive e-mail notices of upcoming Walking Tours >

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