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Historic Vevay Walking Tour

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Tour Overview

Walking tour of the historic buildings and homes of Vevay, Indiana

Situated on the Ohio River halfway between Cincinnati, Ohio and Louisville, Kentucky, Vevay is a small historic town in Switzerland County, Indiana. The walking tour takes you through the historic downtown, which is on the list of National Historic Places and though the neighborhoods of historic homes thoughout the town and the Ohio River. For more information on Vevay and Switzerland County, visit switzcotourism.com.

Stops

  1. Stop 1: Bank Building, 1907,

  2. Stop 2: Federal style two-story building, 1830.

  3. Stop 3: Federal style 3-story building, 1840.

  4. Stop 4: Italianate style three-story building, 1860.

  5. Stop 5: International Order of Odd Fellow Building

  6. Stop 6: Switzerland County Tourism - Historic Phoenix Hotel

  7. Stop 7: Switzerland County Courthouse

  8. Stop 8: Knox House - 1830

  9. Stop 9: Edward Eggleston’s birthplace, Federal style, 1830.

  10. Stop 10: Callis House, Italianate style, 1860.

  11. Stop 11: Ruter Chapel United Methodist Church - 1859

  12. Stop 12: Hall House, Italianate style, 1874.

  13. Stop 13: Dr. George Copeland House - 1900

  14. Stop 14: The Jean Daniel Morerod House - 1817.

  15. Stop 15: Pleasants House - 1881.

  16. Stop 16: Detraz House - Queen Anne style - 1870.

  17. Stop 17: “Sooner” House, Italianate - 1880.

  18. Stop 18: William Hall House - 1874

  19. Stop 19: Roxy House - 1814

  20. Stop 20: Tandy House - 1870

  21. Stop 21: Craig House - 1895

  22. Stop 22: Israel Whitehead House- 1817

  23. Stop 23: McCrellis House- 1880

  24. Stop 24: Will Stevens House - 1863

  25. Stop 25: Porter House - 1885

  26. Stop 26: U P Schenck Mansion - 1844

  27. Stop 27: Gable Front Cottage - 1875

  28. Stop 28: The Vevay Christian Church - 1863

  29. Stop 29: John Francis Dufour House - 1832

  30. Stop 30: Armstrong Tavern - 1816

  31. Stop 31: Rammed Earth - 1947

  32. Stop 32: George Kessler House - 1835

  33. Stop 33: The Chatline House -

  34. Stop 34: The Perret Dufour house

  35. Stop 35: The Carnegie Library - 1915

  36. Stop 36: Historic Hoosier Theater - 1837

  37. Stop 31: Rammed Earth - 1947

  38. Stop 38: LeClerc House- 1833

  39. Stop 39: Fisk Building - 1860

  40. Stop 40: She- Coon Saloon - 1810

  41. Stop 41: First National Bank - 1886

  42. Stop 42: God Catholic Church - 1875

  43. Stop 43: Dormer- Front Bungalow House - 1920

  44. Stop 44: Benjamin Franklin Schenck Mansion - 1870

  45. Stop 45: Old Baptist Church - 1834

  46. Stop 46: Switzerland Baptist Church - 1870

  47. Stop 47: The Old County Jail - 1853

  48. Stop 48: The Schenck Building - 1837

  49. Stop 49: McCormick's Tavern - 1814

  50. Stop 50: Juila Knox House - 1870

  51. Stop 51: T- Plan Gothic Revival Cottage - 1850

  52. Stop 52: Presbyterian Church - 1860

  53. Stop 53: Historical Society

  54. Stop 54: Grisard House - 1840

  55. Stop 55: Armstrong House - 1835

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