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Architecture Tours

The 7th Annual Binational Doors Open Niagara weekend Saturday, October 18th and Sunday, October 19th allows visitors free entry to over 90 historic and architecturally significant buildings in the Western New York and Southern Ontario regions. Many rarely seen heritage sites will open their doors to the public in a unique viewing opportunity.

Participating sites include residences, inns, churches, factories, municipal buildings, museums, schoolhouses, and sites that played a role in the Underground Railroad. A wide variety of architectural styles are represented including 18th and early 19th century stone and log structures, homes and buildings crafted in the Victorian, Neo-Classical, Art Deco, Italianate and Greek Revival styles, and churches of Romanesque and Gothic Revival design. Many of the sites in both the U.S. and Canada are registered as National Historic Landmarks and others played important roles in the history of both countries.

This year’s theme is the “Art of Architecture,” with a special emphasis on discovering art in and around historically and architecturally significant sites. Visitors can expect to encounter decorative art, historical art, fine art collections and horticultural and landscape art.

For more information, and to download a free guide featuring routes, maps and information on buildings in the tour, visit doorsopenniagara.btapartners.com