ARCH OFFERS HAUNTED SITES BUS TOURS
Downtown Fright Night
ARCH will offer its popular Haunted Sites Bus Tours from 5:00 p.m.-12:30 a.m. on Saturday, October 25th. The ARCH haunted bus and walking tours will depart from the Indiana Hotel lobby at the Embassy Theatre. The 11p.m. Bus Tour will depart from the Masonic Temple Parking Lot at 216 East Washington (at Clinton). WAJI is the sponsor and the tours are part of Downtown Fright Night, organized by the Downtown Improvement District.
The Haunted Sites Bus tours each include over a dozen stories featuring downtown Fort Wayne landmarks and true stories of ghostly encounters, creepy places, and things that go bump in the night. Two tour routes are planned again this year, focusing on sites both north and south of the Embassy Theatre. “The Lady in White,” “The Hauntings of Carole Lombard,” “The Ghost Army,” “The Lost Cemetery,” and “The Bones of Anthony Wayne” are among stories to be featured.
The Bus tour schedule is:
5:00 p.m.: South Side Haunted Sites Tour
7:00 p.m.: North Side Haunted Sites Tour
9:00 p.m.: South Side Haunted Sites Tour
11:00 p.m.: North Side Haunted Sites Tour
In addition, ARCH will offer 1-hour walking tours of downtown as well. The walking tour will be approximately 1 mile in length, and will include such sites as the “Public Hanging Ground,” the “Aveline Hotel Fire Disaster,” and others. Tours begin in the Indiana Hotel Lobby at the Embassy Theatre. The Walking tours will be given at 7:15pm, 8:15pm, and 9:15 pm. The final walking tour will begin at 10:15 from the parking lot at the Masonic Temple, 216 East Washington. Walking tours will be $5 for adults and $2 for children under 18, and tickets will be available on October 25th beginning at 4:30 p.m. in the Indiana Hotel Lobby at the Embassy Theatre. Walking tours will be restricted to 20 people per tour.
Bus Tour tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for children under 18, when accompanied by an adult. Ticket sales will begin on October 1. Advance ticket sale deadline by mail is October 18th. Please include a note with preferred tour time, number of adult and child tickets, and return address, with check or money order to ARCH, 437 East Berry Street, Suite 204, Fort Wayne, IN 46802. Remaining Bus Tour tickets will be sold on a first-come, first serve basis on Oct. 21, 22, and 23rd, from 4pm to 6pm at the Arts United Center Box Office, 303 East Main Street. Call ARCH at 426-5117 for additional ticket information.
ARCH is Fort Wayne’s Historic Preservation organization and is a Funded Member of Arts United of Greater Fort Wayne.
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