The 15th Annual Champaign County Preservation Alliance House and Garden Tour takes place on June 23-24 in Urbana. This year’s edition features the interiors of 8 historic residences, as well as a garden, church and museums. Always one of Ohio’s best history showcase events, the CCPA Tour will include entertainment, food, a “Tea in the Garden” and more. For details, check out this coverage in the Urbana Daily Citizen. For a taste of Urbana, click here to view a photo review of the community (click on each thumbnail for a larger picture).

Lovers of history and urban living will enjoy the annual City Hop on June 16, now in its 8th year of highlighting the advantages of downtown Columbus living. While it also includes new construction, the tour always includes renovated period buildings – this year that list includes the Buggyworks, originally built in 1902 as home of the Columbus Buggy Company; the Hartman Loft Condominiums, located in the former Hartman Hotel; and “8 On the Square,” housed in a newly renovated 1906 building near the corner of Broad and High with views of the Ohio Statehouse. Click here for details.

In Dover, a special historic house and garden tour highlights the 200th birthday celebration of this Tuscarawas County community. On June 24, no less than fourteen homes, chuches and gardens will be on display, as well as the magnificent Reeves House and a series of classic cars at each tour location. The tour is hosted by the Tuscarawas Heritage Home Association; for complete information, click here.