Identifies as women-owned
Yes
Harriet Beecher Stowe House in Cincinnati
Categories
Location on the map
Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, US
From the business
Accessibility
Wheelchair-accessible car park
Yes
Wheelchair-accessible entrance
Yes
Wheelchair-accessible toilet
Yes
Amenities
Gender-neutral toilets
Yes
Good for kids
Yes
Toilets
Yes
Crowd
Family friendly
Yes
Phone: +1 513-751-0651
Site: http://stowehousecincy.org/
Site: http://stowehousecincy.org/
Opening hours
- Monday:Closed
- Tuesday:Closed
- Wednesday:Closed
- Thursday:10AM–4PM
- Friday:10AM–4PM
- Saturday:10AM–4PM
- Sunday:12–4PM
Comments (64)
A piece of history right here. I dont know how many times I passed this house not knowing what it represented.It is in the process of being restored and you see the work in progress.Nice to see the progress on the restoration. Highly recommend the hard hat tour. You learn a lot about the restoration, and the guide is quite knowledgeable.
We took our junior Girl Scout troop to the Harriet Beecher Stowe house to learn about womens suffrage and work towards earning the Suffrage Centennial patch. The girls (4th grade) loved it! The Director Christina Hartlieb who led the event did an amazing job teaching the girls and keeping their attention. I was very impressed and highly recommend this event to other troops or to anyone interested in history.
The guides are volunteers, so hate to be critical, but the one we had was unprofessional and seemed like a lot of the snipits of stories were untrue after I researched online. Listened to the other tour guide while walking around the home who seemed to have much more credible stories and professional approach. Its not in a good area and we were also approached by a homeless woman asking for money while we were looking at the front of the home and the historical sign.
What a gem! Stopped in on a gloomy Saturday afternoon and the gentleman working today literally gave me a personal guided tour! Walked me through the families entire life, relocation to Cincinnati and how this impacted Harriet’s book Uncle Toms Cabin. Although a lot of his commentary was also documented on panels you can read in each room, I found it so kind that the tour was even offered! Definitely recommend for anyone to go, as we have to support the preservation of sites like this!!
Cool home if you’re interested in visiting where Harriet Beecher Stowe lived for a good amount of time. She didn’t write Uncle Toms Cabin here but the museum/ wonderful staff does a great job of portraying history of life during that time.
Staff was wonderful! Site is being renovated but the staff was very knowledgeable and gave us a lovely kid friendly tour
We were passing through Cincinnati and decided to see a few places while we were there. We arrived after they were closed for the day but we were still able to see and photograph them. It looks like her house has been well preserved. It wasnt in the greatest neighborhood and there were beer cans and bottles in paper bags strewn on the sidewalks. Its unfortunate that the residents dont care more about their city.
The Harriet Beecher Stowe House has an important story to tell about racism, slavery, boundaries, and attitudes. Harriets father was president of a religious school. Students had different responses to slavery and the underground rail road. Guides do an excellent job of explaining. They also show architectural details of the house revealed thru renovation and research.
Great experience visiting this house on a Saturday morning and learning about its history. The guides were very helpful explaining things to us during the tour.
Living history and edutainment. Great group of volunteers, very knowledgeable about the author and her place in history. Current renovation is fascinating. Also great community partners.
Open to public Thursday to Sunday this is a local gem. Learn about the Beecher family and how Harriet came to write the famous novel that helped end slavery in the United States.
“Historic Home”Harriet Beecher Stowe was the first female superstar author. Her family moved here when her father became president of Lane College. He was a preacher and educator. She taught in her sisters school
Interesting story and site but is being remodeled currently so not up to full potential yet (July 2021)
An amazing historical site that even locals does not realize even exists! The staff is friendly and outgoing. Admission is free. Worth stopping in!
Learned a lot - style of tour is conversational and reflects on both past and present issues in todays society - 100% recommend
Interesting literary house museum in the Walnut Hills neighborhood. The local community has a cool history as well.
It was ok
Excellent presentation. I learned so much about Harriet Beecher Stowe. I encourage everyone to visit.
Very interesting and knowledgeable tour guide. House itself will be better in a few years.
The Beecher Stowe house in Walnut Hills is one of those secret treasures of Cincinnati that most people dont even know is there. You can get a docent-led tour.
The 2 docents were excellent, enthusiastic and very knowledgeable. My husband says it was enjoyable.
It was a great experience , the history behind the house and the author was incredible to see and hear.
Great discussion and film. Excellent tour guides. Just not handicapped accessible.
Wonderful docent gave us a great tour! Will definitely recommend to others! Thank you!
This is a hidden gem of the area. If you like history and/or literature you should definitely stop by this place.
Great spot to discover some history. Check out those events online!
A beautiful house with lots of history. A pleasant tour by a knowledgeable dosent.
Tour guide was excellent.
Wonderful home and museum. Very educational!
Knowledgeable tour guide. Preparing for lots of renovations.
Important part our nations history was started here.
Guide talked too long, and the house is barely decorated.
So much to learn. Such an amazing woman and family.
Amazing presentation
House smell bad. Insulation is pig hair. Dislike
A really good place to learn about slavery era
This helped us a lot on our history day project on Harriet Beecher Stowe
Very informative, will visit again.
Slavery information nice 15 minutes of history
I long to see this house up close one day.
Very interesting place to visit.
Thoroughly enjoyed it!
Educational experience, learn about slavery.
Wonderful tour guide.
A nice piece of the American story.
This keeps me updated to review my posting
Ohio History Connection site in Cincinnati
It tells us about our history!!!
Good meeting space.
Great history here!
Amazing
Great to see
Amazing 👌👌😍
Great place
Total reviews rating 4.7
64 Reviews for Harriet Beecher Stowe House 2023:
Review №1
2022-06-15Very interesting historical place. It isnot completely finished, they still have to restore quite a bit. But the volunteers are very knowledgeable and it has been an educational and fun visit.
Review №2
2021-12-08I am researching a new tour focused on the Undergroud Railroad and found myself in Cincinnati where Herriet Beecher Stowe lived for a time. The home was closed during my stay but, they were gracious enough to open for my visit. They were passionate, informative, friendly, and accommodating. I highly recommend this tour for locals and tourists.
Review №3
2021-08-15Small house with three ros downstairs and four up. Great one on one tour with a nice. Guide. Very few artifacts but good story telling. It is undergoing major renovations.
Review №4
2022-05-29I really enjoyed the tour. Even though its still going through some construction it was still exciting to see the before. Id definitely recommend to go now before everything changes so that if you go back you get to see the before and after. Its also really interesting to see how theyre trying to figure out how it was before it was remodeled. I know Ill be going back
Review №5
2022-02-26This is an interesting stop…. Very knowledgeable and open for others to ask questions…. A lot of unknowns facts from the house’s history! Love the friendly staff… I also purchased the Green book from the bookstore for keep sake❤️ The address of the home is in the green book listed safe place for colored ppl to sleep during segregation … my kids and I will come back for special events this summer!
Review №6
2021-07-30If youre in Cincinnati I recommend going here. Its a short museum. Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote Uncle Toms Cabin of course. Fascinating to hear where the content of the story came from. She either lived or talked to people ababout stories that had a life in the book. Family life sad. A child of hers died of cholera. She used that tragedy to help get the correct emotions when writing about families separated through slave trades. Odd to understand that she was worried that the North would see it as too harsh on the South so she tried to tame it down. However the South vilified her portrayal as inaccurate (too harsh) not the North.Also fascinating was to find out there why Uncle Tom is such a negative term. If youve read the book you know he suffered greatly because he would not beat other slaves. Why bad? Actors trying to make a buck sensationalized the story and portrayed him incorrectly.Forgot to take many pictures as I was reading. There are two I took. The museum is trying to find the identity of these people. If you have any information please contact them.
Review №7
2022-05-01Such an awesome house. The tour guides are really informative and fun to listen to. The restorations are amazing. I cant wait to see what it looks like finished
Review №8
2022-06-10I arrived too late for the tour. We did read the signs around the grounds. They told an interesting history of the area and the impact progress had on the areas commerce.
Review №9
2022-07-08Highly recommend visiting this very interesting building. Robin, our tour guide was excellent , and she really brought the time period and people to life.
Review №10
2022-04-10Enjoyed having my tour conducted by a very knowledgeable docent. So much history surrounding Harriet Beecher Stowe and family.