The Glessner House is offering a “Walking the White City” tour of the former fairgrounds of the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition on Sunday, September 15, 2024, from 10 AM to noon.

Architect and historian John Waters will guide participants on a walking tour of Jackson Park to see the sites of landmarks of the 1893 World’s Fair, explore the fascinating vestiges, and learn how the Fair influenced the design of Jackson Park as we know it today. The tour will meet at the base of sculptor Daniel Chester French’s golden Statue of the Republic on Hayes Drive, which marks the location of the Fair’s central Administration Building.

Tickets for the tour are $30 per person ($24 for members) and available at https://www.glessnerhouse.org/events/walking-the-white-city