Irvington Biking

Tour Access & Amenities

Irvington lies East of the Downtown about 5 miles on Washington Street. Park on the street.

Food

Irvington offers a variety of restaurants from fine dining to pizza to brewpub in a shopping mall at 5600 E. Washington Legend – 5614 E. Washington St, Jockamo – 5646 E Washington St

Gas

GetGo Gas, 5061 E Washington, Speedway, 5103 E. Washington

Osborne Home -- start of the HUNI Irvington Biking Tour

Tour Start & Sights

  1. Osborne Home - 955 North Campbell Avenue, 1908 Arts and Crafts
  2. Ellenberger Park - 5301 East Saint Clair Street. The Ellenberger family dwelled in a large Italianate farmhouse on what is today East 10th Street.
  3. Pleasanton - Intersection of Poplar and Norway One of the best kept secrets in Irvington is the beautiful little enclave of Pleasanton located east of Emerson and south of Michigan Street. 
  4. Recker Home - 59 North Hawthorne Lane, 1908 Arts and Crafts 
  5. Clifton Wheeler House - 5317 Lowell Avenue, 1912 Arts and Crafts 
  6. Schwarb Home - 306 North Irvington Avenue, 1901 Queen Anne 
  7. Lavelle House - 5720 Lowell Avenue, 1923 Prairie Style
  8. Thornton House - 75 North Audubon Road, 1914 Craftsman Key 
  9. Irvington United Methodist Church / Jacob Dorsey Forrest House - 30 North Audubon Road, 1906 Tudor Revival
  10. Julian Home - 115 South Audubon, 1873 Italianate
  11. Commercial District - 200 Block of South Audubon Road. Irvington was modeled after Glendale, a suburb of Cincinnati. In the Glendale plan, locals built a small commercial area near the railroad depot.
  12. South Irvington Circle Park. The winding streets and the Circle are examples of the progressive ideas that were built into the Irvington plan when the neighborhood was founded. 
  13. Oberholzter Home - 5802 University Avenue, 1902 Arts and Crafts
  14. Children's Guardian’s Home - 5751 University Avenue, c. 1890s Colonial Revival 
  15. Oak Avenue. Many of the homes we’re about to pass were fraternity and sorority houses for Butler University. Oak Avenue features beautiful old oak trees and contrasting architectural styles.
  16. Pi Beta Phi Sorority - 275 South Audubon Road, 1905 Arts and Craft
  17. Eudorus Johnson Home - 5631 University Avenue, 1876 Victorian Gothic
  18. Barnard House - 5543 University Avenue, 1908 Queen Anne 
  19. Blount House - 5470 University Avenue, 1879 Italianate  Key 
  20. Graham-Stephenson House - 5432 University Avenue, 1889 Colonial Revival 
  21. Benton House - 312 Downey Avenue, 1873 Second Empire
  22. Charles Cross House - 322 Downey Avenue, c. 1898 American Four Square with Shinge Influences 
  23. Bona Thompson Memorial Center - 5350 University Avenue, 1903 Neoclassical 
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