Guide brought house and Harriet Beecher Stowe and her family alive! Not to be missed for Uncle Tom’s Cabin and/or Stowe history fans. Worth the stop!
June 2023
This hour-ish tour is WELL worth $6. The house is under restoration so there’s not as much to see currently, but the amazing guide we had (a volunteer and the org’s board president) was so informative and passionate about the material. It’s easy to find with free parking and a small bookstore.
This house bears witness to generations joining their voices for truth in the nation's struggle toward freedom and humanity for all. Visitors will encounter the history this house witnessed in two different time periods 100 years apart: - 1840 when abolitionist author Harriet Beecher Stowe lived in Cincinnati as a young teacher and mother preparing to write the blockbuster antislavery novel Uncle Tom's Cabin - 1940 when African-American proprietor Irene Bacon managed the house as the Edgemont Inn--a boarding house and tavern listed in the Green Book. Ticket includes admission to outdoor exhibit and rotating exhibit display.
