National Park Rangers will be available at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday to offer guided tours of two of the Park’s sites in West Dayton – the Wright-Dunbar Interpretive Center and Wright Cycle Company building on South Williams Street and the Paul Laurence Dunbar House on North Paul Laurence Dunbar Street. Both locations are a 10 to 15 minute drive from the University of Dayton, depending on traffic.
You may select to begin your visit to the park at either site. The guided tours will last just over an hour. Once you complete your guided tour, you are welcome to visit the other site on your own. Be advised that the Wright-Dunbar Interpretive Center and Wright Cycle Company building will be open until 5:00 p.m.; the Paul Laurence Dunbar House closes at 4:00 p.m.
Directions from the University of Dayton to the Wright-Dunbar Interpretive Center:
From C Lot
- Turn right onto Evanston
- Turn right onto Irving
- Turn right onto Brown Street
- Turn left onto East Stewart (East Stewart will become West Stewart once you cross Main Street)
- Cross the bridge over the Miami River and turn right onto Edwin C. Moses Bvld.
- Follow Edwin C. Moses Blvd approximately .8 miles to West Third Street
- Turn left onto Third St. and follow to Williams St. intersection
- Turn left onto S. Williams St. and go past the Wright-Dunbar Interpretive Center
- Continue to Fourth Street & turn left and proceed into parking lot on your left.
- Interpretive Center will be directly next to parking lot
From B Lot
- Take exit from parking lot and turn left onto East Stewart and follow directions above from East Stewart.
To Paul Laurence Dunbar House:
- Follow directions to Wright-Dunbar Interpretive Center until you turn left onto Third Street.
- Then follow Third Street past S. Williams approximately 3 blocks to North Paul Laurence Dunbar Street.
- Turn right onto North Paul Laurence Dunbar Street
- Go 3 blocks on North Paul Laurence Dunbar Street
- Paul Laurence Dunbar house will be on left. Parking is limited, but available on the street. Use the entrance to the visitor center on Edison Street.
