CHARLES PHOENIX BUS TOUR FRI OCT 10, 2025 9am - 12:30pm
You're invited to join Claremont Heritage for a special event kicking off our 2025 Home Tour Weekend — a one-of-a-kind Four Hour Bus Tour on Friday, October 10th!
TITLE: Charles Phoenix: “CLAREMOD” Walking & Bus Tour
SUBTITLE: Mid-Century Art & Architecture of Claremont, CA
WHEN: October 10, 2025
TIME: 9am to 12:30
WHERE TO MEET:
Claremont Lewis Museum of Art - Main Entrance
200 West First St
Claremont, CA 91711
WHEN TO MEET:
Arrive 8:30 to 8:45 – Tour begins PROMPTLY at 9am
TOUR LENGTH
9am to 12:30
WHAT TO WEAR:
Comfy shoes and hat -this is mostly a WALKING tour.
WHAT TO EXPECT: Your guide, Charles Phoenix leads this fun-filled luxury bus and walking tour visiting key sites showcasing Claremont’s world-class modernist art and architectural legacy.
Among the picturesque neighborhoods, lush gardens, mid-century homes, monumental buildings, college campuses, and historic sites, you’ll experience the timeless classic style of legendary postwar era architects, Millard Sheets, Edward Durell Stone, and Richard Neutra, and other visionary designers who helped shape the city’s unique mid-century character.
HIGHLIGHTS include stops at:
-Claremont Lewis Museum of Art –(Former Train Depot)
-1958 Folk Music Center – a Claremont institution
-1959 United Methodist Church by Richard Neutra
-1960 -1972 School of Theology and Chapel by Edward Durell Stone
-1958-1968 Buildings, murals & mosaics by famed artist and Home Savings Bank and designer Millard Sheets - including Sheets Studio and Office, Garrison Theater and Former Pomona First Federal Savings -1955 art-filled home of modernist painter Karl Benjamin
Charles also dishes on favorite local restaurants, bakeries and boutiques, and Claremont’s other no- to-be-missed attractions.
NOTE: Site list subject to change without notice
NOTE: Tour is limited to 30 guests
YOUR GUIDE: CHARLES PHOENIX
Pop-culture humorist, historian, and preservation advocate Charles Phoenix — famous for his Retro Slide Shows, bestselling books, and entertaining tours — With his signature wit and enthusiasm for mid-century design, will lead you through Claremont’s architectural treasures.
We look forward to seeing you at all of the 2025 HOME TOUR WEEKEND Events:
