Private Tours & Presentations
The Scholar’s Standard
“For travelers who habitually seek out the world’s finest docent-led experiences, standard sightseeing simply will not do. We invite you to bypass the surface-level scripts and step directly into the complex, vibrant soul of the Pacific Northwest—led exclusively by local architectural historians and master curators.”
Bespoke Private Expeditions Curation:
- To book a private group tour call 503.206.4676, or email guide@slabtowntours.com
- Basic cost for private group tour is $300 for 90 minutes. Additional charges are dependent on any customizations.
- Tanya Lyn March, Ph.D., will lead you and up to 25 guests on one of these tours. Larger group sizes will require a power point followed by tours led by a team of guides:
- Slabtown Tour
- Historic Homes Tour of the Alphabet Historic District
- Nob Hill Tour
- Ghost Tours
- Cast Iron District
- Ethnic Transformation of Northwest Portland
- Heart of St. Johns History Tour (has extreme slope)
- Old Town New Chinatown
- SE Historic Foster Road Tour
Specialized Private Lecture & Presentation Options
- Slabtown Picture Show
- Vanport’s Step-sibling Guild’s Lake Courts
- Ghosts and Murders of NW Portland
- St Johns a City Within a City
- Cast Iron District
- Ethnic Transformation of Northwest Portland
- Redlining and Ethnic change in NW Portland
- How to Research a Historic Home from your couch-online
- Welcome to Oregon (a 101 history of the state)
- Welcome to Portland (a 101 historic overview)
- The Trail: the wild attractions of the 1905 Lewis and Clark Centennial Exhibition
- Say His Name Ervin Jones a Black life taken unjustly and the erasure of the Black community in Guild’s Lake
- Childhood in Portland’s 1940s Homefront Years
- Slabtown 101
- Buildings on Wheels

