During the visitor season. the house is open for pre-booked, guided tours on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays that are available online only! When you book your tour of the Wagner-Ritter House & Garden online, you’ll choose a date and time that’s convenient for you.
The house will close for the winter season on December 11, 2024. See you next spring!
You can book a tour to the Wagner-Ritter House & Garden only, or buy the the Johnstown Heritage Pass and save more than 20% off! You’ll experience what it was like to be an immigrant to Johnstown in the late 1800s – and the steel and coal industries that brought them here. Learn about the 1889 Johnstown Flood, and how industrialization helped cause the disaster. See modern blacksmiths practicing their craft using time-honored methods – all located in the nationally-recognized historic districts of Johnstown. All these stories and more are yours to discover with the Johnstown Heritage Pass. This mobile-only, online pass gives you more than 20% off individual ticket prices to:
Individual attraction tickets are available online, too.
The street address of the Wagner-Ritter House & Garden is 418 Broad Street, Johnstown, PA, 15906, but please do not attempt to enter through the house’s front door! The visitor entrance is located in the visitor center, which can be accessed from both the front of the house (Broad Street) or behind it (on Brallier Place).
To approach the house for your visit, turn onto 5th Avenue from Broad Street — the house and the visitor center will be visible to your right, just after you pass Ryan’s Artisan Goods. Two parking spaces are available directly behind the house, on Brallier Place, or you can park along Fifth Avenue.
We also offer special tours of the house at Christmas and Halloween that are ticketed separately from our regular guided tours — when seasonally available, these will be listed in the special events section of this website.