Willie Graham, the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation’s Curator of Architecture, will lead a free walking tour through Old Towne Petersburg’s historic architecture explaining how the popular frame and brick technology changed and developed over the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. The tour is sponsored by the Historic Petersburg Foundation (HPF) and will take place at 10 a.m., Saturday, April 12.

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The tour features seven historic homes decorated for the Christmas season and takes place in two of Petersburg’s historic neighborhoods: High Street and Folly Castle. Refreshments will be served at Folly Castle Inn, 323 W. Washington Street, where holiday music will be performed by the Petersburg Festival Chorus. At 5:30 p.m. the Appomattox Regional Governor’s School orchestra will perform a special concert at the school, located at 512 West Washington Street.

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