2016 Galveston Historic Homes Tour showcases preservation community Walk or ride your bicycles on this 9-home event

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The annual Galveston Historic Homes Tour will take visitors to nine homes that were built from 1870 to 1922 and showcase some of the most dramatic restoration and renovation projects on the island.

This year's "cover house" is the James and Violet Waters House (1893), which housed three generations of the Waters family over more than 120 years. The home was purchased by North Houston-area residents Kelli and Michael Anderson, who have painstakingly restored it during the past year.

VICTORIAN MANSE: The Waters House has its own story to tell.

Most of the homes keep you in the historic East End, but the tour unofficially takes you for a peek into three Beachtown luxury homes that overlook the bay.

When: 10 a.m.-6 p.m. April 30-May 1, May 7-8

Where: Start the tour at any of the nine houses; go to www.galvestonhistory.org for a map.

Parking: You'll have to find your own parking near each tour home. There is no shuttle service.

Special events: Separate from the weekend home tours are special dinners, bicycle tours, a home rehab tour and mid-century modern tour. Events are priced separately; go to www.galvestonhistory.org.

Tickets: general admission $25 for non-members before April 30, $30 after; buy them at www.galvestonhistory.org, Houston-area Randalls stores or at any tour home during the event.