Candlelight Tour

Tickets on Sale August 1

56th Annual Candlelight Tour

Discover Peck Heflin’s Impact on Fredericksburg
If you would like to volunteer during our 56th Annual Candlelight Tour, fill out your form HERE.

Call for Homes!

The historic Fredericksburg Foundation is seeking Peck Heflin homes to be featured on this year’s Candlelight Tour, happening Dec 12 – 13. If your home is a Peck Heflin, and you’re interested in being a part of the Candlelight Tour, contact us today!

Call (540) 842 – 7329) or email PedersonDebbie9@Gmail.com

The 56th Annual Candlelight Tour Theme

A prominent builder in Fredericksburg during the early 20th century, Peck Heflin’s distinctive architectural style will be highlighted in homes and commercial buildings spanning four decades. The tour will potentially focus on Heflin homes in the Charlotte Street, Cornell Street, and College Terrace areas. Outdoor stops will be strategically placed in these areas to enhance the historical contributions of Peck Heflin.

The Saturday evening tour will include a visit to a Washington Avenue home and a walk along downtown Fredericksburg, with drinks and history. The traditional cocktail party will be replaced with a pub crawl in order to showcase a few of the numerous commercial buildings Peck Heflin contributed to Fredericksburg’s downtown. Drink tickets for each restaurant and live entertainment are included.

Looking Back at the 55th Annual Candlelight Tour

HFFI celebrated America’s 250th birthday in historic downtown Fredericksburg through our 55th Annual Candlelight Tour. We stepped back in time for a Colonial Christmas experience while learning about the people and places that enrich the story of our city at the most magical time of year!

Guests visited the city’s most iconic Colonial sites, each beautifully decorated in historic fashion, and walked in the footsteps of American patriots; those steps included Generals George Washington, George Weedon, and Hugh Mercer, James Monroe, and other local revolutionaries.

The 2025 Candlelight Tour highlighted the sites and stories of 18th-century Fredericksburg, featuring the Mary Washington House, Fielding Lewis’s 1749 store, the James Monroe Museum, St. George’s Episcopal Church and cemetery, the 1785 silversmith’s house—now home to the Fredericksburg Center for the Creative Arts, and the circa-1770 Richard Johnston Inn. Additional exterior tour stops across the city marked important places on Fredericksburg’s Colonial-era landscape and share some of the history that fueled local residents’ commitment to the cause.

A special and limited addition to the 55th Annual Candlelight Tour was the Evening Cocktail party. Guests toured the Historic Smithfield mansion (now Fredericksburg Country Club), formerly owned by the Brooke and Pratt families, where General Washington and his mother visited. Historic reenactors joined the party in the festive front parlors. Guests were able to enjoy two drink tickets, and an array of appetizers, and holiday music brought to them by Norman Voss.

Another special and limited addition to the 55th Annual Candlelight Tour was Kim Harmon’s intriguing 60-minute walking ghost tour. Tours were limited and began at the corner of Princess Anne & George Streets, taking guests through an informative tour around Historic downtown Fredericksburg.

A ticket was valid for both days of the tour – guests were allowed to come and go as time allowed. An official guidebook with rich history pertaining to the locations of the 55th Annual Candlelight Tour was given to each guest, but extras are available for pickup at the Lewis Store during operating hours.

This year’s tour includes many of our state and local VA 250 partners, bringing together the area’s historical institutions, organizations, and historic preservation professionals to share some of the Revolutionary-era stories, places, and spaces that make Fredericksburg a most historic city!