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Preservation Houston 2015 Good Brick Tour Saturday and Sunday, May 2 and 3, 2015 All tour locations will be open from noon to 5 p.m. both days of the tour. Celebrate National Preservation Month during the 2015 Good Brick Tour of six privately owned restored homes and historic buildings that are not usually open to the public. Preservation Houston has been presenting the Good Brick Awards for excellence in historic preservation since 1978; now is your chance to get a firsthand look inside award-winning projects ranging from a timeless Victorian cottage to a 1920s office building converted for urban living and a one-of-a-kind modernistic house with its original art deco furnishings and moderne built-ins intact. Advance tickets are $25 per person through Thursday, April 30, and may be purchased online at http://goodbricktour.eventbrite.com. Tickets will be $30 per person on the days of the tour and will be on sale at each tour location. 2015 Good Brick Tour locations Fire Station No. 6 (1903), 1702 Washington Avenue, Sixth Ward. National Cash Register Company Building (1929), 515 Caroline Street, Downtown. 317 Sampson Street (c. 1890), East End. 1100 Milford Street (1919), Museum District. 1635 South Boulevard (1928), Boulevard Oaks Historic District. L.D. Allen House (1937), 2337 Blue Bonnet Boulevard, Old Braeswood. You may begin your tour at any location and proceed in any order you choose. Complimentary guides with maps and location descriptions will be provided at each tour stop by Houston House & Home magazine.