The annual Christmas at Arlington candlelight tour and reception will be Dec. 3 at 6:30 p.m., followed by an open house Dec. 4-5.
The rooms of Birmingham’s historic antebellum home will be decorated for the 1933 wedding of Frances Montgomery.
Carolyn Satterfield, author of “Arlington: Birmingham’s Historic House,” will sign copies of the book Dec. 3. Satterfield compiled essays by Leah Atkins, Marlene Rikard, Lamar Osment and George Jenkins and Arlington memories of Robert Munger Montgomery and Mary Montgomery Marcoux.
Tickets for the candlelight tour are $15 and can be bought at the door or by sending a check, payable to the Arlington Historical Association, to P.O. Box 130237, Birmingham, AL 35213.
The open house is free. Hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Dec. 4 and 1 to 4 p.m. Dec. 5.
Satterfield’s book will be available for purchase at all events and is $20 for a soft cover and $30 for a hardcover edition.
Arlington, more than 160 years old, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
