Petersburg opens $2M visitor center in historic 1854 train station after decade of planning

Petersburg opens $2M visitor center in historic 1854 train station after decade of planning

PETERSBURG, Va. It's been more than a decade in the making and cost more than $2 million, but a historic building in Old Towne Petersburg is now open as the city's new visitor center.When visitors to the City of Petersburg are looking for information, this is where they will go and where they will walk into history."They're about to walk up through these doors, of the oldest train station in Virginia," said Ed Betts with the Petersburg Visitors …