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Historic Homes
With names like "Rattle and Snap," "Green Frog Village" and "Crescent Bend," you are immediately drawn into legends that lie within Tennessee's carefully preserved homes, villages, farms and surrounds.
Look into a graceful, early rural life at 1797 Ramsey House Plantation, with acreage, exhibits and an heirloom garden. Once considered "the most costly and most admired house in Tennessee," it is among the few surviving houses designed by Tennessee's first formally trained architect, Thomas Hope. Learn about the Overton legacy at 200-year-old Traveller's Rest Plantation and Museum at Traveller's Rest. Take in a reenactment as you tour the grounds, the home and the schoolhouse.
Historic Gainesboro
Gainesboro's entire square is on the National Register of Historic Places. A second district was designated including a residential area. ...more
Region: Upper Cumberland
City: Gainesboro, TN
Phone: 931-268-9877
Historic Grand Junction
Visit an old train depot, the National Field Trial and Bird Dog Museum, as well as interesting shops and eateries. ...more
Region: Southwest
City: Grand Junction, TN
Phone: 731-658-6554
Historic Homes of Knoxville
The history of Knoxville is a vivid tale of the trials and triumphs of a flourishing town within a growing nation. The backstory takes you from a rough frontier settlement to a grand state capital to the picturesque city you see today--a wild and often surprising tale marvelously told by the city’s most historic homes. ...more
Region: Knoxville & Middle East
City: Knoxville, TN
Phone: (865) 522-8661
Historic Lairdland Farm House and Civil War Museum
Tour historic home filled with antiques and Visit their Civil War Museum containing an extensive and comprehensive collection of both Union and Confederate artifacts. Luncheons for groups of 8 or more may be served upon 2 weeks confirmed notice. ...more
Region: Nashville & Surrounding Areas
City: Cornersville, TN
Phone: (931) 363-2205
Historic Mansker's Station Frontier Life Center
Nationally recognized as top living history sites, the Bowen Plantation House and Kasper Mansker's log station serve as a backdrop for the presentation of daily interpretation, special events and filming opportunities. Located in the 200-acre Moss-Wright Park. ...more
Region: Nashville & Surrounding Areas
City: Goodlettsville, TN
Phone: (615) 851-2241
Historic Mount Pleasant/Maury Phosphate Museum
Exhibits: Civil War, Armed Forces, doctor and pharmacy, phosphate mining, old kitchen, Native American. Also antiques, vintage clothes, toys, farm tools. ...more
Region: Nashville & Surrounding Areas
City: Mount Pleasant, TN
Phone: 931-379-9511
Historic Old Hickory Village
Over 300 homes on the National Register of Historic Places. A beautifully restored "company town" built in 1918 by the DuPont Company. ...more
Region: Nashville & Surrounding Areas
City: Old Hickory, TN
Phone: (615) 847-8255
Historic Rock Castle
General Daniel and Sarah Smith's circa 1784 home. Smith acted as surveyor for the frontier, produced the state's first map and is credited with naming the state of Tennessee. ...more
Region: Nashville & Surrounding Areas
City: Hendersonville, TN
Phone: 615-824-0502
Historic Rugby
British founded 1880s village on Cumberland Plateau. Tour restored Victorian buildings. ...more
Region: Knoxville & Middle East
City: Rugby, TN
Phone: 423-628-2441
Historic Rugby Commissary
Restored 1880 utopian village founded by famous British author, Thomas Hughes. 17 Victorian-era buildings remain unchanged, including a 7,000 volume Hughes Library & Christ Church Episcopal. ...more
Region: Knoxville & Middle East
City: Rugby, TN
Phone: (423) 628-5166
Historic Speedwell Academy
Restored 1827 building. Retains much of its original aesthetics. ...more
Region: Knoxville & Middle East
City: Speedwell, TN
Phone: 423-566-4679
Historic Stage Coach Stop
The Stage Coach Stop was in use in the mid-1850s when coach transportation was at its peak. It was built and owned by the manager of the coach company, which operated the line from Memphis to Holly Springs, MS. ...more
Region: Memphis & Surrounding Areas
City: Collierville, TN
Phone: 901-457-2770
Historic Sweetwater
Visiting Sweetwater is like stepping back in time! Our unique shops & attractions are nothing like typical chain stores, malls or outlets. Sweetwater offers a bit of nostalgia along with the charm and friendliness that one would expect in a small southern town. ...more
Region: Knoxville & Middle East
City: Sweetwater, TN
Phone: 423-337-0300
Historic Thomas Drugs
Old-fashioned 1915 drugstore with operating soda fountain offers a variety of medicinal and prescription goods, arts, crafts and gifts.
Stop by the old-fashioned soda fountain and have a lunch of homemade sandwiches, salads, floats, sodas and desserts. ...more
Region: Nashville & Surrounding Areas
City: Cross Plains, TN
Phone: 615-654-3877
Lynchburg Historic Square
A walk around the Historic Lynchburg Square is like stepping back in time. The unique shops and restaurants in restored buildings, the historic Courthouse built in 1885, and the Old Jail museum are just a few of the things that will remind you of an easier time. ...more
Region: Nashville & Surrounding Areas
City: Lynchburg, TN
Phone: 931-759-4111
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