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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.

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Ramsey House Plantation
Experience life on America's frontier in the 1797 house with acreage, exhibits and heirloom garden. Once considered "the most costly and most admired house in Tennessee,"it is one of the few surviving houses designed by Tennessee's first formally trained architect, Thomas Hope. ...more

Region:  Knoxville & Middle East
City:  Knoxville, TN
Phone:  (865) 546-0745

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Rattle and Snap Plantation House
The Rattle And Snap Plantation located in Mount Pleasant, Tn on State Hwy. 243 has been referred to as "magnificent" the "most monumental house in Tennessee. ...more

Region:  Nashville & Surrounding Areas
City:  Mount Pleasant, TN
Phone:  (931) 379-1700

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Riverside Cemetery
Self-guided tour of resting place for 140 unknown and 40 known Confederate soldiers. Founded in 1821. ...more

Region:  Southwest
City:  Jackson, TN
Phone:  731-424-1279

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Riverwood Mansion
Riverwood Mansion is one of Nashville's historical treasures. It has been identified as one of Nashville's most significant historic structures/sites by the Metropolitan Historical Commission. ...more

Region:  Nashville & Surrounding Areas
City:  Nashville, TN
Phone:  615-228-8892

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Robert L. Caruthers House
This imposing mansion, which now houses a local funeral home, was the Civil War-era residence of Robert L. Caruthers. ...more

Region:  Nashville & Surrounding Areas
City:  Lebanon, TN
Phone:  800-789-1327

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Rock House Shrine
Famous stagecoach stop and early American frontier home. Presidents James K. ...more

Region:  Upper Cumberland
City:  Sparta, TN
Phone:  (931) 836-3552

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Roderick Place
On March 5, 1863, portions of the Battle of Thompson’'s Station were fought along the ridges that border this site. Roderick, General Forrest’'s courageous mount, was mortally wounded galloping to the general’s side during the battle and is buried here. ...more

Region:  Nashville & Surrounding Areas
City:  Thompson's Station, TN
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Rogersville Historic District
National Register Historic district referred to as "Tennessee's largest collection of Federal-type architecture," dating from 1824. ...more

Region:  Northeast
City:  Rogersville, TN
Phone:  423-272-2186

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Rossville Historic District
The buildings and homes that contribute to the beautiful Historic District of Rossville date from before the Civil War to 1945. Every June, the Historic District Association sponsors its Tour of Homes. ...more

Region:  Memphis & Surrounding Areas
City:  Rossville, TN
Phone:  901-853-4544

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Russellville Methodist Church
The church served as a Confederate hospital.   One  half mile north of the church are the ruins of Cairn’s Mill, where corn was ground for Confederate General James Longstreet’s men. ...more

Region:  Knoxville & Middle East
City:  Russellville, TN
Phone:  615-532-1550

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Rutledge House
This 1800s home is located in the National Historic District of Blountville. The earliest owner was Thomas White and the historic building had several owners between 1824 and 1863 when John and Sallie Rutledge purchased the home. ...more

Region:  Northeast
City:  Blountville, TN
Phone:  423-323-4660

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Sam Davis Home and Museum
Featuring a historic site with 1860s home, Middle Tennessee museum and outbuildings. Learn the story of Civil War hero Sam Davis, called the "Boy Hero of the Confederacy. ...more

Region:  Nashville & Surrounding Areas
City:  Smyrna, TN
Phone:  615-459-2341

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Sam Davis Museum
Self-guided tour of sites relating to the capture and hanging of the "Boy Hero of the Confederacy. " From public square monument to site of execution. ...more

Region:  Nashville & Surrounding Areas
City:  Pulaski, TN
Phone:  931-424-4044

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Sam Davis Trail
A four-stop tour - site of capture with monument, site of execution with museum, cemetery where he was briefly buried and life-size statue in town square. ...more

Region:  Nashville & Surrounding Areas
City:  Pulaski, TN
Phone:  931-424-4044

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Sam Houston Schoolhouse
Houston, the only person in U. S. ...more

Region:  Knoxville & Middle East
City:  Maryville, TN
Phone:  865-983-1550





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