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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.
The Homeplace Living History Farm
Offering visitors a glimpse into the lives of a 19th-century farm family. Originally part of a Revolutionary War land grant, comprised of 16 original and restored log structures. ...more
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City: Golden Pond, TN
Phone: 270-924-2000
The John & Landon Carter Mansion
Built between 1775 and 1780 on land bought from the Cherokee. The oldest frame house in Tennessee reveals a finely detailed interior. ...more
Region: Northeast
City: Elizabethton, TN
Phone: 423-543-5808
The Museum Shop at Belle Meade Plantation
Visit the Museum Shop at Belle Meade Plantation. Located on the lower level of the Visitor’s Center, the Belle Meade Plantation Museum Shop offers a variety of everyday gifts and souvenirs for all ages. ...more
Region: Nashville & Surrounding Areas
City: Nashville, TN
Phone: 615-356-0501
The Old Natchez House
Note the Victorian-style architecture of the 1890 J. T. ...more
Region: Nashville & Surrounding Areas
City: Leipers Fork, TN
Phone: 615-491-3668
The Pillars
The Pillars, built circa 1828, is now an Association for the Preservation of Tennessee Antiquities property. John Houston Bills bought this impressive home in 1837 and began enlarging and refining the property. ...more
Region: Southwest
City: Bolivar, TN
Phone: 731-518-7148
The Polk Presidential Hall
The Polk Presidential Hall is housed in a restored 1882 vernacular Gothic Christian Church building. Here you will see more personal artifacts from Polks life, and from time to time, traveling exhibits from the Smithsonian Institute. ...more
Region: Nashville & Surrounding Areas
City: Columbia, TN
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The Rhea-Mims Hotel
The Rhea-Mims Hotel was built in 1925 out of native stone and restored in 2000. It now serves as a home for senior citizens. ...more
Region: Northeast
City: Newport, TN
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The Shoppes at Roper Mansion
The Shoppes at Roper Mansion offer a unique shopping experience as well as the chance to tour the carefully restored Federal home. Built in 1820, Roper Mansion today houses an array of antiques, collectibles, gifts, home decor, vintage jewelry and even a pet boutique. ...more
Region: Knoxville & Middle East
City: Dandridge, TN
Phone: (865) 484-1237
The Tennessee Civil War National Heritage Area
Partners with organizations and individuals across the state to tell the whole story of America's greatest challenge, 1860-1875. ...more
Region: Nashville & Surrounding Areas
City: Murfreesboro, TN
Phone: 615-898-2947
The Worley/Range/Young House
A private residence, this Federal-style historic home was built in 1844. The original property was 1,200+ acres surrounded by hand-constructed stone walls. ...more
Region: Northeast
City: Johnson City, TN
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Thomas Amis Inn & Home
Early settler and Revolutionary War hero Colonel Thomas Amis established this 1781 home and inn on the Great Indian Warpath Trail, later called the Great Stage Road. The inn grew to anchor the community of Amis, the principal settlement for the area. ...more
Region: Northeast
City: Rogersville, TN
Phone: (719) 322-2755
Thomas Hart Benton Site
Benton was one of the earliest settlers in Leipers Fork and a close advisor of Andrew Jacksons. After a brawl with the General ended in gunfire (and injury to Jackson), the Bentons made a hasty retreat to Missouri. ...more
Region: Nashville & Surrounding Areas
City: Franklin, TN
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Thomas Martin House (First Farmers and Merchants National Bank)
Located three blocks south of the public courthouse on Second Street. ...more
Region: Nashville & Surrounding Areas
City: Pulaski, TN
Phone: 931-363-3830
Tiara
(Private Residence) This impressive 1845 Antebellum home gets its name from the cupola that sits like a crown at the top. In 1900, a tornado struck La Grange and blew the beautiful cupola 15 miles away to Hickory Valley. ...more
Region: Middle Tennessee
City: La Grange, TN
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Tipton-Haynes State Historic Site
Historic Tipton home, archaeological remains of early Woodland Indians, 1788 battle site and more. The Museum and Education Center includes changing exhibits in the temporary gallery. ...more
Region: Northeast
City: Johnson City, TN
Phone: 423-926-3631
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