Historic Houses in Tennessee

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Make history come alive. Visit the historic houses and museums of Tennessee and get connected with the past.

  • Belmont Mansion  - Dedicated to the history of Adelicia Hayes Franklin Acklen Cheatham. Find touring and hours information.
  • Falcon Rest Mansion  - Solid-brick 10,000-square-foot mansion of Clay Faulkner and his wife Mary. Considered "Tennessee's Biltmore".
  • Historic Rugby Village  - Refurbished Victorian village founded by British author and social reformer Thomas Hughes in 1880.
  • James K. Polk Home  - The house contains items and portraits belonging to the Polks, as well as original furniture from the White house.
  • John and Landon Carter Mansion  - Mansion built in 1777 is the oldest standing frame house in the state. Tours include the historic gardens behind the home.
  • Lotz House  - Civil war house museum built in 1858 by master carpenter and a piano maker Johann Albert Lotz. He used the home to show his skills as a carpenter.
  • Ramsey House  - Francis Alexander Ramsey had this home built by Knoxville's first builder Thomas Hope in 1797.
  • Rock Castle  - Home to General Daniel Smith, a US Senator, surveyor, Revolutionary War Brigadier General, and Secretary of the Territory of the United States Southwest of the River Ohio.
  • Tipton-Hayes State Historic Site  - Eleven building site tells the areas history from settlement to the Civil War. Includes the log cabin of Colonel John Tipton, loom house, springhouse, smokehouse, pigsty, and log barn.
  • Woodruff-Fontaine House Museum  - French Victorian mansion built in 1870 on "Millionaires Row". Host tours and wedding/events.
 
 
 
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