Historic Mansion Tours
November 13 @ 9:30 am - 4:00 pm
$17
There’s something for everyone on this historic mansion tour between Nashville and Chattanooga, Tenn.
- The Victorian mansion called “Tennessee’s Biltmore” by PBS. Mr. Faulkner’s obituary described him as a mechanical genius, so it’s easy to understand why his mansion was equipped with “all the modern conveniences of a model city residence.”
- Museum quality Victorian antiques in every room
- Gardens reflecting the bounty of McMinnville, “the nursery capital of the world”
- A restoration that so revived a near-derelict old building that it won the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s “Great American Home Award” — an inspiration to visitors who are redoing old homes themselves
- Intriguing accounts of experiences that hint Falcon Rest might be inhabited by a friendly ghost
- Real stories about real people associated with the mansion over the years, from Mr. Faulkner (the “secret soldier” of the Civil War) and his colorful family, through its days as a local hospital and its dedicated restoration