This home is beautiful and offers a tour. The grounds are also pretty. This is located outside of Nashville and fit perfectly into our tours of such home around Nashville and Columbia. Must see.
Take a leisurely walk through History from the 1850's to Today. This site was a prime location for movement from North to South and visavie. The Docents are accurate and well educated about this location and its connection to the rest of the story.
We had a wonderful tour of this antebellum plantation house on 6/26/14; and would highly recommend it for Civil War buffs. The inside is beautifully furnished with pieces that were actually in the house in the mid 1800's. Our tour guide was very informative and knowledgeable, and he made it all seem like it had happened last year. His Civil War antidotes about the house were very enlightening! There are vintage weapons and period clothing on site too.
Enjoyed our tour. The docent was very knowledgeable about the history of the owners, families, civil war and the house. The house is grand.
My husband and I were celebrating our 45th wedding anniversary, and we were touring some homes. We both love to tour the antebellum/Civil War era homes. Rippavilla was like we just took a step back to another time. The home was beautiful, and the guide was so knowledgeable about the war, the home, the family. We highly recommend you take this tour!! It was not expensive, and well worth the time.
See where Hood sleeps the night before his defeat at Franklin ,TN in Nov 1864. The house and bed. Beautiful house and furniture
What I liked about this plantation tour is I learned alot about the battles fought in and around Spring Hill.
The history of the place, the renovations, the gift shop. Being in the place where so much history took place and changed the course of events in the western front.
My wife and I were married on the front steps of Rippavilla in 2001. It's a great place for such events. But it's a fantastic stop at all other times for history buffs. The house is a rare find itself. And the furniture, photos, and Civil War memorabilia collections are amazing. The staff knows a lot of the history of the house and is able to put it in context. It's easy to access from I-65 if you're passing through the area -- only about 10 minutes out of your way. They also do a lot of concerts, fun events, and more throughout the year -- a corn maze in the Fall, etc.
Very detailed, thorough and informative tour. Especially enjoyed the artifacts upstairs. Grounds are lovely.