• 336-226-8254

Enjoy the gracious American country home built by Michael Holt III in 1790, enlarged in 1800, and again in 1875 by his grandson L. Banks Holt. This comfortable setting, with many original furnishings, provides a relaxed atmosphere enjoyed by hundreds of visitors each year. Read More

• 478-454-4029
• 2628 N Columbia St, Milledgeville, GA, USA

Andalusia was the home of American author Flannery O'Connor from 1951 until her death from lupus in 1964. This family farm was where O'Connor was living when she completed her two novels and two collections of short stories. Visitors to the farm can tour the main house and see several outbuildings. Most of the furniture and furnishings are original… Read More

• 540-869-2028
• 336 Belle Grove Road, Middletown, VA, USA

Belle Grove is located in the northern Shenandoah Valley near Middletown, Virginia. It was the home Major Isaac Hite and his wife Nelly Madison Hite, sister of President James Madison. Major Hite, grandson of Shenandoah Valley Pioneer Jost Hite, used enslaved labor to expand his original 483 acres to a prosperous 7500 acre plantation, growing wheat, raising livestock, and… Read More

• 615-356-501
• 110 Leake Avenue, Nashville, TN, USA

The Greek Revival Mansion built in 1854 features a grand curved stairway, 14 foot ceilings and classic proportions. There is also a carriage house that displays 20 carriages. Read More

• 804-829-6018
• 12602 Harrison Landing Road, Charles City, VA, USA

Site of the first Thanksgiving, and birthplace of President William Harrison and Declaration of Independence signer Benjamin Harrison V. Read More

• 843-881-5516
• 1254 Long Point Road, Mount Pleasant, SC, USA

Charles Pinckney was a principal author and a signer of the United States Constitution. This remnant of his coastal plantation is preserved to tell the story of a "forgotten founder," his life of public service, the lives of enslaved African Americans on South Carolina Lowcountry plantations and their influences on Charles Pinckney. Read More

• 985-764-9315
• 13034 River Road, Destrehan, LA, USA

Established in 1787, Destrehan is the oldest documented plantation home in the lower Mississippi Valley. She has survived colonial and civil wars and the perils of time, but with dedication, has now been preserved in all its glory for you to enjoy. Read More

• 859-586-6117
• 5656 Burlington Pike, Burlington, KY, USA

1842 house and farm with important associations with American figures. Read More

• 843-769-2600
• 3380 Ashley River Road, Charleston, SC, USA

Founded in 1738, Drayton Hall offers something unique in our modern world: authenticity. It’s the nation’s earliest example of fully executed Palladian architecture and the oldest preserved plantation house in America still open to the public. Read More

• 502-452-9920
• 3033 Bardstown Road, Louisville, KY, USA

Farmington was built between 1815 and 1816 for John (1772-1840) and Lucy Fry (1788-1874) Speed. Both of them came from wealthy Virginia families that moved to Kentucky in the last decades of the 1700s. John Speed's father, Captain James Speed, fought in the Revolutionary War and was badly injured. Like many others, he sought to make his fortune in… Read More

• 334-289-4846
• 805 S Cedar Ave, Demopolis, AL, USA

Gaineswood, a National Historic Landmark, was constructed over an 18 year period (1843-1861). Owner and architect Nathan Bryan Whitfield produced a series of elaborate interior suites with domed ceilings. He adopted many details from popular architectural pattern books by Minard Lafever and others. Read More

• 703-550-9920
• George Mason's Gunston Hall, 10709 Gunston Road, Lorton, VA, USA

George and Ann Mason’s stylish home showcased the Masons’ wealth and prominence. Explore the complexities of Col. Mason’s life as a family man, community leader, and founding father. Discover the lives of all the people who lived at Gunston Hall, from the framer of American rights to the hundreds of people kept in slavery there. Read More

• 615-794-903
• 1345 Eastern Flank Circle, Franklin, TN, USA

Completed in 1826 by Randal McGavock, Carnton was one of the most elegant estates in Williamson county. Read More

• 252-794-3140
• 132 Hope House Road, Windsor, NC, USA

The centerpiece of the plantation is the c. 1803 Hope Mansion, Governor Stone’s stunning example of an academic architectural combination of Federal and Georgian architecture. Restored and opened to the public since 1972, the mansion is meticulously furnished with an extensive collection of original period pieces. Read More

• 540-231-3947
• 1000 Smithfield Plantation Rd, Blacksburg, VA, USA

Built on the edge of the frontier wilderness, Smithfield offered a last vestige of civilization as frontiersman traveled west. The sophistication and generous scale of the architecture recalls many of the plantation homes in Tidewater. Read More

• 843-546-7891
• 494 Hopsewee Rd, Georgetown, SC, USA

Built circa 1740, some 40 years before the American Revolutionary War, Hopsewee Plantation was one of the South's major rice plantations and the birthplace of Thomas Lynch, Jr., one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. Read More

• 302-739-3277
• 340 Kitts Hummock Road, Dover, DE, USA

The Dickinson Mansion, which opened to the public in 1956, has stood for over 250 years, welcomed over 100,000 visitors, and echoed with interpretation of Delaware's history and John Dickinson for 37 years. Read More

• 816-444-1858
• 6115 Wornall Road, Kansas City, MO, USA

A restored Greek Revival plantation house is furnished in period and includes a formal herb garden on the grounds. Read More

• 318-487-5998
• 3601 Bayou Rapides Road, Alexandria, LA, USA

Kent House is a classic example of French colonial architecture. Standing on the original land grant from the King of Spain to Pierre Baillio II, it offers a glimpse of the French, Spanish and American cultures that have influenced Louisiana. All three flags fly over the entrance. Read More

• 225-343-4955
• 2161 Nicholson Drive, Baton Rouge, LA, USA

BREC's Magnolia Mound Plantation is a rare survivor of the vernacular architecture influenced by early settlers from France and the West Indies. This venerable landmark is unique in southern Louisiana not simply because of its age, quality of restoration, or outstanding collections, but because it is still a vital part of the community. Read More

• 318-379-55
• 3533 State Hwy 119, Melrose, LA, USA

Melrose began life as The Louis Metoyer Plantation in 1796 and was named Melrose in 1884 when Joseph Henry bought the plantation. It is one of the first and is one of the best surviving examples of a Creole plantation built by former enslaved persons known as "free people of color." There are out- buildings from the late 1700's,… Read More

• 843-556-6020
• 4300 Ashley River Rd, Charleston, SC, USA

Middleton Place is a National Historic Landmark and home to America’s Oldest Landscaped Gardens. The Garden Club of America has called the 65 acres “the most important and most interesting garden in America”. Centuries-old camellias bloom in the winter months and azaleas blaze on the hillside above the Rice Mill Pond in the spring. In summer, kalmia, magnolias, crepe… Read More

• 410-275-8819
• 600 Mount Harmon Road, Earleville, MD, USA

Plantation House is a three-story, five bay, brick double pile structure dated to 1730. The interior is furnished with American, English, Irish and Scottish antiques of the period. The 200 acre property includes an out plantation kitchen and tobacco prize house. Read More

• 703-780-2000
• George Washington's Mount Vernon, 3200 Mount Vernon Memorial Hwy, Mt Vernon, VA 22121, USA

Mount Vernon was the beloved home of George and Martha Washington from the time of their marriage in 1759 until General Washington's death in 1799. He worked tirelessly to expand his plantation from 2,000 acres to 8,000 and the mansion house from six rooms to twenty one. Read More

• 225-265-2151
• 3645 Louisiana 18, Vacherie, LA, USA

The quarter-mile canopy of giant live oak trees, believed to be nearly 300 years old, forms an impressive avenue leading to the classic Greek-revival style antebellum home. Read More

• 804-227-
• 16120 Chiswell Lane, Beaverdam, VA, USA

The house, at 93 feet (28 m) by 35 feet (11 m), is one of the largest 18th-century homes to survive in the Americas. In its present configuration, it has eight substantial rooms on the first floor surrounding a central passage, with a full attic above and English basement with windows below. Read More

• 434-525-1806
• 1776 Poplar Forest Parkway, Lynchburg, VA, USA

Poplar Forest is a plantation and plantation house in Forest, Bedford County, Virginia. Founding Father and third U.S. president Thomas Jefferson designed the plantation, and used the property as both a private retreat and a revenue-generating plantation. Jefferson inherited the property in 1773 and began designing and working on the plantation in 1806. Read More

• 225-635-3332
• 12501 Highway 10, Saint Francisville, LA, USA

Daniel and Martha Turnbull began construction on the main house at Rosedown in 1834, completing it by May the following year. The home was furnished with the finest pieces available, most imported from the North and from Europe. A surprising amount of the furnishings purchased by the Turnbulls remained with the house during the years after the Civil War… Read More

• 804-829-5121
• 501 Shirley Plantation Rd, Charles City, VA, USA

Shirley, settled in 1613, is the oldest plantation in Virginia and the oldest family-owned business in North America, dating back to 1638. Read More

• 301-373-2280
• 44300 Sotterley Lane, Hollywood, MD, USA

Older than Mount Vernon, older than Monticello, older than the nation itself, Sotterley Plantation stands majestically on the banks of the Patuxent River. It is the only remaining Tidewater Plantation in Maryland that is open to the public with a full range of visitor activities and educational programs. Sotterley's significant architecture features the early 18th-century Manor House, a rare… Read More

• 914-631-8200
• 3 West Sunnyside Lane, Tarrytown, NY, USA

Sunnyside, a National Historic Landmark, is the meticulously restored and charmingly picturesque home of renowned author Washington Irving. America's first successful, internationally known author, Washington Irving's writings include numerous works of fiction, history and biography. He is best remembered for The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Rip Van Winkle, stories that are enduring hallmarks in American literature, culture, and… Read More

• 301-868-1121
• 9118 Brandywine Road, Clinton, MD, USA

Built in 1852 as a middle-class plantation home, historic Surratt House also served as a tavern and hostelry, a post office, and polling place during the crucial decade before the Civil War. During the war, it was a safehouse for the Confederate underground which flourished in Southern Maryland. It was the country home of Mary Surratt, first woman to… Read More

• 314-839-3626
• 1896 S New Florissant Rd, Florissant, MO, USA

The Florissant Valley Historical Society is housed in the elegant Taille de Noyer House. Taille de Noyer is an historic antebellum home with stately pillars across the front veranda and is believed to be one of the oldest remaining homes in St. Louis County. The oldest section, a two-room log cabin used as a fur trading post, dates back… Read More

• 252-224-1803
• 7509 Highway 17, Pollocksville, NC, USA

Located just 10 miles south of New Bern, the Foscue Plantation stands tall as a majestic reminder of a period in time more than 200 years ago. Built in 1824 by Simon Foscue, Jr., the plantation house has been in the family for eight generations. During the War Between the States, after the Battle of New Bern, Caroline Foscue,… Read More

• 615-459-2341
• 1399 Sam Davis Rd, Smyrna, TN, USA

The mid 19th century home of the 21 year old Confederate hero has been restored and the 168 acre grounds contain outbuildings, slave quarters, period gardens and a museum. Read More

• 615-832-8197
• 636 Farrell Parkway, Nashville, TN, USA

Saved from demolition in 1954 by the Tennessee Society of the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America, the historic house, built originally in 1799, was restored to interpret the early 19th century life of Judge John Overton, one of the state's first Supreme Court Justices, the founder of Memphis, and a close personal friend of Andrew Jackson. Read More

• 979-345-4656
• 1702 N 17th St, West Columbia, TX, USA

Generations of Texas history, commerce and entrepreneurship encapsulate Varner-Hogg Plantation State Historic Site, which tells the stories of the many families, both enslaved and free, who worked to build Texas. Over its 134-year history, the site hosted sugarcane production, cattle ranching, and oil drilling as it transitioned through the ownership of the Varners, the Pattons and the Hoggs. Read More