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    Historic Ramsey House

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    Kyle B.

    Fiancée and I decided to tour a little of historic Knoxville. We are both huge history nerds and we find these old plantation homes very interesting. Ramsey House was built in 1797 by the architect Thomas Hope for Colonel Francis Alexander Ramsey. Finding it was no problem, our GPS lead us right to the place. There's a short driveway which opens into a small parking area. The parking area wouldn't support a lot of cars, but there's enough space for 10-15 cars. You go into the craftshop/giftshop to start your tour. You have to pay if you want to see the inside of the plantation house. The house is kept under lock and key and has an alarm system to protect the contents. Once you pay, you are shown to a media area where you can watch a very nicely produced DVD on what is possibly the oldest working big screen TV. (When did Crosley stop making rear projection TVs? The 70's maybe?) The DVD was very informative and I learned quite a bit about the Ramsey family and how Ramsey House came to be. Once the DVD was done, we were given time to examine some items that were stored in the media area (dolls, bits of china, etc) and then a very nice lady took us on the tour of the home. As I previously mentioned the home is kept under lock and key and has an alarm system to protect its contents. We start in the kitchen and worked our way around the house. I don't want to give away too much of the tour itself, but I will say that you get a very good vision of what life was like at Ramsey House. Unfortunately many of the items on display are reproductions. While it's neat to look it, I would have been much more excited about items that were actually owned by the Ramsey's. Unfortunately many of these items were destroyed by the Union Army during the Civil War. They do have a few surviving items and it's really neat to see them and think about how they've endured all these years. We spent about an hour on-site from the time we got out of the car until we got back in. If you have an hour and are a history nerd like us, you'll certainly want to add this to your list of things to see in Knoxville.

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    Kelly S.

    One of Knoxville's best kept secret! Explore the history of East Tennessee centered in Knoxville at an easily accessible area. Everyone needs to visit the Ramsey House. Lots of fun and educational activities happening in this venue.

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