Cragfont State Historic Site — Attraction in Tennessee

Cragfont is truly amazing and and should be on everyone's historic home bucket list. On our tour, we learned construction for the historic home began in 1798 and was completed four years later. The front features seven stars, the decorative part of an amazing house stabilizing system. We found each one hides a huge bolt which connects to a rod spanning the width of the house and presumably can be tightened in the event the house needs it. Inside, there's rooms furnished with heirlooms from General James Winchester's family, amazing to think this expansive collection from his decendants exists. Finally, it was amazing our tour guide was a direct decendant. She offered so many details and stories only a family member would know. The tour includes walking through the beautiful gardens and the family cemetery. It's a wonderful tour and a pleasant way to spend our time. I highly recommend Cragfont for anyone interested in history, architecture and construction or...

Our visit to Cragfont, Castelian Springs, was part of Spirits of Sumner Historic Haunts Tour, a bus tour to 5 historic locations in Sumner County, TN. Cragfont was our first stop after leaving Rosemont. It is located on Avery Trace, the original road which settlers traveled from the east coast to Knoxville to Nashville, and today is TN ST HWY 25, Castellian Springs, TN. Cragfont was the home of Gen. James Winchester, a hero of the American Revolution. The site was quickly established as a fort and used in westward expansion. It has a colorful history, is located on beautiful land, and has its own ghost stories. It...

We had a tour of the house at the first tour time which was wonderful. It wasn't busy & I was thankful for that helped with social distancing the lady that gave us the tour of the house was very knowledgeable & gave us lots of information. Dress for the weather the house isn't climate controlled like our modern houses & the building tends to be what the weather is. The visitors center is at the back behind the house along with a parking area. They have a garden & a pond. Just a very interesting house. They also have a ticket that allows you to see wynnewood also if you plan on doing both buy that it's a...