Click here for information on grounds rentals. Formal garden renovations are complete. A “Secret Garden” is available – base rate $250. Click here for more info. Special discounts of 20% available with full payment made and booked prior to October 1, 2010.

Cultural Free-For-All
9/25/2010
1:30 and 3:00

This will be a day of free admission to the community with advance registration. Participation will be limited to 20 per tour. To register in advance simply email Education Director, Sara Craig, at roseedu@historicrosedale.org.

Purchase ReservationGolden Daze
10/16/2010
11:00am

CPCC Department Chair, Steve Gore, will discuss the concept of “Fool’s Gold” and how it affected the citizens of our region during the Charlotte Gold Rush. He will be showing us how to “pan” or search for gold and the areas that gold may be found. $5 per person. Limited to 30 people. No refunds under any circumstance. The Historic Rosedale Foundation does not guarantee discovery of gold.

Reike Retreat
10/23/2010
10:30am to 12:30pm

Reike is a balance between the spiritual, emotional, mental, and physical energies. Faye Wright, a local Reike master will be showing us how to do this as well as explaining spiritual guides in nature and animal totems. $25 per person

Purchase ReservationGhost Walk
10/29/2010
5:30pm

The tour begins under the Swamp Chestnut near the area where the slave quarters stood. You will walk in the steps of those who worked, lived, and died here. Some believe the former inhabitants still reside at Rosedale. Hear the untold stories of those who have experienced strange occurrences. What will you see . . . or who will you hear? Could it be Elbert, former “conjure man” of Rosedale or Archibald Frew, the ill-fated original owner? On line advance reservations encouraged. No refunds under any circumstances. $5.00 per person

Purchase ReservationMidnight Tour
10/30/2010
Midnight Tour

This tour is perfect for those who wish to learn the true intimacies of this charming historic home. Learn about supernatural “incidents” in the house while seeing it as the last two descendants did during the late hours of the night. The ethereal may be experienced. Will you be the next visitor to be contacted from beyond? $65 per person or $55 each with registration prior to October 20th. Registration will close on Wednesday, October 27th. Limited to ten people. No refunds under any circumstances.


The neighbors called it "Frew's Folly," though the reason remains obscure. Perhaps it was the chrome yellow trim, a shocking contrast to the plank and log style houses common to the backcountry. It is unknown when the house became known as Rosedale. Originally part of a 911 acre plantation, Rosedale was built in 1815 by Archibald Frew, who was a merchant, postmaster and tax collector. The house was occupied from the 1830s by D. T. Caldwell and his family. Dr. Caldwell, in addition to his medical practice, ran the plantation with the support of 2 slave families consisting of about 20 people.

Rosedale is one of the finest examples of Federal period architecture in North Carolina and is noted for its faux grained woodwork and the original French wallpaper that survives in three rooms. The gardens and grounds of Rosedale are a treasure in their own right and are perfect for a leisurely walk.

Guided tours begin promptly at 1:30pm and 3:00pm Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

Access to the home is only given with a tour. Tours are approximately 1 hour.

If you have a group of 15 or more and would like a tour at another time, please e-mail the Education Director, Sara Craig, at roseedu@historicrosedale.org or call her at 704.335.0325 (Tours are not given on Mondays.)



Historic Rosedale Plantation
is supported by the annual fund drive of the Arts & Science Council

Historic Rosedale Plantation
3427 N. Tryon Street
Charlotte, NC 28206
704.335.0325. Fax 704.335.0384
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