Ice cream
Social
July 12th from 1pm to 4pm
Historic Rosedale will provide the perfect setting for families to enjoy an old-fashioned summer Sunday afternoon. Activities on the grounds are free and include open jam sessions, a slow jam, a song circle, clogging demonstration, and, of course, ice cream – as long as it lasts. Members of the Storytellers Guild of Charlotte will share another old-fashioned pastime – telling tales to listeners of all ages. Station tours of the home will be given at the special rate of 2 adults for $5.00 and 2 seniors or students for $4.00. For more information, visit www.folksociety.org.
Charlotte
Shout
September date TBA – 1:30 pm & 3:00pm
“Cultural Free For
All” – Underwritten by ASC
Spirit
Walk
October 31st at 6pm
Listen to tales
documented from staff, visitors and docents about experiences with
Rosedale’s past of a very different sort – is there another realm? The
tour begins under the Swamp Chestnut near the area where the slave
quarters stood. Walk through the mist and ancient boxwoods where those
now long-departed once worked, toiled, played, lived and died, visit
“our ladies” in the basement kitchen What will you see . . . or hear
and from whom?
$5.00 per person
Midnight
tour
October 31st beginning at 11pm, $50 admission
Join those who have
had supernatural “experiences” in the house. Who would like to explore
the possibility of “the other side”? The house may offer the
ethereal. Will you be the next to see the unexplained?
Space
limited to six. Must pre-register with payment by October 28th.
$50
per person, advance registration required. No refunds under any
circumstances.
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.)
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.)
