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Historic Rosedale will be closed Saturday July 4th, but open on Friday and Sunday July 3rd and 5th for the regular tour times of 1:30 and 3:00.


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.)



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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