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TOUR INFORMATION
Trained docents
conduct Historic Rosedale Plantation Tours for drop-in visitors
are Thursday through Sunday beginning at 1:30 and 3:00 pm.
Groups of 15 or more should make
reservations for a special scheduled tour and receive discounted
admission.
Group
reservations should be made at least ten calendar days in advance.
Historic Rosedale
Plantation Tour
The 1 to 1 1/2 hour tour examines the architecture, history and
daily life of early Mecklenburg County. Tour the 13-room federal
house. Discover plantation and village life by examining the
lives of the Frew, Caldwell and Davidson families, both black
and white, who occupied this antebellum plantation.
View
original surviving faux-grained paneling; 1800's French
wallpaper, and hand-carved classical mantels. Stroll surviving
boxwood gardens, examine archaeological remains of outbuildings
and view six designated "Treasure Trees" on the 8 1/2 acre
grounds.
Pricing
$5.00 for adults
$4.00 for children 4 years old through
12th grade
$4.00 for seniors (65
or older)”
Children 3 and under are free when accompanied by parent or guardian
$4.00 per person with groups of 15 or more (this number does
not include children 3 or under) – group reservation required.
Tours are paid for
at the door - no online payments accepted.
 Special Scheduled Tours
Special tours are available for groups of 15 or more, but must
be scheduled at least 2 weeks in advance. Special Tours MAY be
scheduled for mornings and afternoons throughout the week or at
regular tour times if the group is 20 or less.
Plantation Children's
Life
Experience children's life on a backcountry NC plantation. Dr.
David Caldwell and his wife, Harriett Davidson Caldwell, raised
and educated eight children on this 911-acre plantation during
the early 1800's.
Hands on activities and role playing allow
today's children to explore medicine, education and daily chores
of Ante-bellum Mecklenburg County. Children are invited to join
in the lessons being taught by the Caldwell's tutor, and receive
instruction in mental math, exploration of the western
territory, Presidents of the United States, plus manners and
deportment. Tours last approximately 1 1/2 hours. Group
reservations required. Designed for children 8 and up. $4.00 per child.
Unheard Voices Tour
 White
plantation owners and their families left many documents and
papers to tell us of their lives while the unheard voices of the
enslaved Africans who spent their lives toiling the red clay of
the piedmont Carolina are seldom heard.
This tour is designed to
examine the personal and work life of the 20 slaves that
inhabited the Caldwell Plantation of the early 1800's.
The 1 1/2 hour
tour by costumed docents tell the story of Ben, the carriage
driver, Jenny, the cook, Cherry, the children's nurse, and Nat
the blacksmith of the plantation and provides insight into the
lives of those whose voices are seldom heard.
$5.00 adults
$4.00 students/seniors (65 or older)
$4.00 for groups of 15 or more adults
3 years and under free
Reservations
required with a minimum of 2 weeks advance notice.
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