This house is a true hidden treasure tucked away on a little traveled road of Knoxville. As a nearby town resident, I’ve seen all the other historic homes in Knoxville. And although they are all fabulous, with great tours, I was surprised at the architectural beauty of this stone house. Our tour had been canceled because of last week’s weather, and the director phoned me personally to inform me of that and to reschedule to a date we could make. Our tour guide gave us an in-depth tour during a very rainy Saturday, Definitely a must do when in Knoxville.

We had just missed the tour to go up to the house when we arrived, so we had to wait for a little bit they have a small local museum that we read through and spent the time waiting in that looking around. It was pretty interesting. They had us watch a video on the house before we went up to look around. Its a really interesting house and is the oldest stone house in the area. They have bathrooms at the visitors center and parking in the field in front of the visitors center they are paving a path at the back of the house so right know you are entering in the front of the house. We also had the pastport book for all the historic homes so we didnt have to pay admission as we already had by buying the book.

I lived in Virginia for many years and went to see Mount Vernon, Monticello, Gunston Hall, and several other historic homes quite often. I like visiting historic places, and I liked this one. It's not on the scale of the ones in Virginia, but it doesn't have to be to be good. It's well furnished with period pieces, a few of which are original to the builders of the house. Our tour guide made it interesting by pointing out a lot of cool oddities that were part of everyday life at the Ramsey house. It's well off the beaten path, but I think it was time well spent.