HISTORIC RUGBY, TENNESSEE

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Historic Rugby is a non-profit, 501(c)3 educational organization. We are not state or federally owned or supported. The continued restoration, preservation and protection of this "Utopia in the wilderness" depends primarily on the interest and support of people like you.

How can you help? Visit Historic Rugby. Stay in our historic lodging facilities. Shop at the Rugby Commissary and dine at the Harrow Road Cafe. Bring a group of friends or family. Become a member by printing out and mailing the online form. Call the executive director to volunteer to help with special events or on busy weekends or to discuss a donation. We have a secure server set up for online giving and membership.

Historic Rugby is a truly rare cultural resource-a fascinating historic village, authentically preserved and unspoiled by incompatible development. We invite you to help preserve and protect it for future generations.

"There is this lovely corner of God's earth which has been intrusted to us. What, as a community, is our first duty with regard to it? There can be no hesitation about the answer. It is to treat it lovingly and reverently. We can add little, perhaps, to its natural beauty, but at least we can be careful to spoil it as little as possible."

Thomas Hughes' Opening Day Speech - Oct. 5, 1880.