Come Enjoy The 40th
Rugby Village Pilgrimage
At Historic Rugby
Saturday, September 5, 2009
10:00 am- 6:00 pm
The Only Time To Visit Historic Rugby's Private Homes

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              Historic Rugby homeowners, museum staff and volunteers are throwing open the doors to 30 or more antique-filled buildings at Historic Rugby’s 40th Village Pilgrimage on Saturday, September 5, 2009.   Hours are 10:00 am to 6:00 pm EDT Musical activities will include Morris Dancing on the lawns and an evening concert of folk and sacred music by the Rugby Singers beginning a 7:45 pm EDT
           The Rugby Pilgrimage is the largest such tour in Tennessee and will include private historic homes, new historically designed homes, historic lodging facilities, five museum buildings, and the new Rugby Visitor Centre & Johnson Theatre.
  Parking is free, and shuttle vans will be available for those who need to limit their walking in the small village.
  
         Private historic homes open 10:00 am until 6:00 pm Eastern Time include:
• The Lindens, named for the two giant trees planted there in 1882
• Oak Lodge which once housed guests who could not find room at the Tabard Inn
• Roslyn, the undisputed leader of ghostly happenings through the decades. Ruralia, recently restored by its owner.
• Ingleside, open for the first time in many years
• Wren’s Nest, which started life as a “hennery;” 
• Virgo House, once the home of beloved Rugby colonist “Uncle Sam” Wilson.
• Owners of two historically reconstructed original Rugby residences – Walton Court and Onderdonk Cottage – will also open their homes.

Owners of new historically compatible homes will also welcome visitors. The tradition of house naming continues with Lizzie's Place, Hawthorn House, Pippa's Song, Inis Fal, Hester Knoll, Kongsvinger, Amherst House, Fern Cottage, Glenwood Manor, Allonby, and others to be announced. Information will be available on several protected Rugby building lots now for sale.
Open museum buildings from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm include the Schoolhouse with exhibits, Rugby Visitor Centre & Johnson Theatre showing the award-winning film, The Power Of A Dream; 1882 Thomas Hughes Library with its 7,000-volume collection of Victoria books and original furnishings; 1884 Kingstone Lisle, the Gothic cottage built for Rugby’s founder; and the Rugby Printing Works with 19th century printing demonstrations. 1880 Newbury House B & B will also be open. The congregation of 1887 Christ Church Episcopal will also welcome Pilgrimage visitors to the historic chapel.   Pilgrimage goers may want to visit Laurel Dale Cemetery, where many of Rugby’s colonists are buried.  
       To ease summer warmth, cooling drinks will be available at several tour buildings and bottled water will also be available.  
          Visitors can shop at the Commissary Museum Store for traditional crafts from over a hundred area artisans, British Isles food products and gifts, old-time Watkins products, a wide selection of books, prints and games, British teapots and much more. .   Several artisans will demonstrate traditional crafts at the Commissary. Other open shops include Spirit of Red Hill Nature Art & Oddiments and Carriage House Gallery.

The Harrow Road Cafe will be serving lunch & dinner specials, sandwiches, homemade desserts and drinks plus food and drink will be available on the grounds.

Admission for all open buildings and activities is $14.00 for adults, $4.00 K-12 students.   Groups of 12 or more are $10.00 when reserved in advance.   Members of Historic Rugby receive half-price admission.