rippavilla plantation

My husband and I were celebrating our 45th wedding anniversary, and we were touring some homes. We both love to tour the antebellum/Civil War era homes. Rippavilla was like we just took a step back to another time. The home was beautiful, and the guide was so knowledgeable about the war, the home, the family. We highly recommend you take this tour!! It was not expensive, and well worth the time.

I loved my visit to Rippavilla Plantation. It was another one of those locations that I visited and I didn't want to leave. Mary Ann was an awesome tour guide. So passionate and energetic. She had so much passion for this plantation's history. The home was stunning. The entire experience was fantastic. I had visited the Carnton Plantation, Lotz and Carter Historic Homes, but Rippavilla moved me in a way that I couldn't explain. I enjoyed walking around and my visit to the Slave House, Family and Slave Cemetery. I spent much time there. The location was very easy to get to. The history about this place is so interesting that I arrived home and started reading more. Thank you for taking such great care of this historic plantation! It was great to meet you Mary Ann. I hope to see you again later this year!

The history of the place, the renovations, the gift shop. Being in the place where so much history took place and changed the course of events in the western front.

Take a leisurely walk through History from the 1850's to Today. This site was a prime location for movement from North to South and visavie. The Docents are accurate and well educated about this location and its connection to the rest of the story.

What I liked about this plantation tour is I learned alot about the battles fought in and around Spring Hill.

Very detailed, thorough and informative tour. Especially enjoyed the artifacts upstairs. Grounds are lovely.

We had a wonderful tour of this antebellum plantation house on 6/26/14; and would highly recommend it for Civil War buffs. The inside is beautifully furnished with pieces that were actually in the house in the mid 1800's. Our tour guide was very informative and knowledgeable, and he made it all seem like it had happened last year. His Civil War antidotes about the house were very enlightening! There are vintage weapons and period clothing on site too.

This home is beautiful and offers a tour. The grounds are also pretty. This is located outside of Nashville and fit perfectly into our tours of such home around Nashville and Columbia. Must see.

See where Hood sleeps the night before his defeat at Franklin ,TN in Nov 1864. The house and bed. Beautiful house and furniture

Enjoyed our tour. The docent was very knowledgeable about the history of the owners, families, civil war and the house. The house is grand.

A wonderful small plantation house open for tours and for rent for special events. Go tour it if you are in Nashvill or Franklin, a real gem

interesting site and the tour guides are very knowledgeable and patient, always willing to answer any questions one may havethe plantation it self is very pretty, the ground are very large and they sometimes have events going on.

A very interesting place to take the family its a must if your going to be in the area and the corn maze and also the craft/antiques shows are great.

My wife and I were married on the front steps of Rippavilla in 2001. It's a great place for such events. But it's a fantastic stop at all other times for history buffs. The house is a rare find itself. And the furniture, photos, and Civil War memorabilia collections are amazing. The staff knows a lot of the history of the house and is able to put it in context. It's easy to access from I-65 if you're passing through the area -- only about 10 minutes out of your way. They also do a lot of concerts, fun events, and more throughout the year -- a corn maze in the Fall, etc.

The first time I tried to see this plantation they were having a History Fair and I couldn't even get in the (very long) driveway so vowed to come back another time. I returned a couple weeks later, arriving shortly after 9 a.m. because that's when the brochure said they opened for tours. There was a note on the door saying they opened at 9:30. We stayed until 9:45 and, when not one opened the door or answered the phone, finally decided to move on to our next destination. We returned a few hours later and finally took the long awaited tour. It is a beautiful house but has been changed a lot since Civil War days. It seemed like there was more explaining about all the changes that had been done to the house than anything else. The little bit of history we did hear was interesting though. They were getting ready to have a wedding on the premises later in the day. It would be a beautiful place to getting married. However, after touring several other plantation houses in the state I'm not sure it was worth the bother. I would have rated it higher if we had been allowed to take pictures though. Since, I'm sure, pictures allowed for weddings why don't they allow pictures on tours?