Dickson-Williams

Mansion Tours

Also Being Offered

"Main Street Tours" has begun the fourth season of "A Walk with the President," the downtown walking tour.

The program includes two tours of historic Greeneville. The morning tour is a walking tour of the historic downtown area, and in the afternoon, a tour of the Dickson-Williams Mansion is featured.

The 90-minute, one-mile walking tour showcases the architectural accents of Greeneville's historic churches and homes.

Walking tours are given Monday through Saturday at 9:30 a.m., April through October. The tours begin and end in the lobby of the General Morgan Inn on Main Street.

While walking the streets of the historic district, participants will hear stories about of some of Greeneville's most notable citizens, Andrew Johnson, Valentine Sevier, the Williamses and others.

Information will tell what life was like in 1783, the year Greeneville was founded, and what life was like for the citizens of Greeneville during the Civil War and the Reconstruction period after the Civil War.

Stories will be told about the famous Civil War bridge burners, the cholera epidemic of 1873, the Lost State of Franklin and more.

The price of the tour is $5, and children under six are free. Tickets may be purchased at the front desk of the General Morgan Inn.

90-Minute Mansion Tour

The Dickson-Williams Mansion Tour, a 90-minute tour, is offered year-round. Tours of the mansion are offered Monday through Sunday at 1 p.m. The tours begin and end in the lobby of the General Morgan Inn.

On this tour participants will be introduced to the Dickson and Williams families, two of the most prominent families residing in Eastern Tennessee.

While touring the beautifully restored mansion with many of its original furnishings and other magnificent period furniture, participants will hear stories of the lavish entertaining done by Dr. and Mrs. Williams.

While the Williams family was in residence, distinguished guests such as Presidents Andrew Jackson and James K. Polk, the legendary frontiersman Davy Crockett and the noted statesman Henry Clay, were frequent guests.

Also featured is the bedroom where, in September 1864, the Civil War Confederate General John Hunt Morgan spent his last night and the story of his death at the hands of a Union soldier.

Participants also will hear stories of the architects who were brought from Ireland in 1815 to design and oversee the building of the mansion.

The price of the Dickson-Williams Mansion tour is $10 for adults, $5 for students age 6-18 and children ages 5 and under are free.

Tickets for the mansion tour may be purchased at the front desk of the General Morgan Inn.

For more information, call Main Street Greeneville at 639-7102.