Falcon Rest

Clay Faulkner House
Location Jct. of Faulkner Springs and Bluff Springs Rds., McMinnville, Tennessee
Coordinates 35°43′1″N 85°45′42″W / 35.71694°N 85.76167°W / 35.71694; -85.76167Coordinates: 35°43′1″N 85°45′42″W / 35.71694°N 85.76167°W / 35.71694; -85.76167
Area 1.6 acres (0.65 ha)
Built 1896
Architectural style Queen Anne
NRHP reference # 92000137[1]
Added to NRHP March 5, 1992

Falcon Rest, also known as the Clay Faulkner House, is a historic house in Warren County, Tennessee.

It was built in 1896-1897 for Clay Faulkner, the son of politician and mill owner Asa Faulkner, who lived at Falconhurst.[2] Faulkner lived in the house with his wife, Mary King Saunders, and their five children.[2] He was the owner of the Great Falls Cotton Mill.[2] From 1929 to 1941, the house was owned by Dr. Herman Reynolds, who welcomed patients into his home.[2] McMinnville Mayor W. V. Jones was the owner from 1943 to 1945.[2] The house was later used as a hospital, until it was remodelled as a private residence by the Grissoms and the McGlothins in the 1980s.[2]

The house was designed in the Queen Anne architectural style.[2] It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1992.[1]

Since 1993, the house functions as a bed-and-breakfast, and some people claim it is haunted.[3][4]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Clay Faulkner House / Cumberland Valley Sanitarium and Hospital, Faulkner Springs Sanitarium and Hospital, Falcon Manor, Falcon Rest". National Park Service. 1992. Retrieved September 27, 2018. With accompanying 15 photos from 1991
  3. ↑ Brown, Alan (26 February 2009). "Haunted Tennessee: Ghosts and Strange Phenomena of the Volunteer State". Stackpole Books. p. 21. Retrieved 27 September 2018 – via Google Books.
  4. ↑ "Haunted mansion? Decide for yourself if there are ghosts at Falcon Rest". Retrieved 27 September 2018.
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