LATEST INFORMATION Summer Concerts & Programs Details RUGBY VISITOR CENTRE & THEATRE NOW OPEN Come See the Stunning 32-Foot Mural..."1880s Rugby" View the National Award Winning New History Film "Rugby - The Power of a Dream" In The New Rebecca Jones Johnson Theatre All 2008 Special Events - CLICK HERE All 2008 Workshops & Other Programs Here Including Three New "Rugby's Hidden History" Programs Led By Historic Rugby Executive Director Barbara Stagg Lodge In Historic Buildings in Peaceful Rugby - Details Here New Boyle Woods Lots Available Click Here For Map, Driving Directions, Daily Admission, Hours Executive Director Search Opens - Details Here

Time stands still at Rugby, Tennessee - the restored Victorian village founded in 1880 by British author and social reformer, Thomas Hughes. It was to be a cooperative, class-free, agricultural community for younger sons of English gentry and others wishing to start life anew in America. At its peak, some 350 people lived in the colony. More than 70 buildings of Victorian design graced the townscape on East Tennessee's beautiful Cumberland Plateau.
This would-be Utopia survives today as both a living community and a fascinating public historic site, unspoiled by modern development.  Twenty original buildings still stand at the southern edge of the Big South Fork National Park, surrounded by rugged river gorges. Four are shown daily on tour.