HISTORIC RUGBY, TENNESSEE

Protected, Wooded Lots For Sale By Historic Rugby

Historic Rugby has developed several homesite areas in the National Register Historic District, based on the 1880 town plan, starting with 32-lot Beacon Hill, which is sold out and now has 21 design approved homes built.

Now available are three beautiful wooded lots in Boyle Woods and the 6.52-acre Dakeyne tract surrounded by state natural area. These properties have similar guidelines and goals as Beacon Hill:

1. to further the preservation of the architectural style and identity and the original town plan of the Rugby Colony National Register Historic District
2. to encourage the repopulation of the Rugby community toward its historic size of around 200-250 residents
3. to retain protected natural areas around homesites with greenway access
4. to provide economic support to Historic Rugby for its preservation and educational purposes, and social and economic enhancement to the community and the region.

3 Boyle Woods lots are currently available:

• Lot 1, 1.85 Acres - $45,800
• Lot 2, 3.13 Acres - $76,200
• Lot 6, 2.44 Acres - $59,500

Design approved homes in the 1,500 to 3,000 square foot range will be the norm, though exceptions may be granted depending upon design, mass, proportion, and siting.

Historic Rugby has developed a Resource Manual to provide to all lot owners which includes a copy of the Rugby Master Plan Design Guidelines, a copy of the Deed of Easement and Declaration of Restrictive Covenants; examples of historically compatible home designs which can be adapted by an architect or draftsperson; examples of historically compatible designs which can be purchased ready to build with modifications made if needed; listings of area contractors and other pertinent material. Historic Rugby staff will be available to provide assistance to lot owners throughout the planning and building process.

The Osmond Dakeyne Tract

This 6.52-acre tract is part of the 1880 Rugby town plan and has an interesting history. It is adjoined on three sides by the 710-acre Rugby State Natural Area which provides permanent protection. The Dakeyne land is adjacent to two historic homes, 1886 Roslyn, and 1881 Villa Ray.

The front acres contain several potential building sites, including two promontories with seasonal views of the Cumberland Mountains in the distance. The land slopes down to a wet-weather branch with a spring on the property. Native tree and plant life is diverse, and several heirloom domestic plants still bloom on the property.

Osmond Dakeyne played an important role in new Rugby in 1880-81. He was an educated younger son who came from England to try to make a new and useful life in Thomas Hughes' colony. He became the first editor of The Rugbeian, the new town's official newspaper. With his father's help Dakeyne bought a tract of land in the village large enough to include room for growing some of his own food. He had a barn built on the tract, but sadly, before he could plan and complete a house, he died of typhoid fever in August, 1881, the first of seven colonists who died in that unhappy summer.

In later years, several local families owned the property; one built a cabin on it, of which no pictures have been found. The cabin burned in the 1940s. Mrs. Marcella Brooks, daughter-in-law of Charles and Nelly Lender Brooks, bought the property. She bequeathed it to her daughter, Anne Brooks Reisher, who generously donated it recently to Historic Rugby in her mother's memory with the understanding that it would benefit Historic Rugby and be permanently protected from incompatible development.

Contact Cheryl Cribbet at Historic Rugby if you would like further information and/or would like to look at the property. Email: historicrugby@highland.net Phone:423-628-2441 or 1-888-214-3400.

Price - $99,000 For more information on Boyle Woods lots or the Dakeyne tract, call development director Cherl Cribbet, (423) 628-2441 or 1-888-214-3400. The pictures shown here are examples of some of the design-approved homes built in Beacon Hill.