Chinqua Penn Plantation - Rockingham Co., NC
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N 36° 22.951 W 079° 41.906
17S E 616741 N 4027163
Located near Reidsville - featured on "American Castles" on the A&E Channel and listed on the National Register of Historic Places
Waymark Code: WM5TEN
Location: North Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 02/11/2009
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From the official website:
Built in the 1920's by Thomas Jefferson Penn (1875-1946) and his wife, Beatrice Schoellkopf Penn (1881-1965), Chinqua Penn reflects their lifestyle of entertaining, traveling, and collecting art and furniture from around the world. The historic landscape evolved into an exotic horticulture collection, changing with each season. The Penn's love of the beautiful and artistic was manifested in the use of both native and imported plant material at Chinqua Penn, maintained throughout the Penn's tenure by their gardener, Charlie Talley. Chinqua Penn is named for the chinquapin, a dwarf chestnut tree. Once abundant here, most chinquapins were destroyed by the chestnut blight in the 1930's.
The Plantation includes a 27-room English countryside mansion filled with elaborate furnishings from 30 countries, surrounded by 22 acres of beautiful gardens and historic landscape. The estate showcases the state's premier collection of eclectic decorative arts.
The ownership of the Plantation was transferred to Calvin Phelps on August 25, 2006. Mr. Phelps is the founder of Renegade Tobacco Company in Mocksville, North Carolina.
The "Official Tourism" URL link to the attraction: [Web Link]
The attraction’s own URL: [Web Link]
Hours of Operation:
Winter Hours:
(Jan. 5 - Jan. 31)
Monday - Friday
Tours by appointment only with 24 hr. notice please.
call: (336) 349-4576
(starting Feb. 1)
Wed - Sat: 10 am - 5 pm
Sun: 1 - 5 pm
Admission Prices:
$20 Adults
$15 Seniors (62+)
$15 Military/Student (with proper ID)
$10 Youth (6-16)
Children 5 & under Free
$50 Family Pack (2 Adults, 2 Youth)
$50 Season Pass
Approximate amount of time needed to fully experience the attraction: Half of a day (2-5 hours)
Transportation options to the attraction: Personal Vehicle Only
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