Down a short path from the National Museum of the Civil War Soldier is Tudor Hall Plantation. The house, built circa 1812, has been carefully restored to its wartime appearance and furnished with period antiques. The house was home to the Boisseau family, ancestors of the Pamplins, and during the Civil War was used as the headquarters of Confederate General Samuel McGowan.


Tudor Hall's furnishings reflect both its civilian and military history. The west side of the house is furnished as the Boisseau family would have known it. The east side of the house is outfitted to suit the needs of a Confederate general and his staff. In the English basement, a display entitled “A Land Worth Fighting For,” explores the Southern agrarian way of life as well as the history of Tudor Hall Plantation.

The plantation also features a reconstructed working kitchen and slave quarter, a kitchen garden with authentic period plantings, and more. Use your mp3 player for a personalized audio tour of Tudor Hall Plantation.

Discover woodworking equipment and farm animals at the Tudor Hall barn. A tool shed, sharpening stone, and shaving horse are on display as well as a chicken coop and sheep pen. Nanking Bantam chickens and Gulf Coast Native sheep add sounds and smells that bring the plantation alive.