Falcon Rest, also known as the Clay Faulkner House, is a historic house in

Warren County, Tennessee Warren County is a county located on the Cumberland Plateau in Middle Tennessee, one of the three Grand Divisions of the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2010 census, the population was 39,839. Its county seat is McMinnville. Warren County ...

. It was built in 1896-1897 for Clay Faulkner, the son of politician and mill owner

Asa Faulkner Asa Faulkner (July 16, 1802 - July 29, 1886) was an American businessman and politician. He served in the Tennessee House of Representatives and the Tennessee Senate. Early life Asa Faulkner was born on July 16, 1802, in Edgefield County, South ...

, who lived at

Falconhurst Falconhurst is a historic mansion in McMinnville, Tennessee, U.S. It was built in 1850 for Asa Faulkner, the owner of textile mills, and a politician who served as a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives and the Tennessee Senate. It w ...

. With Faulkner lived in the house with his wife, Mary King Saunders, and their five children. He was the owner of the

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. From 1929 to 1941, the house was owned by Dr. Herman Reynolds, who welcomed patients into his home. McMinnville Mayor W. V. Jones was the owner from 1943 to 1945. 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. The house was designed in the Queen Anne architectural style. It has been listed on the

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since 1992. Since 1993, the house functions as a bed-and-breakfast, and some people claim it is haunted.

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Falcon Rest Mansion & Gardens
Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Tennessee Queen Anne architecture in Tennessee Houses completed in 1896 National Register of Historic Places in Warren County, Tennessee Reportedly haunted locations in Tennessee 1896 establishments in Tennessee {{WarrenCountyTN-NRHP-stub