Preservation Rugby, Tennessee

the reconstructed board of aid building (foreground) , rugby commissary appear originals did in 1880s

robert walton s son, william (1887–1958), maintained thomas hughes library, christ church episcopal, , kingstone lisle until mid-20th century. during same period, uffington house maintained family of c.c. brooks. conservation efforts @ rugby began in 1940s when logging practices decimating surrounding virgin forests. efforts publicized new york times , washington post, , gained federal support aide of secretary of state cordell hull, state of tennessee rejected logging companies offering price land, , forest cut right community s boundaries.

in 1966, preservationists formed historic rugby, non-profit group dedicated restoring , maintaining community s surviving historic structures, include christ church episcopal, thomas hughes library, rugby school, kingstone lisle, uffington house, , newbury house. group has reconstructed several buildings based on original designs, including board of aid office, rugby commissary, , sir henry kimber s percy cottage. harrow road cafe, restaurant built in 1980s, named restaurant existed @ rugby in 1880s, although original design unknown. rugby printing works, stood @ nearby deer lodge, moved rugby in 1970s. historic rugby opened community s beacon hill area (originally planned include residences , park) new home construction, condition new homes must designed in accordance community s victorian aesthetic.