Tour the Victorian mansion where history
is fun!
"How
could we not recommend this place?
... As
a tourist attraction, it's worth the drive and the admission price just
to see the place and to take in the anecdote-filled tour."
In
1896, entrepreneur Clay Faulkner told his wife Mary
he'd
build her
"the finest mansion in the region" if she would move next to their
woolen
mill, 2-1/2 miles from downtown McMinnville.
Mary agreed, and Faulkner
supervised construction as
enthusiastically
as he promoted the mill's "Gorilla Pants" (so strong even a gorilla
couldn't tear them apart) and mineral water at the Faulkner Springs
Hotel, the "ideal
health and pleasure resort" he would eventually open on the lake across
the road.
Faulkner's solid-brick,
10,000-square-foot mansion had all the
"modern
conveniences" when it was built -- electric lights, indoor plumbing,
central
heat, and more. Today, the National-Trust-award-winning property
is filled with museum quality Victorian antiques, and some say it's
presided
over by a friendly ghost
-- perhaps the proud builder himself.

Closed Thanksgiving, Christmas,
New Year's Eve and
New Year's Day.
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Falcon Rest is
open seven days a week from
9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
for
fun-filled
tours that bring both the gilded-age elegance and carefree
optimism
of the "Gay Nineties" to life.
The Victorian Tea Room and Victorian Gift Shop are also open during
those hours. Walk-ins welcome;
no reservations required.
| Adult
Tour.............$9.00 |
| Age 12 &
under....$5.00 |
Plus sales tax
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Enjoy a delicious basket
lunch in the
Victorian
Tea
Room with your tour.
(Lunch reservations are not necessary, but are suggested
for groups of 10 or more.)
They
come as tourists and leave as friends.
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