Gaines Preston Farm - Exchange Place - Kingsport Tennessee
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Group Tours of all Varieties
Group Tours

The Tour Planner’s One-Stop-Shopping Place

Because of the hundreds of dedicated volunteers who make supporting this non-profit site their mission, we are able to offer the following at minimal cost:

  • Serious history related by well-informed guides
  • Tours by costumed docents
  • Catered breakfasts, lunches and dinners
  • Cookie and cider receptions
  • Hilarious hijackings
  • Dulcimer concerts
  • First person interpretation of colorful personages
  • Storytelling by professional tellers
  • Murder Mystery Dinner Theater
  • Craft demonstrations and hands-on projects
  • Pig-painting demonstrations (in season)

    • We can mix and match and mix and match education and imagination according to your group's interests and time limits.

    For a lively Lively Twist on history, look no further! Our events have been imitated, but never equalled!

    Want more information? We're happy to oblige.
    Just contact Exchange Place or call the Kingsport Convention and Visitors Bureau at 423-392-8820.

    Listed on the National Register of Historic Places.


    Group Tours of all Varieties

    Group Tours of all Varieties

    "Exchanges" still take place today at the country store. Instead of exchanging currency, crafts made by local artisans may be purchased.

    Exchange Place is open for tours
    May through October and by special arrangement for hosting events.


    For more information to join, contact:
    Exchange Place
    4812 Orebank Road
    Kingsport, Tennessee 37664
    423-288-6071

    Step Into the 1850s.


    Calendar for 2010

  • HOURS: 2:00 -- 4:30pm Saturdays and Sundays, May through October.
  • We also open for special appointments. Call 423-288-6071
  • Spring Garden Fair : April 24th (10:00 -- 5:00) & 25th (12:00 -- 5:00). Admission charged at gate. $1 adults, 50 cents children under 12.
  • Kirsten, An American Girl Day of Discovery: May 15, 2:00 -- 4:00, Admission charge. Please call for pre-registration information, cost, and details.
  • Hamlett-Dobson Farm Fest: July 18, 2:00 -- 5:00 Free admission.
  • Fall Folk Arts Festival: Sept. 25th (10:00 -- 5:00) & 26th (12:00 -- 5:00). Admission charged at gate.
  • Witches Wynd: Oct. 22nd & 23rd, 8:00. Admission charged. (Tickets required; available beginning at Folk Arts Festival.)
  • Christmas in the Country: Dec. 4th, 10:00 -- 4:00. Free admission.
  • Yule Log Ceremony: December 4th, 4:00. Free admission.



    • Exchange Place
    4812 Orebank Road
    Kingsport,TN 37664
    423-288-6071
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