Anderson House

Went on a rainy day last spring. We were the only ones there for the tour and the guide was very informative and made us feel like we were getting a special one on one tour rather than them just rushing along because we were a small group. Also a great place for outdoor photoshoots.

Hey you may not give two wacks about the Civil War or History but you just gotta check this place out! The Anderson House is a house from 1853(?) that went from the North to the South several times mostly used as a hospital during the war. You can walk through and see cannon balls, gun shots and sorts of great things about this time period. I always enjoy going to this place! Now the bad... there is a military school (Wentworth Military Academy) not too far from the Anderson House. It used to be "Tradition" to have the freshmen go and break into this historic house and spend the night there. Not really such a big deal BUT because of it there are places that have been vandalized, real sad. Its been awhile since I have been there but I heard they closed the house down to public tours because of this, not sure if that's a rumor or not though.

I am paralized and use a manual wheelchair. This State Park is very interesting in the museum; but, the route of travel to the Anderson House is difficult and even if you are in good shape you will need help getting back to the museum as the paving stones have holes that have partly filled with dirt and grass. It would be easy to fall on your face if your front caster falls in to one of the deeper holes. I had to pop a wheely for most of the way down to the house and chose the grass beside the path on the way up. Our group of two wheelchair users and one able body was told the house was open. However, when we got down there the door was locked and one of the State employees "Dianne Goodwin" was very rude and said loadly, " I am not going to give another tour today" and went up the hill with two older gentlemen toward the museum.Our group was able to see three sides of the house and were also able to peak in the window on the porch.The director appologized for the way we were treated by her employee. I recommend the museum but unless you have a power chair the Anderson House is hard to reach and you won't be able to see the second floor or even see a virtual tour.

They do allow tours for $4.00 each for adults. There has been some vandalism, but for the most part, it hasn't destroyed too much of the place. I guess some people have dug bullets out of the bricks on the house. Really sad, but it is still a cool house to walk inside. Just got back from there today.

I L-O-V-E this place. I've been visiting the house and grounds for many years now and any time someone suggests we go, we go. Now here's why I gave it three stars. The people that are staffed to give the tours for the most part are rude with a capital R. There's a older lady who works there that is very sweet but the other lady who I always get stuck with acts every single time like she would love to be anywhere else but giving a tour. I'm sure it becomes tedious to give the same speech over and over again but with being amongst that kind of history every day, personally i would find that quite exciting. It would be a more interesting visit if they had more events out here. the battle reenactment doesn't take place here anymore and they no longer have seasonal festivities which is kind of sad because they would get alot more tourism if they did. You can most definitely tour the house, it is not closed and you can walk the grounds til late in the night without worry. Do yourself a favor when you visit and chat up with the locals first before you go out to the Anderson House. They will tell you all kinds of things that you won't hear on the tour.