It is a National Register Site surrounded by a 22 acre Historic Landscape with gardens, pagoda, greenhouses, fountains and clock tower. Explore the extensive global collection dating from 1600 B.C. to the 1960's. The historic landscape contains 1928 Lutton Greenhouses, perennial gardens, rose gardens, fountains, Oriental pagoda and clock tower. The house contains the premier collection of eclectic decorative arts in North Carolina. Surrounding the house and gardens is the Upper Piedmont Research Station, a working farm that is actually part of Chinca-Penn Plantation.
Tours are available.
Group rates available. Highway 14 exit on U.S. 29 by-pass and follow signs. Halfway between Danville, VA and Greensboro, NC, off US 29. A Tuscan tower houses J.C. Deagan chimes. Former garage is now the museum store.