Tour Green Frog

Explore The Grounds

Louise May Pearson Arboretum

Over 100 species of trees are on display throughout the grounds in the state-certified arboretum. Guides are available at the train station at the entrance to Green Frog.

Landscaped Grounds and Fishing Ponds

There are four ponds at Green Frog to explore surrounded by farmland, including a blackberry and blueberry farm. Fishing is allowed -bring your own pole.

Historic Buildings

Included in your stay is access to the restored historic structures of Green Frog. Your self-guided tour will take you to the blacksmith shop, print shop (with working linotype machine), one-room schoolhouse and chapel. Green Frog is also home to Cotton Museum of the South which features an original cotton gin, seed house (with antique loom, display) and general store. Some guests have described their experience as spending a night at a museum!

Tour Historic Green Frog

Redmon Schoolhouse, 1920

This one-room building donated by Cindy Nyland, came from Crockett Mills, a small community nearby. When it was in active use, one teacher would have taught students that ranged from 1 - 8 grades. In those days it was common to start the school day with a Bible reading and prayer.

May Chapel, 1890

This country church originally sat about four miles west of Green Frog, and was used by the Crossroads Methodist Church until 1984. The original church had been a log building constructed around 1825. This church replaced it in the 1890’s. Note the hand-hewn log ceiling timbers, some of which were charred from a fire in 1957. The church is currently in use for Sunday services, weddings, and private events.

Cotton Gin General Store

Every gin had a general store associated with it. Our gin store was built from lumber donated by Mr. Miller Petter and roofing material from the Farmers Coop in Alamo (also used on the gin). Antique doors and windows create an atmosphere of the 1910’s. Numerous local businesses provided the vintage wares found in the store.

Cotton Gin “Cotton Museum of the South” 1910

The cotton gin was moved from Mantua, Alabama and donated by Mr. Irvin Eatman. Cotton gins were the heart of many rural towns from the late 1800’s through the mid 1900’s. Farmers took their freshly picked cotton to the gin to remove the seeds, which they kept for planting, and bale up their cotton for sale. This gin produced 500-pound bales. A pond was always located nearby in case of fire, which was common due to the amount of line produced in the gin, but also to water horses and mules that transported the cotton.

Frogmore Print Shop

This brick building, one of the few not moved onto the property, contains printing equipment from the Wessington Times Enterprise in South Dakota, where Green Frog founder John Freeman spent his first year of medical practice. Other machines are from the Jackson Sun and the Crockett Times. The front window panels and the oak beaded ceiling boards were donated by Mr. Hamilton Parks from the Tremble Bank built in 1895 in Tremble, TN. The print shop contains a 1910 working linotype machine. The linotype machine was described by Thomas Edison as the ‘eighth wonder of the world’ because of its amazing mechanical features. It revolutionized printing as much as the Gutenberg press.

Blacksmith Shop

This shop contains 1900-era smithing equipment from two local blacksmith shops, J.C. Moore and Zab Williams. This is a working shop with restored equipment. Zab Williams invented and patented a walking cultivator. Another local blacksmith, Riley Byrd, also invented a walking cultivator, which is displayed in the Cotton Gin museum.