A heartfelt thanks goes out to the local community for saving this beautiful Mansion and grounds for future generations. Our guide was second to none. We have visited many historic structures and mansions. This is another you must visit. Rose Hill Mansion was built in 1837 and overlooks the beautiful Seneca Lake. Easy to walk, restrooms available on site, budget about half a day to take it all in. It was just a little disappointing that some much of the furniture and wall hanging pictures had dust covers over them. Not sure why this was necessary? Please click like if you find this post and my photos I uploaded helpful.

Best guide ever. Fascinating history and great home. Loved it. See Johnston Home and Tile Museum nearby.

Great tour and intresting, well informed guide! Really old home that is well preserved and in good hands with the historical society...

Fantastic. So glad we visited.

Very nice lady took us around the house and did a great job telling us the history.

Beautiful woodwork and views. Our guide was fantastic.

Loved the history of the place.

Nice place to step into the past. Would have given 5 stars except for the tour guide. She was an extremely nice lady, but had a very soft voice and difficult to hear at times. I would recommend this tour

Fun gift shop. Excellent, well-informed, friendly tour guide.

What a wonderful museum. It is really a gem of the Finger Lakes.

Wow!! Tons of history. Great Tour of the mansion.

A very nice mansion to visit.

Disappointed. If our first visit had been on 10/6/18, it would get 1 star. We first visited during the Smithsonian Free Museum Day, and enjoyed the tour. During that visit, we were told of the behind the scenes tour and that piqued our interest. We were not told that you needed reservations, so we didn’t make any. We drove to the mansion, only to be turned away, with a rather snarky comment of “Well, there’s always next year.” We went to our car, and thought that maybe we actually did sign up and just didn’t remember. We called the museum and asked, but we had not. The kicker, it was past the tour start time, and the person on the phone said that there were 3 no-shows, but the two of us were not offered those spots. The website does say that you need reservations, but we already knew what we wanted to do, so we never checked it. You would think that 2 more people could have been squeezed in, especially considering that there were three no-shows. Highly doubt that there will be a next year.

Lovely tour with Allison, interesting history of the house and its many residents. Personal tour, answered many questions, nice quiet hour on the east side of Seneca Lake.

Well worth a visit if you are in the area. Very fascinating history and very well informed tour guides.

A beautiful historic home and an interesting piece of Finger Lakes history. They have a fantastic gift shop too!

It is a great way to show the kids what life was like back in that time and the way people dressed. I really enjoyed the experience

Excellent, guide was very knowledgable and friendly.

Great period museum, with much to see and learn about local history. Unique and beautiful mansion overlooking Seneca Lake. Tours available. Highly recommended. Note - Might not be interesting for the younger ones.

Its been a while but some of our family furniture and oils are in Rose Hill. Martin Smith owned Rose Hill in the early 1900s. He was my Grandma Cooks father. There is much to make me nostalgic ... I grew up in Geneva, in a home that is now Hobart and William Smiths Admission Offices, I believe, 616 South Main Street. When May Martin Cook (who grew up at Rose Hill) married Edward John Cook...this was their family home.The tour through Rose Hill has always been wonderful. Makes us all go back to years before we were born. To a day of sea captains and gentlemen farmers.Carol Marvin Shelly

Wonderful free concert. Beautiful ground s.

A lovely site with great music the we were there

Very beautiful peace of history nice tour

We thoroughly enjoyed our tour of the Rose Hill Mansion. I recommend it if you are in the Geneva area.

Amazing... wonderful tour guide!!

Nice, historic home, excellent guide, worth a visit for those interested in period homes

Nice visit

Beautiful

Very interesting.

Beautiful, great tour

Beautiful place to take event pictures

Great historical facts

Cool history

Take the tour!

Wonderful!!

Interesting house.

A place that should be visited one time