Nov 1, 2024 - Jan 18, 2025 

 reservations required

Guided

or

Self Guided Tours

Self Guided: Bring your cellphone to listen to the Free audio Tour or read the room descriptions

Photography is not permitted inside the Mansion

(Click here for Group Booking and Discounts Info)

Self Guided Tour Info

Days and Tour Times May Vary

Nov 1-3

11:30

Nov 4-19

Daily 11:30, 1:30

Nov 20-Dec 30

11:30, 1:30, 3:30, 4:30, 5:30. No 5:30 on Wednesdays. Guided tours are offered at that time.

Jan 2-20

Daily 11:30, 1:30

Closed Nov 27, 28, Dec 24, 25, 31 and Jan 1

We are not open all Sundays. Check our calendar.

Free Parking

$29.50 Adults

$15 Youth 1-22

Carried Infants are Free

Plus $4.00 Booking Fee per ticket and 6.5% Tax

Visitors enter the Mansion in staggard small groups.

Tickets are Non Refundable and Non Changeable for any reason, including illness. You may sell them or give them away. See *General Details and **Refund Policy.

Bring your smartphone to listen to the Free audio tour Link or read the room descriptions

No photography or video inside the Mansion

Guided Tour Info

Days and Tour Times May Vary

Mon-Sat 10:00, 12:10, 2:10

Wed at 5:30 Starting Nov 20th

Selected Evenings at 7:00pm in Dec.

Free Parking

$39.50 Adults

$25 Youth

Plus $4.00 booking fee & 6.5% tax

Tickets are Non Refundable and Non Changeable for any reason. See *General Details and **Refunds below the event description.

No photography or video inside the Mansion

See general details and refunds below the event description

About the “Christmas Spectacular!”

This is an encore performance of our 2023 “Christmas…The Season For Believing” display.

The baby grand will welcome you into the Mansion where 10 rooms are embellished with elaborate designer decorations and over 50 nativities from around the world to celebrate the birth of Christ. Visitors enter the Mansion in staggard groups.

This enchanting event includes all the rooms on the ground floor and the 3 bedrooms on the second floor (including the owner’s bedroom, bathroom, and closet.) Just when you think you have seen it all you are then treated to a visit into the original School House which has since been converted into a Zen like guest cottage/gift shop featuring a soaring 15 ft Polynesian ceiling. The School House will offer a few gift ideas including a picture book featuring the Christmas designs, all created and installed by owner, JT Thompson.

This year's room themes are: Grand Staircase, Coming Home for Christmas; Reception Parlor, Mapping Out Christmas; Music Room/Library, Stetson, An American Icon; Dining Room, Christmastime In Our Enchanted Woods; Kitchen, On This Day; Servant Staircase, Christmas Greetings From the Frost Family; Black and White Bathroom, Elf Wash and Fold; Elizabeth Suite, A Celestial Celebration; Gillen Suite, Peacock Pageantry; John B. Stetson Suite,  A White Christmas with Bing.

A written and audio Room Descriptions link of the inspiration and meaning of each room will be emailed to each person who books a reservation. The free audio link narrated by the designer is yours to listen to while in the Mansion.

The 1886 Stetson Mansion is the largest and most spectacular "Gilded Age" residence ever built in Florida before 1900. The grand Victorian mansion has had all of its original rich architectural details restored. You will walk on 16 stunning original mosaic parquet floor patterns.

The Victorians started our modern Christmas traditions like gift giving and Christmas trees, so what's better than seeing Christmas in one of the Victorian homes where it all started? The Stetson Mansion had one of the first trees ever illuminated with electric lights. That's what you get when Thomas Edison is your bff !

The Stetson Mansion is Florida’s most historic home, but it is not a museum. It is a private residence that is lived in and welcomes guests this time of year with over the top elegant and reverent holiday decorations.

*General Details

• Self-Guided Tour or Guided Tour.

• Reservations are Required online before arrival. We do not accept payment at the door.

• Tickets will be fully refundable if we cancel the tour for any reason such as natural disasters, pandemics or etc.

• Tickets are good for date and time purchased only.

• Tickets are transferable to another person or can be re-sold.

• Tickets are Non-Refundable and Non-Changeable for any reason including medical reasons.

• Each tour time has limited tickets, similar to a theater.

• Room Descriptions: A link to the written and audio is in your confirmation and will be emailed again in advance of your visit.

• Bring your own headsets for the audio on your phone or phones can be held to your ear.

• Tour length: @ 60-70 minutes.

  Please wear flat shoes. No high heels.

  ** Refund Policy

• Tickets are good for date and time purchased only.

• Tickets are transferable to another person or can be re-sold.

• Tickets are Non-Refundable and Non-Changeable for any reason including medical reasons or weather.

• Tickets will be fully refundable if we cancel the tour for natural disasters, pandemics or etc.

  Additional Information:

  • Not recommended for infants and toddlers

  • Wheel Chairs/Walkers: The historic mansion is not permitted for elevators or ramps but there is a portable entry ramp for your wheelchair to use to enter the Mansion. Walkers must have wheels or pads. No plastic skids are permitted. There are 16 steps to floor 2. Many guests do tour just the first floor.

  • No high heels or photography please.

  • Free Parking

  • Gift Shop

    We have a small gift shop. Our gift shop takes only cash and checks. No credit cards.

  NO PHOTOGRAPHY OR VIDEO PERMITTED INSIDE THE MANSION FOR SECURITY REASONS.
  

A Message From The Owners

The Stetson Mansion is not a public museum. There is no public or private funding, no tax breaks, no guild, and it is not staffed by volunteers. The holiday room displays are not donated by designers. They are entirely the creation and construction of one of the two owners. We open the estate to the public for your pleasure because we know it must be shared. The support you show with your attendance allows us to keep the doors open and continue our preservation efforts. Thank you for helping us save a small piece of our national heritage. It is an honor for us to be the stewards of Florida’s Most Historic Home.

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