The Minister's Tree House Traditional Geocache
Team_Noble: At the time that we had placed this cache the treehouse was open. We haven't been an active member on here in over a year and are just now re-entering the geocaching society. We apologize for any inconviences. This cache will be archived.
The Minister's Tree House
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gonna change coords as listed by last finder till i can check on this, go to N35 58.744 W084 59.893 hope this helps,
cache has been moved from the original location, hopefully this will allow it to be hunted & not cause concern. Look at the corner of beehive lane.
There is a gravel area to park at just after the cache & be careful not to give yourself away to the muggles. Be sure to finish the journey by driving to the end of the rd and seeing the treehouse.
The treehouse is a short distance beyond the cache at the end of beehive lane and available during daylight hours only. The gate is open every day and its OK to enter...Posted Signs are there to remove liability as people are entering at their own risk and to discourage vandals. Everyone is welcome,and if you are lucky, you may just get to chat with Horace.
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I’ve seen some pretty bizarre-but-impressive treehouses in my day, but the Minister’s House is by far the most impressive, if only through its sheer size.
Located in Crossville, Tennessee, the Minister’s TreeHouse took Horace Burgess 17 years to build around an 80-foot-tall white oak tree, with a diameter of 12 feet. The wooden edifice itself is 97-feet-tall and it’s supported by six other strong trees that act like natural pillars.
Burgess says he started working on this giant treehouse after he had a vision back in 1993 at the age of 43. He is now 60 years old and said he has another 40 years to go. he is hoping his body will hold out. The tree house has electricity wired in. It has an old wooden stove for heat and he is now in process of putting water in. If you make it up to the top you can ring the church bells (be careful -- the makeshift rail there is a little shaky). God spoke to him and said: “If you build me a
treehouse, I’ll see you never run out of material.” And so he has spent the last 17 years building God’s treehouse, using only salvaged materials, like pieces of lumber from garages, storage sheds and barns. So, as far as Horace is concerned, God did provide him with all the materials he needed.
Although he never bothered to measure Minister’s TreeHouse (he estimates it must be about 8,000 to 10,000 square feet), he did count the nails he had to hammer into it, 258,000. It cost the 56-year-old landscape architect around $12,000 to construct the world’s biggest treehouse.
400-500 people visit Minister’s House every week, most of them tourists from out of state who heard about a 10-story-treehouse somewhere in Tennessee.Everyone is welcome to the ever improving treehouse, it is open daily till dark and is free of charge.
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