Time stands still at tiny Historic Rugby, the restored Victorian village founded in 1880 by British author and social reformer Thomas Hughes. At its peak, some 350 people lived in the colony. More than 60 buildings of Victorian design graced the townscape. When visiting Historic Rugby, you will see the surviving 20 original buildings still standing at the southern edge of the Big South Fork Park, unspoiled by modern development. The Schoolhouse Visitor Centre exhibits a century of Rugby's British and Appalachian heritage. Guided tours are offered daily and take visitors into the 1882 Thomas Hughes Library, where its original 7,000-volume collection is still on the shelves. Visit the 1887 Christ Church Episcopal for Sunday morning service or tour the founder's gothic revival cottage, which is filled with furnishings made by the early colonists. Other stops visitors will want to make include the Rugby Commissary, which is full of traditional crafts, Harrow Road Cafe, Newbury House B&B and Pioneer Cottage.