Tennessee spa, resort spa, spa resort, massage therapy, near Nashville, TN

In addition to bluff view rooms, fine dining, select services and a host of excursions, Evins Mill offers numerous warm gathering places with a variety of complimentary amenities.

Between the Main Lodge & Gristmill, Evins Mill offers a multitude of public & private gathering areas. Public spaces include covered decks with great views, living rooms, a dining room and a game hall. Complimenting these public areas are private spaces for meetings and other special events.

Perched on a bluff overlooking Evins Mill pond and the historic gristmill, the Main Lodge is the heart and architectural gemstone of the inn - where guests arrive, park and check-in. Featuring poplar floors, hand hewn log walls and large fieldstone fireplaces, the Lodge is home to...

While the Lodge is a wonderful setting for fine dining, receptions, banquets and meetings, it is also an ideal spot for relaxing and sharing meaningful time with colleagues, friends or loved ones.

Located on the south bank of Evins Mill Pond & Fall Creek, our historic Gristmill is home to an expansive game hall on the first floor as well as a conference center on the top floor.

While the setting at Evins Mill is romantic by nature, should you be celebrating a special event - be it an anniversary, birthday, or just the first time you’ve stolen away in a while, we can add to the romance with some pampered touches to make your stay even more memorable and meaningful.

In addition to our special occasions bundle, Evins Mill can adorn your room or dinner table with a lovely floral arrangement, from a dozen long stem roses to a single stem rose to a vase of mixed seasonal flowers. From late spring to early fall, organically grown Tennessee wildflowers mixed with culinary and medicinal herbs may also be available.

Please notes that Evins Mill offers a romance package, bundling services and amenities described above, that taken together offer not only a theme to your stay but also a better value (see top left Travel Package tab).

In addition to a host of romantic touches, Evins Mill can provide a few relaxing strokes as well, namely massage therapy. Appointments take place in the privacy of your own room and come with additional bath linens and use of a waffle weave robe (available for purchase as well). Advance reservations are typically necessary but we may be able to accommodate last minute requests. Please note that because the rooms are not quite large enough to accommodate two massage therapy tables, massages are given consecutively rather than concurrently.

Below are profiles of our massage therapists “in-residence ” - the husband-wife team of Ellen & Lawrence Loveless.

Lawrence Loveless
Lawrence graduated from nursing school in 1970 where he learned the technique of centripetal rub, which can be used to decease anxiety, apprehension and pain. Lawrence later received a certificate of Medical Screening in 1976 from the University of Virginia Medical School. He then found an interest in energy work and became a Reiki Master in 2001. One year later, he completed studies through the Southern Graduate Institute for a degree in Naturopathy and in 2004 a Master in Hypnotherapy. As his wife Ellen’s practice at Evins Mill began to flourish, Lawrence attended the Institute of Therapeutic Massage and Movement, Ellen’s alma mater, whence he graduated in January 2005. Today, Lawrence and Ellen work with our guests as a husband-wife team.

One Hour Full Body Massage - $80
Two One Hour Full Body Massages (Health & Healing Package) - $150
Two Forty-Five Minute Massages - $120
Chair Massages - $2/minutes

Group Activities

In addition the individually oriented services outlined above, Evins Mill can also arrange for a number of entertaining and enriching group activities. Group services include murder mysteries, live folk music, story telling and team building programs.

Team Building Programs

Evins Mill offers team-building facilitation through its partnership with Adventureworks, Inc. Based in Kingston Springs, Tennessee, Adventureworks operates a satellite ropes course at Evins Mill. The company offers experience-based learning programs, using outdoor challenges to affect change and growth within groups.

Murder Mysteries

In conjunction with Out On A Limb Productions, Evins Mill offers a wide variety of quality entertainment experiences. Backed by a group of area professionals, a variety of original and custom-designed scripts, and creative effects, Out on a Limb has perfected the art of improvisational murder mysteries. Audience participation is encouraged - guests listen to actors’ conversations and mingle with the cast. Parodies of people on the guest list can be arranged.

Professional Story Telling

Through the Jonesboro Storytellers Guild, Evins Mill can provide guests with humorous, moving, or tall tales of professional and amateur bards and storytellers.

Folk Music Performances

As Smithville plays host every July 4th weekend to the premier bluegrass festival in the country – the Smithville Fiddlers’ Jamboree – it’s only fitting that Evins Mill would offer guests live musical entertainment – be it down home bluegrass or other kinds of folk music.

Prices Vary – Please inquire.