Carter House
The Carter House State Historic Site is a historic house at 1140 Columbia Avenue in Franklin, Tennessee. In that house, the Carter family hid in the basement waiting for the second Battle of Franklin to end.Photo: Hlj, Public domain.
- Opening hours:
Monday—Saturday: 9:00 AM—5:00 PM
Sunday: 10:00 AM—5:00 PM - Type: Museum
- Description: Tennessee state-owned historic site
- Address: 1140 Columbia Avenue, Franklin, 37064
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Hiram Masonic Lodge No. 7 and St. Paul’s Episcopal Church.
Hiram Masonic Lodge No. 7
Protected area
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The Masonic Hall of Hiram Masonic Lodge No. 7 is a historic Gothic Revival building on South 2nd Avenue in Franklin, Tennessee. Constructed in 1823, it is the oldest public building in Franklin. Hiram Masonic Lodge No. 7 is situated 3,600 feet northeast of Carter House.
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
Church
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St. Paul's Episcopal Church is a historic church in Franklin, Tennessee, that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. In 1988, a National Register study of Williamson County historical resources described it as "one of the finest remaining" Gothic Revival style churches in middle Tennessee. St. Paul’s Episcopal Church is situated 2,500 feet north of Carter House.
McLemore House
Museum
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The McLemore House is a property in Franklin, Tennessee that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999. It has been part of an African-American neighborhood since the 1880s. McLemore House is situated 3,600 feet northwest of Carter House.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Franklin and Cool Springs.
Franklin
Photo: Ichabod, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Franklin is a city of 81,000 people in Tennessee, just a few miles south of Nashville. There are two main areas of interest. One is the Cool Springs area, which is identified by its corporate and retail growth surrounding one of the largest malls in the Southeast, the CoolSprings Galleria.
Cool Springs
Suburb
Photo: Dclemens1971, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Cool Springs is a major commercial center located in Williamson County, Tennessee. Northern portions of Cool Springs fall within the city limits of Brentwood, while the rest is under the jurisdiction of Franklin. Cool Springs is situated 3½ miles northeast of Carter House.
Carter House
- Categories: house, building, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Williamson, Tennessee, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
35.91706° or 35° 55′ 1″ northLongitude
-86.87354° or 86° 52′ 25″ westOpen location code
867MW48G+RHOpenStreetMap ID
way 1117260523OpenStreetMap feature
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tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q5047176
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Japanese—“Carter House” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “卡特屋”
- French: “Carter House”
- Japanese: “カーター・ハウス”
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