Carter House

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.

Fountain Branch Carter completed construction of the house in 1830. The federal style brick farm house was accompanied by several other outbuildings such as the farm office, smokehouse, and kitchen. In the 1850s, Carter built a cotton gin on his property that became a much-remembered landmark during the Second Battle of Franklin in 1864.

Though the cotton gin no longer stands, the house and the other three buildings are still intact and illustrate the horror of the Civil War battle with over a thousand bullet holes still visible.

Location

1140 Columbia Ave
Franklin, Tennessee
USA

Getting There

The Carter House is located in Franklin, Tennessee. The easiest way to get there by public transportation is to take the Franklin Transit Authority bus from Nashville to Franklin. The bus runs from Monday to Saturday with limited service on Sundays. Once in Franklin, you can take a taxi or ride-sharing service to the Carter House, which is located at 1140 Columbia Ave. Alternatively, you can take the Music City Star commuter train from Nashville to Franklin and then take a taxi or ride-sharing service to the Carter House. The train runs from Monday to Friday during peak commuting hours.

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