CARTER HOUSE

FRANKLIN, TN

Nashville, Tennessee Tennessee is a landlocked state in the U.S. South.

Its capital, centrally located Nashville, is the heart of the country-music scene, with the long-running Grand Ole Opry, the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum and a legendary stretch of honky-tonks and dance halls. — Nashville, Tennessee Credit: xiquinhosilva

Carter House is a historical estate located in Franklin, Tennessee, just south of Nashville. Built in 1830, it has been home to four generations of the same family and is now a registered historic landmark. It is one of the best-preserved Antebellum homes in the area, featuring a Greek Revival-style architecture.

The grounds of the estate include a large brick mansion, a garden, a carriage house, and a smokehouse. The interior of the house features original hardwood floors, detailed mouldings, marble fireplaces, and ornate chandeliers. There are ten rooms and two hallways in the house, each with their own unique artifacts and decor from the 19th century. The garden is made up of a variety of plants, including magnolias, cedars, and roses, and is surrounded by a low stone wall.

The grounds of Carter House are open to the public for tours and educational programs. The house is also available for private events, such as weddings, receptions, and other gatherings. The house and its grounds are also used for various community events throughout the year, such as the annual Franklin Spring Tour of Homes. In addition, Carter House is the site of several annual Civil War reenactments, which attract thousands of visitors each year.

CARTER HOUSE is a Historical Societies, Historic Preservation in FRANKLIN TN. US MID #8404700111

The museum is classed as HSC (Historical Societies, Historic Preservation). It comes under American Alliance of Museums (AAM) region: Southeastern (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia).

Frankie Pierce Mural - Nashville, TN This mural to local activist Frankie Pierce is in Nashville's new park near downtown which is also named after her. This is painted on the side of a retaining wall for where CSX tracks have a bridge over Nelson Merry St.

The mural includes this quote:
&quot;We are optimistic because we have faith in the best of the country, of Nashville&quot; - Frankie Pierce (May 1920)

Here is the description of Frankie Pierce from a nearby marker:
Juno Frankie (Seay) Pierce was born in Nashville near the end or just after the Civil War. Pierce was educated at the Joseph G. McKee Freedman School, the first free African American school in Nashville, and at Roger Williams College, one of four freedman's colleges in the city. She was a member of the nearby First Baptist Colored Church, now First Baptist Church, Capitol Hill.

Frankie Pierce worked throughout her life for equality and human dignity, leading the creation of black branches of the YWCA and the Red Cross, and championing the Tennessee Federation of Colored Women's Clubs, the Negro Voters League and other civic groups.

On May 18, 1920, Pierce was the only African American to address the state woman's suffrage convention. She presented a poignant defense of racial and gender equality, drawing on the common bonds formed by women's service organizations during World War One. On August 18, 1920, the 19th Amendment was ratified, giving American women the right to vote. African American women and other women of color were still often excluded from having full voting rights and were not fully enfranchised until the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

Later, Pierce and the League of Women Voters successfully secured state funds to open the Tennessee Vocational School for Colored Girls in North Nashville, where she served as superintendent until 1939.

Pierce remained an impactful activist and advocate until her death in 1954.

Fashion Model Lindsay Timberlake in a L'AGENCE gown - The Hermitage Hotel (2013) Fashion model Lindsay Timberlake poses on the steps of The Hermitage Hotel in a gold gown by L'AGENCE for the Nashville Lifestyles Style Setters Event - Nashville, Tennessee (2013)

PHOTO: Tony Beasley, Studio One Production - nashvillefashionevents.com

Model Lindsay Timberlake on the catwalk for fashion designer Nina Dewara-Tanawanich (2007) Model Lindsay Timberlake walks the Nina Dewara-Tanawanich fashion show - Nashville, Tennessee (2007)

PHOTO: Gregory Byerline
gregorybyerlinephoto.com

The Parthenon <i><b>The Parthenon. Nashville, Tennessee.</b></i>

Duncan McDaniel - Fountain <i>Fountain</i> is a current exhibition (Sept 2023 - March 2024) by Duncan McDaniel.

<i><b>The Parthenon. Nashville, Tennessee.</b></i>

Contact CARTER HOUSE

telephone: 6157911861

CARTER HOUSE
1140 COLUMBIA AVE
FRANKLIN
TN
37064-0555

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CARTER HOUSE Information

MID #	8404700111
Name	CARTER HOUSE
Alternate Name	CARTER HOUSE
Classification	Historical Societies, Historic Preservation, , Southeastern
Federal Employer Identification Number (EIN)
NTEECC
Tax period of the latest return filed (YYYYMM)
INCOME	0
REVENUE	0
LAT/LONG	35.917154, -86.873963
CODES	FIPS State Code: 47 FIPS County Code: 187 US Census Tract: 050602 US Census Block: 1105