Carter House, 1140 Columbia Ave, Franklin, TN 37064, United States
Geo Location
Lat long (35.91705,-86.873435)
Carter House - Featured Reviews (1001)
The tour was $20 and incredibly informative (it started at 2:15pm and took at least an hour), lots of dates, names and details. Great tour guide who really cares about accuracy over embellishment, much appreciated! As posted, pictures were not allowed inside the Carter House but we took several photos of the grounds and exteriors of buildings. The home is going to have some paint work done in the near future to more closely match colors of that timeline. Walking in the basement was neat, they had chairs lined up around the perimeter for each person that had been documented as taking shelter there (including the Lotz family from across the street), so that was a heck of a visual.
Phenomenal tour guide experience! The tour was detailed and descriptive from beginning to end. I highly recommend!! Free parking and easy walking. I strongly recommend purchasing the extensive tour.
Excellent guided battlefield walk and tour of the Carter family house. It was explained well so that we could understand how the armies moved and the outcome decided.
Amazing, yet sad piece of history - great tour. Study a little bit on the Battle of Franklin before visiting. Make sure to walk the grounds and read the markers. One of the most interesting artifacts in the house is the sugar chest (Google it)
Bill is a fabulous tour guide. This was interesting and just the right amount of time. Summer is a great time to come to avoid school field trips. We did the 930AM tour as they opened and it was perfect to beat the July heat!
Cool to see, but they tell a revisionist version of the history that includes some pretty funny outright lies. As an example they’ll tell you there were no black confederate soldiers, despite pictures of and monuments to them existing. Soon they’ll probably start telling people the burning of Atlanta was a myth too. If you have to choose go to Elm Springs in Columbia, a short drive south from there
My boys really enjoyed the tour here and learned a lot about the Battle of Franklin.
The grounds are filled with history you won't see anywhere else. Our tour guide was Randy. He made the events of November 30th come alive and shared how the history of this battle affected more modern history. I highly recommend a visit to Carter House.
