Hours are 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Carnton Plantation was built in 1826 by former Nashville mayor Randal McGavock. Carnton served as a field hospital following the Battle of Franklin in 1864, and has the blood-stained floors to prove it. The McGavock family later designated two acres adjacent to their family cemetery for the burial of nearly 1,500 soldiers killed during battle. This historic 1830 house and national historic landmark was caught in the center of the Battle of Franklin during the Civil War.
Tour includes a museum, video presentation and guided tour of the house and grounds.
Tennessee's home for its chief executive was built as a private residence between 1929 and 1931 and bought by the state in 1948. Tours are available by calling 383-5401. The Hermitage was home to Andrew Jackson, the nation's seventh president. Tour includes the mansion, formal garden, Jackson's tomb, original log cabins, smokehouse, springhouse, Old Hermitage Church and Tulip Grove Mansion. Hours are 9 a.m.-5 p.m. daily.