The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-26
THE JACKSON HOME
Relics Of the President Preserved at
the Hermitage Near Nashville,
Tennessee.
The Farm Of Five Hundred Acres
Will Be Kept Intact by an
Association.
Correspondence Nashville New Orleans
Times Democrat

correspondence gNdSnV1ue NEW 80 orleans
Times Democrat.
The Hermitage, the old home of Cen
4eral Andrew Jackson, near here, has,
thru the efforts of the Ladies' Hermitage
association, been almost restored to the
condition 1t was In at the time Of the
death Of General Jackson. In 1856 the
state of Tennessee, purchased from An
drew j ackson. Jr., for $4,000, the Herm-
ftage farm. which then consisted of 500
acres Of LAM. and 1t was intended to
offer it to the. United States government
for branch OF West Point academy, but
the civil war prevented the consummation
OF these plans. In 1889 the state legisla-
ture OF Tennessee conveyed to the Ladies'
hermitage association, thru board Of
trustees, the house, tomb, all outhouses
and twenty five acres of land to pre-
serve, beautify and adorn, thruout all
coming years, In a manner most BETTING
the memory Of that great man and COM
mensurate with the gratitude of his
countrymen.'' 4.
The association has put forth untiring
enorts to raise the funds necessary to
purchase the furniture and relics that
were IN the house at the time of General
JacKson.s death. It has inaugurated all
xmas OF enterprises, lectures, balls, con-
certs, theatricals, etc.. anything that
Wouid net money to its treasury. The
work Of sustenationi is aided by the states
appropriation Of $50 month, which pays
the curator and does some little repair
work. The assocte-tion has succeeded in
putting the place In its present good con-
dltion and In replacing those pieces Of
relic furniture now to be seen in the
house, and it is it's cherished plan to
purchase all the relics and furniture and
reha b1litate the house as it was in Jack
sons life 49, -
The original Hermitage was built in
1874. It was made of logs, and part of
{ It is still standing. Aaron Burr made his
famous visit to the Hermitage in 1905.
ana was entertained In this log house.
General jackson was living in the log
house when the battle of New Orleans
was fought, In 1915, and returned to this
humble home the "conquering hero and
IDOL OF the. nation. The present site was
seiected and built upon in 1819 and was
Drlck made on the place. Lafayette was
entertained there in 1925. This house was
burned IN 1885 and rebuilt in 1885 upon
me same foundation as it. now stands.
General Jackson died in>1845, at the age of
rs years, and was buried by the side Of
MS wife in the tomb in the garden.
IN .18Os Jackson and his wife adopted
the INFANT son Of Severn Donelson
nrother OF Mrs. Jackson, and named him
ANDREW jackson, Jr., and he bore the
name and became the heir to all the es-
-AAts't SO1i' So4Ouol AnOfeW jackson.
after serving CALAMITY as colonel OF artil-
lery IN the confederate army, returned tn
the hermitage and lived with his mother
until the time OF her death, and by her will
inherited the household furniture, memen-
toes and relics Of the old hero It wa
from Colonel Jackson that the Ladies'
Hermitage association purchased most of
the relics.
The Hermitage Is built in the old CO.
lon1ai style of architecture, with large
verandas In front and rear wide wall
way, with double rooms oneither side,
and wings supplementing these. The
rooms are large and spacious and are
eleven in number, beside pantry, store
room. Kitchen, cellar, etc. On entering
the hall, which Is large and commodious
one notes at first glance the pictorial wall
paper, which was ordered by general
jackson from Paris, France, when the
house was rebuilt in 1885, It came by
way Of New Orleans up the Mississippi
and Cumberland rivers. It represents the
legend Of Telemachus, and is that part Of
the story Of the landing of Ulysses on the
Island Of Calypso.
Attic General jackson still has MANY
valuable curios that belonged to the ''old
hero, the Ladies Hermitage association
has succeeded In acquiring, either by pur
chase or presentation, no less than 172
separate and distinct relics, varying in
Size and value from the celebrated Decatur
silver service, that General jackson p,1r-
chased from the widow Of Commodore
Decatur, down to5a brass fender that had
no value whatever. except it was once the
property Of the general.