Andrew Jackson's purchased this
425 acre plantation in Nashville
in 1804 and named it
Eric stands in the doorway
of the cabin that Andrew
& Rachel lived in for
17 years.
The bedroom walls of this small
home were covered with French
painted wall paper.
Oriental Rugs covered the
floors.
The Jackson household was a comfortable one. Nashville's stores could order anything a couple could want for their home. They owned ceramics, silver tableware, cloth, coffee, tea, sugar Furniture was purchased from local cabinet makers.
Andrew Jackson wanted a grand home that showed his status as a Southern plantation pwner, businessman and politician. Rachel was comfortable in the cabin, where she had everything she ever wanted.
Construction of a Federal Style house was completed in 1821. Rachel lived in the grand home until her death on December 22, 1828. The house was expanded in 1831 and the exterior was changed to Greek Revival following a fire in 1834.
The front of Andrew Jackson's
8,000 foot mansion is obcured
by trees.
The large entryway has French
painted wallpaper featuring a
scene from The Odyssey on
the walls.
I asked about the blue baseboards. This color represents the sky.
The Back Parlor
The Dining Room
Andrew Jackson's Bedroom
He died here on June 8, 1845.
The door on the right leads
to the President's Bedroom.
The peach walls represent the
Peaches grown here.
Andrew Jackson read numerous newspapers, saved them and had them bound. The large tomes near the recliner are his newspaper collection.
The Kitchen
Andrew & Rachel Jackson
are entombed beneath the
Grecian structure.
Family members are
buried nearby.
In the Antebellum South, farmers and plantation owners relied on slave labor.
Excavated Slave Quarters
Three families lived in this
small dwelling.
Slaves did the farm work. They raised crops for the house, to feed the livestock, and for sale. Cotton was The Hermitage's cash crop. Slaves tended the Cattle, Chickens and Geese. Slaves worked in the kitchen, cleaned the house, did the wash and waited on the Jacksons and their many guests.
are still raised here.
After the Civil War, freed
slave Alfred Jackson moved
into this cabin & was the
Hermitage's first Tour Guide.
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