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Lotz House Museum, Franklin, TN

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Lotz House Museum

A house built in 1858 that became a Civil War field hospital after the Battle of Franklin, now a museum with guided tours.

1 Columbia Avenue, Franklin, TN 37064 · Franklin, TN

About Lotz House Museum

The Lotz House is a museum in Franklin, Tennessee, housed in a home that German immigrant Johann Albert Lotz finished in 1858. The house sat near the center of the Battle of Franklin, took cannon damage, and was used as a hospital for both armies afterward. Visitors can still see battle evidence such as cannonball marks, bloodstains, and bullet damage. Guided house tours run on the hour, and the museum also offers specialty tours that include a ghost tour, a women's history tour, a walking battlefield tour, and a cellar dig. Specialty tours require advance reservations. The museum holds a luminary event each November 30 to remember the battle's casualties.

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  • #Battle of Franklin
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  • #battlefield

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