ANDREW JACKSON’S HERMITAGE
his death, the Jackson family’s financial
difficulties resulted in the sale of the
mansion and 500 acres of surrounding
farmland to the State of Tennessee in
1856, with members of the Jackson
family remaining as caretakers. After
the Civil War, and with the death of
Jackson’s daughter-in-law, Sarah Yorke
Jackson in 1887, state officials began to
consider options for using the property.
In 1889, a group of prominent
Nashville women, led by Amy Rich
Jackson, wife of Andrew Jackson III,
rallied to save the deteriorating mansion
and formed the Andrew Jackson
Foundation. The early years were devoted
to stabilizing the mansion and
purchasing the original furnishings
from the Jackson family. By the early
1930s, the foundation had acquired
nearly all the Jackson’s original furnishings
and possessions. The state
eventually transferred ownership of all
500 acres to the AJF and in 1960 the
National Park Service named The Hermitage
a National Historic Landmark.
Today, the AJF manages 1,120 acres
of Jackson’s plantation with 27 historic
buildings and structures (12 of which
date to the Jackson period), a one-acre
pleasure garden and numerous archaeological
sites. The collections include
paintings, prints, furniture, decorative
arts, textiles and personal possessions,
as well as nearly 800,000 archaeological
artifacts. A must visit while in
Nashville!
DISCOVER • EXPLORE • ENGAGE
Andrew Jackson was our nation’s
7th President and his
homestead, known as The
Hermitage, is located just
15 miles from downtown Nashville.
Visitors can take a walk through the
story and history of The Hermitage
mansion — From Jackson’s initial purchase
and major remodeling through
a devastating fire and restoration, the
mansion has endured and been visited
by more than 17 million today.
Each of The Hermitage mansion
rooms tell centuries of stories. With
a constant flow of travelers, multiple
generations of family and the adventurous
energy of the Jackson family,
the rooms act as a portal into the daily
lives of many Jacksonian era individuals.
Jackson called The Hermitage
home until his death in 1845. After
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