Lotz House

Lotz House is a Tennessee historical marker in Williamson County.

Williamson Co, Franklin, 1111 Columbia Ave.

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In 1858, the Lotz House was built on property purchased from Fountain B. Carter by German immigrant Albert Lotz, a master carpenter and piano maker. On November 30, 1864, before the Battle of Franklin, the Lotz family sought refuge across the street in the Carter House. When the Confederates broke through the Union defenses on Columbia Pike, they were halted by Union Col. Emerson Opdyke’s brigade, which was on both sides of the Pike, north of the Lotz House.

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Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Historical maps covering this location

1838 · Kentucky (T.G. Bradford, 1838) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1844 · Kentucky (H. S. Tanner, 1844) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1862 · Johnson's Kentucky & Tennessee (1862) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1864 · Kentucky And Tennessee (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1874 · Battlefield in front of Franklin, Tenn. (Office of the Chief of Engineers, 1874) (Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division)

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Carter Houseunder 1 mi
Battle Ground Academyunder 1 mi
Franklin Cumberland Presbyterian Churchunder 1 mi
St. Paul's Episcopal Churchunder 1 mi

On the National Register nearby

Lotz House70 ft

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