SumnerTN250
Explore the homes, landscapes, landmarks, and preserved places that help tell the story of Sumner County across generations.
Places with Memory
Sumner County’s story is carried in historic houses, churchyards, roads, landscapes, public buildings, archaeological sites, and the communities that continue to care for them. This section is intended to grow into a countywide guide to those places.
Site Directory
Browse published historical sites connected to Sumner County’s history. Each profile can include background, visitor information, tours, related figures, organizations, and news as the database continues to grow.
Historical Park / Frontier Fort Site
Bledsoe’s Fort Historical Park preserves the site of Isaac Bledsoe’s frontier station, early settler structures, pioneer cemetery grounds, and landscape tied to the first years of Sumner County settlement.
Historic House
The Bowen House, also known as the Bowen-Campbell House, is one of Middle Tennessee’s earliest brick houses and is tied to several generations of regional and national history.
Historic House
Cragfont is a Georgian-style limestone mansion built for James and Susan Black Winchester between 1798 and 1802 near Bledsoe’s Creek.
Historic House / Early Courthouse
The Douglass-Clark House began as Elmore Douglass’s home and served as one of Sumner County’s earliest courthouses between 1788 and 1790.
Historic House
Hawthorne Hill is an 1806 Federal-style brick house associated with the Bate family and early Grand Ole Opry history.
Frontier Fort Reconstruction
Mansker’s Station is a reproduction of Kasper Mansker’s frontier fort in Goodlettsville’s Moss-Wright Park.
Arts and Cultural Center / Historic Mansion
Monthaven Arts & Cultural Center operates from Monthaven Mansion, an antebellum home in Hendersonville associated with Civil War-era history and contemporary arts programming.
Museum / Historic School
Historic House
Historic Rock Castle is a Hendersonville historic house site associated with Daniel Smith and early Tennessee history.
Historic House / Event Venue
Rose Mont is an 1842 historic house in Gallatin known for its Greek Revival and Palladian design.
Historic Store
South Tunnel General Store is a historic Gallatin-area general store associated with the railroad and local commerce.
Museum
The Sumner County Museum preserves and interprets the history of Sumner County from its Gallatin location.
Historic House
The Bridal House is an 1819 log home built by Moore Cotton as a wedding gift for his daughter Elizabeth.
Historic Theatre
The Temple Theatre is a restored 1930s Portland theater now serving as a cultural and artistic center.
Historic House
Trousdale Place is a late Federal-style house in Gallatin associated with William Trousdale and later civic uses.
Historic Inn Site / Museum
The White House Inn was a stagecoach-era landmark that gave the White House community its name.
Historic Inn / Log Structure
Wynnewood is described as the largest 19th-century log structure still standing in Tennessee.