The Apheus Truett House is a frame house located at 228 Franklin Road in

Franklin, Tennessee Franklin is a city in and county seat of Williamson County, Tennessee, United States. About south of Nashville, it is one of the principal cities of the Nashville metropolitan area and Middle Tennessee. As of 2020, its population was 83,454 ...

, that was listed on the

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(NRHP) in 1988. Built in 1846, it is a notable example of a two-story vernacular

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structure in Williamson County (along with the William King House, the Old Town (aka Thomas Brown House), the Claiborne Kinnard House, the Beverly Toon House, and the Stokely Davis House). It includes

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architecture. The NRHP listing is for an area of , with one

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and two non-contributing structures. It is one of about thirty significant brick and frame residences surviving in Williamson County that were built during 1830 to 1860. It faces on the Franklin and Columbia Pike that runs south from Brentwood to Franklin to Columbia.

Historical significance

During the

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, the Truett house was commandeered by

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Major General John M. Schofield to be used as one of his headquarters during the Battle of Franklin. This battle, fought on November 30, 1864, was one of the bloodiest in the Civil War with 10,000 men dead or wounded. Schofield commanded

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troops against a frontal attack by General

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forces on the south edge of Franklin. Schofield and his officers climbed the stairs of the Truett house to observe the wave of oncoming Confederate troops through binoculars. As the battle began, Federal paymasters hid stacks of cash beneath flowerpots at the house and ran to their horses. That night, after the five-hour battle ended, they returned to retrieve the money. A half-century later (1915), the Truett family received reparations in the form of a US government check for $395.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Truett, Alpheus, House Central-passage houses in Tennessee Greek Revival houses in Tennessee Houses completed in 1846 Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Tennessee Houses in Franklin, Tennessee I-houses in Tennessee National Register of Historic Places in Williamson County, Tennessee

Historical significance

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