The Charles Ready House, also known as The Corners, is a historic house in
Readyville, Tennessee
Readyville [] is an unincorporated community located primarily in Cannon County, Tennessee, United States and secondarily in Rutherford County, Tennessee, United States. It lies approximately halfway between Murfreesboro and Woodbury with an assi ...
,
United States. It is located in
Cannon County
Cannon County is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2020 census, the population was 14,506. Its county seat is Woodbury. Cannon County is part of the Nashville–Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin, TN Metropolitan Stat ...
, on the border of
Rutherford County.
History
The house was built for the town settler Colonel Charles Ready in 1829.
The house was run as an inn whose guests included Presidents
Andrew Jackson,
and
James K. Polk.
Upon Ready's death in 1859, it was inherited by his daughter Jane and her husband, Peter Talley.
During the
American Civil War, the house was visited by members of both the
Confederate States Army and the
Union Army. Confederate Army General
Nathan Bedford Forrest
Nathan Bedford Forrest (July 13, 1821October 29, 1877) was a prominent Confederate Army general during the American Civil War and the first Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan from 1867 to 1869. Before the war, Forrest amassed substantial wealt ...
and his troops dined in the house on July 13, 1862.
In 1863, it was used by Union Colonel
William Babcock Hazen
William Babcock Hazen (September 27, 1830 – January 16, 1887) was a career United States Army officer who served in the Indian Wars, as a Union general in the American Civil War, and as Chief Signal Officer of the U.S. Army. His most famous serv ...
and his troops.
The house is currently under private ownership. It was available to the public as a bed and breakfast or multipurpose venue until it closed to the public in December 2020. The house was heavily damaged in a
tornado on
April 1, 2023, around 1:55 a.m.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uy63reeAL0c]
Architectural significance
The house was designed in the
Federal architectural style.
It has been listed on the
National Register of Historic Places since July 2, 1973.
Photo Gallery
Image:readyhouse4.jpg, Charles Ready House (2020)
Image:Charlesready2023.jpg, Charles Ready House damaged (2023)
References
Houses completed in 1829
1829 establishments in Tennessee
Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Tennessee
Federal architecture in Tennessee
Buildings and structures in Rutherford County, Tennessee
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