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Photographer: Sandra Hughes
Taken: September 25, 2010
Caption: The Carriage Drive
Additional Description: Shortly after Andrew Jackson retired to The Hermitage from Washington, he had this guitar-shaped driveway laid out. The drive's “S” shape was decorative but it also made it easier to maneuver carriages in this narrow space. Jackson supervised the planting of the eastern red cedars, a native Tennessee tree, that lined the drive and the fences of the narrow yard. Many have died from disease and storm damage so only a few of the original trees remain.

Andrew Jackson's visitors entered the carriage drive through these gates located where the drive meets Rachel's Lane. A slight hill in between the gate and the mansion hid their view of the house until they progressed father along the drive.

A tornado that struck The Hermitage on April 16, 1998 devastated the cedars on the carriage drive. Andrew Jackson's visitors entered the carriage drive through these gates located where the drive meets Rachel's Lane. A slight hill in between the gate and the mansion hid their view of the house until they progressed father along the drive. A tornado that struck The Hermitage on April 16 1998 devastated the cedars on the carriage drive.
Submitted: February 7, 2012, by Sandra Hughes Tidwell of Killen, Alabama, USA.
Database Locator Identification Number: p191859
File Size: 0.326 Megabytes

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