Funds finalized for future $3M Civil War interpretive park
Nonprofit Franklin's Charge to pay $1.85M for strip center

Published May 30, 2012 by NashvillePost.com

Officials with nonprofit Franklin’s Charge announced today funds have been raised to purchase a strip center that will be razed to make way for the $3 million Carter Cotton Gin Interpretative Park.

The strip center, anchored by a Domino’s Pizza and facing Columbia Avenue, was “ground zero” for the battle of Franklin, according to Franklin’s Charge. The nonprofit expects to spend $1.85 million for the property.

The Carter Cotton Gin Interpretative Park will comprise four parcels. In addition to the strip center, the Heritage Foundation previously purchased a house (Carter’s original cotton gin) on Cleburne Street in the late 1990s. Also, the Franklin-based Franklin’s Charge in 2008 paid $950,000 for a second parcel, the debt on the note for which has been retired. The Civil War Trust purchased a third parcel for $200,000. That land will be conveyed to Franklin’s Charge.

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"It is OFFICIAL. The paperwork is complete, the signatures are dry, and the deal is done. The much discussed Dominos tract in Franklin is now 100% preserved....forever.



This early 1880s photo shows much of the tract - just to the left of the cotton gin. Soon the buildings that stand on the site today will be demolished and we can move toward making this hallowed section of the battlefield look like it did so many years ago. Thanks to everyone who helped make this happen. What a way to end 2012!!!"