The Carriage House
In 1897, Col. Andrew Jackson, from whom most of the relics were purchased, sold to the Association the interesting old coach used by Jackson at the White House for state, ceremonial, and social purposes and for several trips to the Hermitage. The trip to the Hermitage took thirty days’ time. His journeys were a continual ovation.
The skeleton of the phaeton is all that is left of the beautiful vehicle presented to General Jackson by the “Democratic-Republican” citizens of Philadelphia. It was made from timbers taken from the old ship Constitution. The phaeton in which General Jackson rode with Martin Van Buren to the latter’s inauguration was damaged by fire in Cincinnati, where the Jackson relics were stored before being acquired by the Ladies’ Hermitage Association. (Photograph is on wall.)
Stone doorstep in front of carriage house was presented to Col. W. W. Parks by General Jackson. Given to the Ladies’ Hermitage Association by his granddaughters, Misses Annie and Grace Handly.
Display boards on the walls show photostats of the Library of Congress letters of Rachel Jackson, personal accounts of life at the Hermitage taken from letters and histories, and pamphlets relating to the life and times of President Andrew Jackson, presented to the Hermitage by C. Lawrence Winn, great-grandson of Andrew Jackson, Jr.
Anvil, used in shoeing General Jackson’s race horses.
Carpenter’s plane, said to have been used by William McCreary in building the Hermitage. Given by Stanley F. Horn.