Lotz House

The Lotz House (Lotz rhymes with “boats") is a Greek Revival white frame two-story home built in 1858 in the middle Tennessee town of Franklin. The house is significant for being located at the epicenter of the Battle of Franklin in the American Civil War in 1864. The house's occupants, the family of German immigrant Albert Lotz, could see from their front yard a wave thousands of uniformed Confederate soldiers advancing toward them to engage Union soldiers who were in defensive positions in a line adjoining the Lotz' property. During the intense five-hour battle, which resulted in about 10,000 casualties, the Lotz family took shelter in a neighbor's basement.