I had not expected to receive such detailed and relevant information from Chuck and Kelly. The depth of knowledge on matters of color, creed, gender, and religion during this era are often overlooked and certainly misrepresented. I appreciate the conscious efforts to bridge the information gap in an effort to encourage appreciation, unity, and patriotism.

A lovely peice of history preserved here. The tour guide was very informative and entertaining. Hopefully this beautiful home will stay available for tours for years to come. I have pictured a part of the floor where a cannonball fell through the roof.

My wife and I were in Franklin and had some time to kill so we decided to take in this attraction. This is a very awesome place to go to get some great details about the history of our great nation Our tour guide Seth did a great job and we highly recommend this to anyone with kids that are over the age of 13

We loved this place! The house is beautiful and full of history! Our tour guide was extremely knowledgeable and fun! I highly recommend this tour!

Seth our tour guide was great. He was animated and funny. He shared lots of tidbits that you would normally not know about the battle of Franklin and the family history of the owners of the original house. The house is operated by a 501(3c) and is non-profit. Please visit so that this piece of history stays standing!! So much of Nashville and the surrounding areas are being turn down for mega hotels or huge tourist destinations. Save the history of this amazing area!

Great tour! Seth was really funny and knowledgeable. Amazing building

Our guide, Seth, was very knowledgeable of the history of the house and the Battle of Franklin. Worth the visit.

Great experience! Our tour guide was very knowledgeable and answered every question that we had! There is so much history inside this house!

It was incredibly powerful to visit the Loftz house. Thomas was our guide and he was absolutely amazing. He was knowledgeable, animated and tailored our tour based on our home state. Thomass passion is contagious and brought history to life.

Nice tour.Lots of history.Well presented.

People walked in continually, during the presentation, and the curator stared over 3 times, to accommodate them. We ended up leaving early.

Very interesting. Family friendly.

Wonderful experience! Tour guide was very good at keeping everyone engaged. It was interesting to see the little details in so many things. Although, the guide did not give time to ask questions unfortunately :( Would come again though !

My husband and I visited today, and it was a great experience! Our tour guide was extremely knowledgeable, and we highly recommend visiting!

The Lotz family endured the battle of Franklin as civilians and their home still bears the scar of the Civil War. No pictures allowed inside, but please trust when I say it is worth the visit. Our tour glad was pleasant and knowledgeable. I recommend coming here the same day you tour the Carter home across the street. There is a small gift shop.

Full of history. Great tour guide.

Seth the tour guide was super. Knowledge and funny. We learned tons. Definitely a great stop. (Good for families with kids too)

WOW!!! I’m so thankful we decided to visit. I had no idea about the history of this place. The tour guide did a great job of painting the picture of life during the Civil War. I was very impressed by the amount of relics inside the home that were also original to the home. I would love to go back for the cellar dig and ghost tour! I heard from a former employee this house is EXTREMELY haunted

It was very interesting and it was surprisingly great. Kelly was a very good guide. Any history buffs should go

This was amazing. We were greeted as we walked up to the house. The history and stories were so interesting. We honestly didnt know what to expect. So great. We are fairly new to the area and have a lot of family and friends that visit, this will Definitely be on our go to!

This was a great experience. It was great!! The tour guide was good. It was very cool to hear about the history of this beautiful house. You should go for sure!

Tour was great and other sites are located close by.

Sir Thomas he is very knowledgeable about history and all about of Lotz House Museum in Franklin Tennessee

Very good and interesting. The tour guide was very friendly and knew all of her information well. Both of the staff members were very nice. I would definetly recommend anyone to come here, especially if they want to learn some civil war history.

Great tour! Allison was our tour guide and she was very informative, interesting and able to answer many questions. It is well worth the trip and should be seen with the Carter House.

GO NOW! Fantastic tour with bits of Lotz family perspectives of the Civil War throw in. It brought history ALIVE!Our guide did a wonderful job conveying the history of the area & this average familys life in an easy to understand way. Even though our group was fairly big, questions were answered & encouraged. Also, the guide made sure everyone had an opportunity to see & experience this gem of Civil War era craftsmanship.A fantastic tour with a very reasonable price. Very accommodating & engaging.

Haunting stories of the past. Beautiful home. You should visit all of the Franklin houses!

We toured last Saturday on a very rainy day and it was a perfect day for a house tour. We had an knowledgeable re-enactor named Seth (or Robert if you dont like his tour) give us a detailed history of the Battle of Franklin and the Lotz House. The home is furnished with beautiful and unique antiques not related to the home, but as a collection of the owners. There are a few pieces related to Lotz. Lots of items from the Battle or period can be found on the walls and in display cases.

Lots of history and you can feel the presence when entering certain rooms. Tours are $12 pp and last about an hour depending on the group and the questions asked. They do offer ghost tours so thats next on my list.

It was a very interesting place. I love that the history is being preserved and still told today. We need to keep places like this around.

Glad i visit. Beautiful.

Amazing history and great tour guides really bring the history of Lotz House to life!

Lots of history. Interesting

This was an amazing tour and our tour guide Allison was amazing!!!

This was a great tour with an informative guide. You cannot take photos inside but that is ok because it makes you pay more attention to what you are being told. I learned so much here about the civil war. I cannot remember our guides name but she was a very knowledgeable lady in her 20’s....maybe 30’s but doubt it haha.

Lotz house is great but theyre associated with the lady that does the ghost tours in Franklin. And her story was kind of Shaving it best she had a tablet that she failed to bring and showed us ghost pictures on her mini phone at $45 a ticket I dont think I got my moneys worth. I learned more from just taking the Lotz house tour then her ghost tour I dont recommend taking the ghost tour!

Learned so much about the history of the Lotz family, the civil war, and the surrounding area. Our tour guide Gene was knowledgeable and friendly. Fantastic experience.

This is a great tour for all ages. Our guide was fully knowledgeable in the history that surrounded this house. She showed great passion and you felt the history come alive. Highly recommend

Wonderful, knowledgeable staff. The tour takes you through the whole house and they tell you the story of the Battle of Franklin and of the family that lived there (average working-class people who didnt own slaves). The entry fee is reasonable and the house has so many antiques and historical objects. The story of the family and the Battle of Franklin is fascinating. Its a privately owned museum that saved the house from being made into a taco shop!

Awesome Allison was our tour guide. What a great tour. Loved so much of it.Allison, my aunt owes me $20! LOLDefinitely a must tour experience

Very interesting historical site/ house with informative & friendly staff. Had a wonderful afternoon. They also have ghost tours at night.

The tour of this house is full of history, all be it, not all of the Lotz family artifacts, but still interesting none the less. Our guide was much more interactive and full of stories than some of the other historical tours in the area. If you buy the value ticket package you can also see the Carter house and the Carnton plantation for a great price.

This tour provided a narrative that inspires you to visualize the agony of war and is a really important reminder of why we, as a nation, need to never repeat the Civil War. A very touching tour and wonderful artifacts in the home. If youre in Franklin, dont leave without a visit to Lotz house. Jean was a wonderful tour guide!

It was wonderful! thoroughly enjoyed the tour, worth visiting if you havent :)I love history, and having gone through the home, I managed to learn more about the history behind the battlefield of Franklin and the Lotz family.

The tour was excellent with a well informed guide. Seth told the story of the battle, and added in special information about each guests home state participation (along with some cheesy jokes). I did not feel the presence of a spirit personally, but the house is a gem of a piece of history.

Awesome place to start battle of franklin

Loved it! Historical location and artifacts.

Got lucky and stumbled upon the last tour of the day. Seth, the tour guide, was incredibly knowledgeable, not just about the Lotz house but the Civil War in general. I learned a lot. Thanks Seth!

Very informative, interesting tour. One of several Civil War landmarks in Franklin TN. All of which are worth visiting, but if you are only going to take in one, this is your best choice. Our tour guide was super knowledgeable, and colorful. He told lots of little side stories that you probably dont get with other guides. I am not Civil War buff, but this held my attention for the little over an hour walk through.

Preserved in its near-original condition and tended by very invested historians, this house provides a wonderful addition to the story of the battle of Franklin. The family who lived there and the role it played in the battle are served well by the Lotz House caretakers.

The tour guide was extremely knowledgeable and willing to answer questions. What a great story of our not so distant history and the struggles one family endured. Beautiful home

Great place! Honestly should come here if you want an interesting story!

Great place to show a little piece of History. The tour is the story of the family, very shocking but interesting. Beautiful stuff that remains from war times is displayed, definitively worth visiting.

Great way to learn a part of American history. Our tour guide enthusiastically educated us about the battle at Franklin and how it affected local residents.

Highly enjoyed the tour, along with our tour guide Seth. He was informative and encouraged interaction. I recommend this museum for anyone to visit as it an enjoyable piece of history to see.

Allison was a great tour guide, very knowledgeable about history of the house, owners and civil war. We learned a lot, highly recommend!

Neat venue. The host spoke way too fast. Would have enjoyed more details about the venue, rather than the entire battle.

Loved it! The female guide was very well versed and held the attention of my usually disinterested teenager! Will be returning to the area in part because of our guides storytelling!

Good food but the staff does not take care of the customer properly

Great tour. Learned a lot about Mr Lotz and his woodworking skills and how the faired during the Battle of Franklin.

We totally recommend this tour if you are interested in the civil war and how it effected a family that was caught up in it. Our tour guide, Allison, was very knowledgeable and enthusiastic! Unlike other tours you were actually allowed to enter the rooms rather than viewing from the doorway. Highly recommended. Tour lasted over an hour and with a Groupon only cost $6 each.

This was a great place to start our day in Franklin!! Staff was very nice and enthusiastic about sharing the history of this talented family!

Great house, great tour, and it was awesome getting to purchase actual civil war used items in the gift shop. The tour guide Seth knew everything about everything which was amazing given how much there was to know. The only thing I would add is that I wish non-flash photography was allowed inside the house. Highly recommended. Thanks for preserving this building from the wrecking ball!

Very pleased with the hospitality offered by the staff especially by Seth and Tomas. They were both very knowledgeable about the history of the Lotz house and presented information in an engaging manner. I would for sure recommend the Lotz house to anyone new to Franklin or visiting the area. Very refreshing southern hospitality and even recommended other historic sites of interest. Thank you Seth and Tomas!

Incredible piece of American history with tangible links to the past in the form of Civil War artifacts. Our tour guide, Allison, was extremely knowledgeable and helpful while providing insight into the time period, family, and houses role during and after the war. Additionally the setup and description of the battle, home restorations, and Lutz familys legacy was also riveting to hear. Definitely worth visiting if you are in the area.

This place is cool if you want to learn about cihil war history in Franklin!

Ive seen at least 100 historic house museums and this was one of the weirdest. While the tour and history was interesting, the state of the home was a shame. I understand that its difficult to make money on a tour home, but this place seems quite busy. To have a director sitting in a hoarded-out office and hundreds of thousands of dollars of antiques and artifacts sitting inside that bear no relation to the house or its inhabitants while the home itself has so many problems is disappointing. From ceilings with huge can lights, modern light switches, home depot bathrooms, hollow plastic doors, and beat flooring including vinyl, laminate, fake crown molding, and contemporary carpet to a packed gift shop with second-hand display cases hocking everything under the sun and family paintings hung over a tangled web of extension cords. Why not sell a few unrelated antiques and restore the house? Or even better, purchase the building behind you to create a proper check in, gift shop, and parking lot so that the Lotz house can have all of its modernity pulled out and become a proper tour home? Best wishes on your journey to improve this site!

Ive been to many historical places related to the Civil War. Most of them were bigger, well known conflicts. This towns devastating experience will stay with me. The tour guides were knowledgable and you see this awful war from another perspective. The Lotz familys heartaches and triumphs are touching. If you are near Franklin, TN its worth checking out.

Amazing place to visit. If you are new to Franklins history, I suggest going here before any of the other historic sites in town. The tour lasts two hours (compared to competitors one hour). Admission prices are cheaper. And the staff is insanely knowledgeable on a huge variety of historical information.

Such a beautiful home and a lovely well-informed tour!

Seth, our guide, was very knowledgeable. We stopped by on a whim, not knowing anything about the battle that took place there during the Civil War, but I now want to learn more.

We did the house tour and learned and discovered a wealth of information not only related to the Civil War but about the Lotz familys life before and well after the Civil War. Our tour guide (unfortunately cannot remember his name) is a wonderful story teller. Getting a tour is well worth the time and ticket price.

Very knowledgeable of the Lotz family and house and of the battle of Franklin. Amazing artifacts and stories. Great for any history lover.

The tour guide was very knowledgeable, witty, and entertaining. Recommend the tour!

This was amazing and Seth was very nice and was very good at explaining things

Very moving experience. Definitely worth going to. The tour guides are very knowledgeable and are great at painting a picture of what the Lotz family went through during the Civil War.

Wonderful place to add a personal story of Lotzs’ family to general story of Civil War. Great passionate knowledgeable volunteer docents.

Nice piece of history

This was a very cool tour. I loved seeing the beautiful woodwork of Mr. Lotz and hearing about the part the house played in the battle. Our guide was very informative. I think that the only bad thing I can say about this tour was that it contradicted a few small details from the other tours, but I wouldn’t blame it on any of the 3 historic houses we went to on the tour. Great tour overall and a cool museum!

Nice house and museum. Every room is full of interesting things to look at. Best part is the tour. We had JT give us a tour, he has some amazing stories and is super enthusiastic. Highly recommend you do this tour.

It was cool to see. Wish our tour guide knew more facts and was more enthusiastic about the tour.

Well worth the time and expense if you want to learn about what happened in Franklin. make an appointment and ask questions. very knowledge, all the way down to individual soldiers history. its all right there and one your done with the tour, you can go outside and walk the actual battlefield.

Great historical site! Preserved by the historical society. Has actually scars from the Civil War battle! Great tour guide and he was VERY knowledgeable on the history of the museum and the house. Gift shop items was overpriced because it is a tourist attraction. Great thing to see with kids who are into history. Gift shop and ticket sales go directly to the house preservation fund so basically your admission fee is a donation to the house. The only bad thing was we couldnt take photos or videos inside the building (they had cameras inside the building for monitoring).

We got the Groupon, it was interesting but not good for people who have issues with stairs. But it was interesting to learn something about our history

Its a close look at what life was like for the middle class in the 1800s. A well furnished home of that period so everyone can understand what it was like back then.

Part of history totally worth seeing. To be where people lost theirs lives and fought to protect their families, is amazing and reminds us how fortunate we are to live here today. This home is part of the story of who we are today.

I really enjoyed the story that was told with this house. I enjoy history when it gets close and personal and you get to hear about individuals and their experiences. Thats what youll get on this tour. If you go here, I would recommend you get the tour package that includes the Carter House across the street and a third site. But give yourself at least 4 hours to do all 3 sites.

Very much enjoyed the tour guide and the history of the house.

Probably the most entertaining tour I’ve ever taken. That spunky 21-year old gal really makes the history and underlying way of life come to life. I’d go again. Rate them on trip advisor

Great place to take family or friends for a little historical trip with rich civil war history. And our tour guide was from my girlfriends and I’s hometown. Love the staff and the tour.

This was a great stop. Kudos to the folks of Franklin for stepping in and saving this house. The tour guide was great and he really knew the history.

Would love to go back and search for ghosts. Our tour guide was really knowledgeable and made my experience very personal

What a wonderful historical location. And the employees were so knowledgeable and very courteous. Learned so much about the history of the battle of Franklin and areas. A must see location. I knew about other buildings, but didnt know anything about this one. Very interesting history and antiques of the period.

This was a great date night for myself and my wife. Very entertaining and not expensive. Thank you for the tour.

Very interesting and historical tour--Worth the visit!

Very interesting history in a beautiful house. Staff was friendly and very informative on the tour. Very sad story and it really brings you back. I would definitely recommend this place.

The Lotz house is for everyone. Whether you are a history buff or not, whether you are interested in the Civil War or not. You get access to Civil War history and historical items. Most important, the Lotz house tells the story of the Lotz family who had no involvement with either side of the Civil War and how the war affected them. Buy the pass that gets you into the Carter house, which is across the street and the Carnton Plantation, just 5 minutes away. I highly recommend all three.

Great historical information and tour of the Battle of Franklin

Very beautiful and historical place! Tour guides are very knowledgeable!

The tour was very informative not only about house but also the family and battleWorth hi our time. It took about an hour.