Oaklands Historic House Museum

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Oaklands Historic House Museum (and also the Cannonsburgh Village) are in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, USA. The Oaklands House is on the National Register of Historic Places and is a local landmark known for his unique Italianate design.

The mansion was caught in the middle of the Civil War and officers from both the Confederate and Union armies stayed at the mansion. The most notable visitors to the home were said to be Confederate President Jefferson Davis who stayed at the Oaklands in December 1862. The mansion was abandoned, vandalized, left in disrepair and almost torn down by the city of Murfreesboro. However, the mansion was restored to its original grandeur by a group of ladies who rallied together to form the Oaklands Association. The home was opened to the public as a museum in the early 1960s. Today thousands of visitors from all over the world view the Oaklands mansion each year.