About: John Henry Carothers House

The John Henry Carothers House, also known as Ezeal Carothers House, is a property in Franklin, Tennessee that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. When listed the property included four contributing buildings, two contributing structures, and two non-contributing buildings, on an area of 26 acres (11 ha). It is a one-and-a-half-story stone farmhouse built by John Henry Carothers with help from his son, Ezeal Carothers, following a house plan that was purchased. It was built in 1937 out of limestone which the Carothers family quarried on the property.