Charles Ready House

It is located in Cannon County, on the border of Rutherford County.

Charles Ready House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
The Corners in 2014
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Location	On U.S. 70S, Readyville, Tennessee
Coordinates	35°49′45″N 86°10′47″W / 35.82917°N 86.17972°W / 35.82917; -86.17972
Area	9 acres (3.6 ha)
Architectural style	Federal
NRHP reference No.	73001828
Added to NRHP	July 2, 1973

The house was built for the town settler Colonel Charles Ready in 1829. The house was run as an inn whose guests included Presidents Andrew Jackson, Martin Van Buren and James K. Polk. Upon Ready's death in 1859, it was inherited by his daughter Jane and her husband, Peter Talley.

During the American Civil War, the house was visited by members of both the Confederate States Army and the Union Army. Confederate Army General Nathan Bedford Forrest and his troops dined in the house on July 13, 1862. In 1863, it was used by Union Colonel William Babcock Hazen and his troops.

The house is currently under private ownership. It was available to the public as a bed and breakfast or multipurpose venue until it closed to the public in December 2020. The house was heavily damaged in a tornado on April 1, 2023, around 1:55 a.m. Reconstruction efforts are currently under way with a target completion of December 2024.

The house was designed in the Federal architectural style. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since July 2, 1973.

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  Charles Ready House (2020)
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  Charles Ready House damaged (2023)