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Originally published on April 15, 2021 9:36 am
The famous Merrill-Williams House near downtown Franklin is getting a makeover as residents work to preserve Black culture in the city’s Natchez Street Historic District. The area was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.
The large white, two-story cottage home was named after Black Tennesseans Moses Merrill and A.N.C. Williams.
Merrill was a former enslaved man who first owned the property after gaining his freedom following the Civil War. The house was eventually transferred to Williams, a Black merchant and educator.
During Jim Crow, Williams and his family transformed the property into a safe haven for Black people to gather.
Rutherford County Mayor Bill Ketron
Guest Columnist
You might have recently heard or read about Rutherford County’s Probation Offices relocating to the old judicial building (20 North) on the Public Square late spring/early summer. It is my hope that this narrative will serve to shed some light on the project and hopefully address concerns as well.
The renovation and relocation plan is nothing new, though it’s received much attention with the certificate of occupancy quickly approaching. The decision was made back in 2018 to renovate the building and move county offices, including the Office of Information Technology (OIT) and Probation client and administrative services.