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Sycamore Shoals State Historic Park: Carter Mansion
Death Comes to the Carter Mansion
Tuesday, August 17, 2021, 7:00 pm
Adults – $10.00; 17 and under – $8:00
Tax included Max: 12
Not recommended for small children Registration required – www.tnstateparks.com/parks/events/sycamore-shoals
In the late 18th century and early 19th-century death was viewed much differently than it is today. Join Museum Curator Chad Bogart for a special after-hours program at the Carter Mansion, Tennessee’s oldest frame house, and learn about the strange and sometimes bizarre customs, rituals, and superstitions surrounding death and funerals in early America.
The John and Landon Carter Mansion is located at 1031 Broad Street, Elizabethton, TN 37643
Accessibility to the home includes steps and an interior staircase.
