About ten miles east of downtown Nashville, The Hermitage was Andrew Jackson’s home from 1804 until his death in 1845 and the site of his and Rachel Jackson’s tombs. Expanded from a 420-acre farm into one of the region’s largest plantations, it relied on enslaved labor and produced cotton, food, and racehorses. Its mansion grew from a fortified log house into a Federal-style brick residence, then was rebuilt after an 1834 fire as a thirteen-room Greek Revival house. The estate also preserves its garden, smokehouse, Alfred’s Cabin, and archaeological evidence of the lives of enslaved people who lived and worked there.