The Inn

The Sandford Duncan Inn was built around 1819. The inn is a log structure covered with plank weatherboarding a few years later. By 1822 it was operating as a roadside inn providing services to travelers on the Cumberland Trace, a very important frontier era road. Stagecoach passengers here found food and drink and overnight lodging. 
The Inn was a stagecoach stop on the Nashville to Louisville Pike in the early 1800’s. It was the site of a noted dueling ground. Several prominent Tennesseans fought duels here to escape prosecution in their home state.   

Southern Gateway to Kentucky History

Dressing Mrs. Duncan

The first of our 2025 season of special programs will be presented at 7PM on Thursday, May 15th. Susan Lyons Hughes will discuss "Dressing Mrs. Duncan," a survey of women's fashions from 1820 to 1862 - the years in which the inn operated. She will tell about the dramatic changes in clothing styles that took place over those decades. Details about how clothing was made and worn will be featured.

The information in this talk is based upon research done recently to develop clothing for the portrayal of Nancy Duncan in a new video telling the story of the inn.

The talk will be at the visitors' center at the Sandford Duncan Inn - 5083 Nashville Road, Franklin, KY 42134 - one mile south of exit two off I65 in Simpson County, Kentucky. A $5 donation would be very much appreciated. Please call to reserve you place - space is very limited.

The Sandford Duncan Inn and Linkumpinch Dueling Grounds

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