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

The Sandford Duncan Inn and Linkumpinch Dueling Grounds

Contacts

270-586-3040
5083 Nashville Road, Franklin, KY  42134
10 AM to 4 PM. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday.

Closed Wednesday and Sunday

Recent Acquisitions