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 | | Members of the LHA lobbied Tennessee politicians into a compromise that would turn over the Hermitage mansion to them, while allowing a Confederate Soldier’s Home to be constructed elsewhere on the property. |
 | | This bill gave the LHA control of the 25-acre core section of the Hermitage farm that included the mansion, garden, remains of the original log Hermitage farmhouse, and several historic outbuildings. |
 | | From 1889 to 1897, the LHA repaired not only the “First Hermitage,” but also the Hermitage mansion and helped repair the adjoining Hermitage Church, which was then privately owned. |
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