The Hermitage, home of 7th President Andrew Jackson, is a working farm and historic house museum outside Nashville, TN. Andrew Jackson purchased this property as a 425-acre farm from his neighbour Nathaniel Hays in 1804. Called “Rural Retreat,” he eventually used the French term “Hermitage.” Jackson then expanded The Hermitage land into a plantation with one goal in mind: To produce cotton as a money-making enterprise.
The Ladies Hermitage Association (LHA), renamed the Andrew Jackson Foundation (AJF) in 2014, acquired from the state the core 25-acre site with existing key buildings of The Hermitage in 1889, and it has been welcoming guests ever since. The Hermitage is still a functional farm today. Visitors are able to explore more than 1,100 acres of land featuring buildings, structures, a garden, a nature trail, a modern farming operation (corn, wheat and soybeans grown in rotation), a seasonal small cotton patch, and you can experience the beauty of trees, shrubs and flowers dotting the formal and informal landscape.
The Hermitage has been a long-time marketing client of Speak, but they knew it was about time they redesigned their website. Utilizing film, new photography, custom fonts and graphics, and a much better user experience, this site is equipped to handle their traffic and do more than just display content. The website has a robust educational section, events calendar, ticket offering, members-only portal, historical information, and more. Now, The Hermitage has a website that looks as prestigious as its grounds and the president who once inhabited it.
