Trousdale Place has been awarded a $63,000 capital maintenance and improvements grant through the State of Tennessee, administered by the Tennessee State Museum.

The funding is slated for stabilizing the foundation of the 1813 brick home and repairing the masonry and structural supports beneath the house. The Trousdale Place board identified the foundation work as its first and most urgent priority during a September 2026 planning meeting, putting below-grade stabilization ahead of interior restoration.

The grant program is backed by $5 million set aside by the Tennessee General Assembly in the 2026-27 Appropriations Act for capital maintenance and improvements at qualifying museums. This year, the Tennessee State Museum received 160 applications totaling $10,434,851 in requests, and it made full or partial awards to 102 museums across 49 counties.

“The Tennessee State Museum’s Capital Grant program continues to support the infrastructure of Tennessee museums,” Executive Director Ashley Howell said in an announcement about the awards. Trousdale Place Foundation President Sue Burgess said the grant supports the basics first, noting that “stabilizing the foundation has to come before anything else we want to do here, including the interior restoration.”

Grant requests range from $5,000 to $100,000, and projects must be completed by June 30, 2027. For restoration-focused crews, that requirement sets a firm schedule window for planning, procurement, and site access on historic properties.

Trousdale Place, located at 183 A West Main Street in Gallatin, served as the home of William Trousdale, who was governor of Tennessee from 1849 to 1851. Built in 1813 on land tied to a Revolutionary War grant, the property was deeded for preservation in 1900 and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.

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