Deck The Hall

6:00 pm | Friday, Dec 11th
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Deck-the-Hall Historic Franklin TNThe Historic Franklin Masonic Hall presents Deck The Hall, benefiting the restoration of the Masonic Hall, December 11th at 6 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.

Experience Franklin’s oldest public building in full holiday splendor! Deck The Hall is the perfect way to begin the holiday season in Historic Downtown Franklin with music performed by the award-winning Summit High School Advanced Chorale.  Guests will enjoy the Chorale’s selected classical and contemporary pieces from their holiday music repertoire. The Masons will present a special announcement on the restoration efforts at the Hall. Following the performances, guests may enjoy guided tours of the Hall.

* Please note, due to space availability performance times are 6 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $20 per person and advanced tickets are recommended. Tickets at the door on Dec. 11, if available, will be $20. All tickets are non-refundable.

Tickets are available at the following locations:

o   Williamson County Convention & Visitor’s Bureau, 150 4th Ave. North 615.791.7554. www.visitfranklin.com

o   Historic Franklin Masonic Hall, 115 2nd Ave. South, 615.790.1688 or 615.584.4523 www.franklinmasonichall.org *Guests who pre-purchase directly from the Masonic Hall may pick up their tickets the week of December 7-11 or at the door. Free parking is available on the streets and in the 2nd Avenue South Parking Garage.

History of the Historic Franklin Masonic Hall:

The Historic Franklin Masonic Hall became Franklin’s first public building in 1826 and is one of the only surviving early Gothic architectural buildings in Tennessee. The Hall houses Hiram Lodge No. 7, founded in 1809, and is the oldest Masonic Hall in continuous use in Tennessee. The Historic Franklin Masonic Hall became a National Historic Landmark in 1973.

 

City of Franklin Stream Restoration Project Receives State Award

1:52 pm | Monday, Nov 9th
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The Engineering firm that designed and completed the work on Ralston Creek Stream Restoration received an Honor Award from the Tennessee American Society of Landscape Architects.
Civil and Environmental Consultants accepted the award at a ceremony last month in Nashville. The project was launched after the area was directly affected in the May 2010 floods. Swift flood waters caused substantial erosion resulting in the loss of stream bank, damage to wood tie retaining walls, and there was a loss of vegetation and habitat in this part of Ralston Creek. The Ralston Creek Restoration Project directly affected eight individual property owners and the overall character of the subdivisions open space/ recreation area.
The project team consisted of landscape architects, civil engineers, biologists and ecologists. The end result was a new meandering stream section allowing aquatic life to thrive in the stream as well as on the banks. The team was charged with restoration and enhancement of this section of the creek. Due to the severity of the flood the creek lost much of its meandering characteristics, being straightened and actually splitting into two sections. Much of the established vegetation was swept away leaving little left behind to stabilize the banks.
The final design created a single channel with a natural meandering stream section within the existing drainage easement on site. Single and double rock toe protection construction where used to stabilize the stream banks.