The Dixie Hall

The

Dixie Hall

The Dixie Hall was a large private home in downtown Franklin west of where the current courthouse now stands. At one time it was a boarding house. During the Civil War it was the private residence of Julius Thomas Siler, a captain in the Confederate Army. On May 12, 1865 one of the rooms in the house was the setting of the last Confederate surrender of the Civil War in Western North Carolina. The Dixie Hall was torn down to allow for construction of the current courthouse and its annex.

Visitors can find out more about the Dixie Hall by visiting the Civil War Marker on Main Street in front of the courthouse, across from the Macon County Historical Museum.

by M.L.