Johnny Cash’s Former Estate (Its Remains, Anyway) Is for Sale
The Hendersonville, Tenn., property formerly owned by Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash is on the market.
Cash purchased the four-plus-acre property, which is situated on Old Hickory Lake, in 1968. He and Carter Cash lived on the estate for most of their 35-year marriage, until they both passed away in 2003. A fire destroyed their home in 2007, but a one-bedroom apartment building -- formerly used by Carter Cash to store her stage outfits -- as well as a swimming pool, a tennis court and a covered boat dock still remain.
According to the Wall Street Journal, there is no asking price for the property; rather, seller James Gresham wants to sell the land to a “huge fan” of Cash -- and will only sell if he approves of the buyer’s intentions for the estate. Gresham bought the property in 2014, for $2 million, from its former owner, the Bee Gees' Barry Gibb.
Cash and Carter Cash's estate was the site of a number of famous events in the country icons' lives: Cash went through detox there; Kris Kristofferson landed his helicopter on Cash's front lawn, to get him to listen to "Sunday Morning Coming Down;" and everyone from former president Ronald Reagan to Bob Dylan visited the property. Cash filmed his final music video, for "Hurt," on the property as well, and hosted a number of guitar pulls there throughout the 1960s and '70s.
Readers can flip through the photo gallery above to see photos of Cash and Carter Cash's former estate.
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