It is located in Franklin at the corner of Lewisburg Pike and Carnton Lane (now the Heath Place subdivision).

[5] The land was originally owned by John McGavock who lived at nearby Carnton Plantation.

[3] He willed 100 acres (40 ha) to his daughter Harriet (Hattie) and her husband, George L. Cowan who built the house in 1887.

[3] In 1915 the house and 215 acres (87 ha) was sold to Claiborne H. Kinnard.

This article about a property in Williamson County, Tennessee on the National Register of Historic Places is a stub.