435 East Main Street

The Clardy House was built in 1898 for J. T. Rather, a former mayor of Murfreesboro. This is Rutherford County’s only remaining Richardsonian Romanesque residence, featuring three wide, rounded arches supported by squat porch columns. In 1948, Hattie Moore opened a guest house in this building. In 1954, Betsy and Frank Clardy purchased the house, where they raised their family and continued to welcome guests. Their daughter next operated the business. When the bed and breakfast closed in 2000, it was one of the oldest in the state.