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Landmark Booksellers
Landmark Booksellers on Historic Main Street, Franklin, Tennessee
Franklin, Tennessee · Since 2005

A Bookstore in a Historic Landmark

A booklover’s paradise on Main Street, filled to the ceiling with the books this town loves.

Landmark Booksellers has called Main Street home since July 2005, when Joel and Carol Tomlin opened its doors inside the Old Factory Store, the oldest commercial building still standing in Historic Franklin. Walk in and the floors creak the way old floors should. Books climb the walls. There is always something you did not come in looking for, and usually you leave with it anyway.

We are an independent, full-service bookshop with more than 35,000 new, pre-owned, and rare titles, over 2,000 signed first editions, and prices from $10 to $10,000. Our passion is Southern Americana and Tennessee history, and our Great Wall gathers the finest books ever written into one unforgettable shelf. You will also find deep backlist, important new releases, gifts, and a calendar of signings that turn a bookstore into a meeting place. We buy pre-owned books from neighbors and champion the writers who live around us.

2005
Opened by the Tomlins
c.1806
Oldest commercial building in Historic Franklin
35,000+
New, old & rare books
Only at Landmark

The Great Wall

Roughly two hundred of the finest books ever written, shelved in chronological order from antiquity to today. It is the reading list of a lifetime and the wall our customers photograph. You will not find it at any other bookstore.

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Why People Keep Coming Back

What Makes Us Landmark

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The Great Wall

Two hundred of the best books of all time, in order, on one unforgettable shelf. Browse it online and add any title to your list.

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Local Authors

We carry and celebrate the writers of Williamson County and Middle Tennessee, with signings most weekends.

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Pre-Owned & Rare

Bring your books by for a buy offer, or hunt our shelves for out-of-print treasures and first editions.

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Book of the Month

A hand-picked title chosen for you by our booksellers, wrapped and waiting each month. Now tuned to what you favorite.

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The People

Meet the Team

Joel and Carol Tomlin

Joel & Carol Tomlin

Owners. Native Tennesseans with Franklin roots dating to 1802, they opened Landmark in July 2005 and turned a shared love of books into a love story of sorts. Read our story & watch our videos →

Ashley Adcox

Ashley Adcox

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Camille Floyd

Camille Floyd

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Erik Rostad

Erik Rostad

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Breezy Brookshire

Breezy Brookshire

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Rachel Dodge

Rachel Dodge

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Vanessa English

Vanessa English

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Jeff Lovett

Jeff Lovett

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Eleanor Lynn

Eleanor Lynn

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Patrick Sharn

Patrick Sharn

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Melissa Vizzaccaro

Melissa Vizzaccaro

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The Bridge by Karen Kingsbury
A Claim to Fame

We Inspired a Bestseller

After visiting Landmark, Franklin author Karen Kingsbury was inspired to write her New York Times bestseller The Bridge (2012), later a two-part Hallmark movie. It is the story of a Franklin bookstore, the husband and wife who own it, and a flood that brings a community together.

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Come See Us

Visit the Shop

114 East Main Street
Franklin, Tennessee 37064
(615) 791-6400
Open every day9:00 AM – 7:00 PM
Closed onlyEaster, Thanksgiving & Christmas Day
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The Landmark Booksellers storefront
Circa 1808

Building History

The Old Factory Store is the oldest commercial building still standing in Historic Franklin, with early visitors that included Andrew Jackson, Sam Houston, and Davy Crockett.

When Abram Maury established Franklin in 1799, he sold Lot 20, where our building stands, to Joseph McBride of Nashville. Built between 1806 and 1808, it is perhaps the earliest Greek Revival structure in Middle Tennessee. Over two centuries it has housed banks, shops, restaurants, a juke joint, an officers club, and residents on the second floor.

It is believed Andrew Jackson’s troops were paid here in 1816 on their return from the Battle of New Orleans. During the Civil War the Union army spared the factory store, and like other Franklin buildings it served as a hospital after the battle of November 30, 1864. The Factory Store was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.

In early 2005, the Tomlins purchased the building to open Landmark Booksellers.

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