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Belle Meade Plantation Nashville was home to one of the finest thoroughbred studs in the United States, known as the "Queen Of The Tennessee Plantations". Built in 1853, the Greek Revival mansion surveyed a 5,400 acre plantation. Today, Belle Meade celebrates that history with a fine collection of paintings in the house and collection of horse barns, carriages and livery in the grounds. Belle Meade is certainly worth a visit to anyone with even the remotest interest in horses and horseracing; even if horses hold no appeal for you, it is worth seeing the home of the first American-bred horse ever to win the Epsom Derby, Iroquios. |
Above: Belle Meade's magnificent horse barn
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Above: The Hermitage dining room
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The Hermitage The Hermitage, home of the 7th President of the United States, Andrew Jackson, is steeped in history. Built for his wife, Rachel, it boasts a fine collection of antiquities. The vast grounds of The Hermitage also play host to the Old Hermitage Church, a Confederate Civil War graveyard and Tulip Grove, the mansion house of Jackson's son. There are guided tours of The Hermitage mansion buildings and a museum exhibit. The Hermitage has it's own website at www.thehermitage.com. |
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Traveller's Rest Built in the late years of the 18th Century by Colonel John Overton, Traveller's Rest was built on the site of an Indian burial ground; Overton's name for the original house was "Golgotha", or "Hill Of Skulls". Overton's life is inextricably linked with that of Andrew Jackson. Traveller's Rest has it's own website at travrest.home.mindspring.com |
Above: Traveller's Rest |
Above: Belmont Mansion |
Belmont Mansion The home of Nashville-born socialite Adelicia Acklen, Belmont was begun in 1853 and was first called "Belle Monte". Acklen made her fortune by the traditional method - she married it; Isaac Franklin, her first husband, was 28 years her senior and left her his fortune when he died in 1846. Her second husband, Joseph Acklen, a soldier from Alabama, had to sign a pre-nuptual agreement. Smart women... The mansion now nestles amongst the buildings of the University campus and houses an extensive collection of original and period furnishings. |
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