Belle Meade Plantation, Tennessee
Steven Dutch, Professor Emeritus, Natural and Applied Sciences, University of Wisconsin - Green BayBelle Meade Plantation is a well preserved plantation in the city of Belle Meade immediately south of Nashville, Tennessee.
Harding Cabin
The cabin was built about 1790 and purchased by John Harding in 1807.
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Belle Meade Mansion
Harding's farm prospered and soon he found a lucrative specialty in boarding and then breeding racehorses. In 1820 he built a substantial brick mansion which was expanded to almost twice its original size in 1853.
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Distant view of the mansion |
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View south over the lawn. |
Carriage House
The Carriage House and Stables were built in 1892 and house a carriage collection.
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Other Buildings
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The smokehouse, from about 1826. |
| The dairy (1884) |
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The mausoleum, built in 1839. Below: slave cabin from about 1830. |
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| Above: the gardener's house from the 1920's | Below: views along the garden paths. |
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Created 19 July 2007, Last Update 03 June 2020