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Celebrity exhibition marksman, Annie Oakley, visited the Belle Meade Gun Club on October 26, 1899, as a special guest in a shooting competition. [14] William Hicks Jackson died in 1903, and his adult son, William Harding Jackson, died later the same year from Typhoid fever. Snowfall at the Belle Meade Plantation from the 2016 blizzard.
In 1838, the mansion was purchased by William Nichol, who had served as the mayor of Nashville from 1835 to 1837. [3] He remodeled the house, adding a wing on each side and a winding staircase in the manner of The Hermitage. [3] He also added rosewood doors and silver hardware. [3] Meanwhile, the ceilings are painted with frescoes. [3]
The Belle Meade Farm: Its Landmarks and Out-Buildings (1986) Belle Meade Bloodlines 1816–1094 (1990) The History of Belle Meade: Mansion, Plantation and Stud (1991) A Walking Tour of Mt. Olivet Cemetery (1993) A Brief History of the YMCA of Nashville and Middle Tennessee; Old Enough to Die (1996) Touring Tennessee: A Postcard Panorama, 1898 ...
Much of the large former Belle Meade plantation was developed as a residential suburb by a land company, starting in 1938; today that area is called Belle Meade and is an independent city. The mansion and 30 acres were reserved for use as a private residence until 1953, when it was purchased by the state of Tennessee.
Due to debt, in 1906 most of the property was sold to a land development company, and later suburban housing was built, and the independent city of Belle Meade, Tennessee was founded. Belle Meade Plantation, which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the late 20th century, now consists of the 1853 mansion, and outbuildings ...
Belle Meade Plantation: December 30, 1969 Belle Meade: Davidson: 73001758 Belle Vue: October 25, 1973 Bellevue: Davidson 75001780 Brabson's Ferry Plantation: June 25, 1975 Sevierville: Sevier: 73001857 Carnton: January 18, 1973 Franklin Williamson 73001767 Clifton Place: April 11, 1973 Wales Giles: 75001747 / 100003900 Clover Bottom Plantation ...
Currently (2014) homes are on the market in West Meade with square footage ranging from about 1,300 square feet to 9,000 square feet and price tags from $249,000 to $2,695,000." [5] The West Meade Community is made up of a group of neighborhoods that were formed from the original farm. Examples are West Meade Farms, West Meade Hills, West Meade ...
The mansion was built in 1886 [3] [4] [5] for Howell Edmunds Jackson (1832–1895) and his wife Mary Elizabeth (née Harding), second daughter and last child of William Giles Harding (1808–1886), owner of the Belle Meade Plantation. Harding had given them a tract of 2600 acres in the western section of his 5400-acre plantation. [5]