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[3] 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]
Belle Meade is a city in Davidson County, Tennessee. Its total land area is 3.1 square miles (8.0 km 2), and its population was 2,901 at the time of the 2020 census. [5] [6] Belle Meade operates independently as a city, complete with its own regulations, a city hall, and police force, but it is also integrated with the Nashville government. [7]
Belle Meade is an upscale neighborhood in Memphis, Tennessee. Belle Meade is bordered by Goodlett Street in the west, Walnut Grove Road at the north, Poplar Avenue at the south, and roughly East Cherry Circle on the east. The 1993 film The Firm used a house in this neighborhood as the main home in the film.
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In 2009, Belle Meade opened Nashville's first Winery; it features Tennessee red and white wines made from the native southern grape, the muscadine, and blackberry fruit. [6] Additionally, the onsite restaurant, the Belle Meade Meat and Three, offers smoked meats, fresh cooked vegetables, biscuits, cornbread and homemade desserts.
As of 2000, the population of Belle Meade had 2,149 people. The zip code for Belle Meade is 33138. The area covers 0.433 square miles (1.12 km 2). As of 2000, there were 1,248 males and 900 females. The median age for males were 35.2 years old, while the median age for females were 35.5 years old.
West Meade, named because it was the Western portion of Belle Meade Plantation, was the home of Justice Howell Edmunds Jackson and his wife, Mary Elizabeth (née Harding). [3] It was not until 1944 that Mary and Howell Jackson's children sold West Meade to a group of investors headed by E. A. Wortham and Brownlee O. Currey.
For most, Belle Isle’s historic police station is nothing more than a shuttered brick building full of broken windows, falling blue shingles and chipping green paint.