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Name: BELMONT MANSION (TENNESSEE)
Details: "Belmont Mansion also known as Acklen Hall and originally known as Belle Monte Belle Mont or Belmont is a historic mansion located in Nashville Tennessee on the campus of Belmont University that today functions as a museum.In 1849 Adelicia Hayes Franklin married Joseph Alexander Smith Acklen a young attorney from Alabama and they immediately began construction of Belle Monte (Belmont) on 180 acres (0.73 km 2 ) in Davidson County . It was completed by 1853 as an Italian villa style summer home. Adelicia and Joseph used Belmont as a summer home to escape from the heat of Adelicia's seven Louisiana cotton plantations which totaled 8600 acres (35 km 2 ). The Acklens built furnished and landscaped one of the most elaborate antebellum homes in the South totaling 36 rooms and 19000 sq ft (1800 m 2 ). The estate contained a variety of buildings with the house adorning the top of the hill. Beside the house there was a T-shaped guest house and art gallery. The south wing of the guest house contained guestrooms and a bowling alley. The art gallery had a corrugated glass roof and comprised the north wing. The grounds also included lavish gardens conservatories aviary lake and a zoo. The conservatories housed tropical fruit and flowers along with camellia japonica jasmine lilies and cacti. The zoo featured bears monkeys peacocks singing birds a white owl alligators from Louisiana and a deer park. Covered balconies with cast iron railing and trim surrounded the house to protect windows from the sun. Atop the house a ten-foot octagonal cupola vented the house during the summer months and provided an ""astronomical observatory"" used for viewing the stars the estate and downtown Nashville."
Date: 1849-53
Address: 1900 Belmont BoulevardNashville




 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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  • White House visit under his belt, young drummer is headed to school in Nashville(2013/05/21 16:04)It all culminated with a trip to the White House ... in Tennessee next year, he plans to keep the band together. Meanwhile, Nelson plans to concentrate on furthering his musical rèsumè. He wants to study music business and producing while at Belmont.

  • Customs House Museum to host Carvings, Castings, and Constructions by Mike Andrews(2013/05/10 06:30)These, along side Mike Andrews’ more widely known works of art fill the Crouch gallery of the Customs House Museum on ... The Leu Gallery at Belmont University, the Centennial Art Center in Nashville, and the juried Tennessee Arts and Crafts Show.

  • Massachusetts Site Associated with Artist Winslow Homer Opens This Summer(2013/05/02 12:00)BELMONT, Mass., May 3, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- This summer, for the first time in 160 years, a Massachusetts site associated artist Winslow Homer (1836-1910) will open to the public. The 1853 Homer House in Belmont, MA, will offer tours ...

  • Belmont, Lipscomb, Trevecca graduations set for this weekend(2013/05/02 09:01)Belmont, Lipscomb and Trevecca Nazarene universities will ... Inman College of Health Sciences and Nursing, College of Pharmacy, University College and Interdisciplinary Programs and School of Religion will have their degrees conferred.

  • Southern belle Adelicia Acklen held onto her fortune(2013/04/29 18:55)But her greatest legacy is Belmont Mansion, which today is the centerpiece of Belmont ... It included 8,700 acres of cotton plantations in Louisiana; a 2,000-acre farm, Fairvue, in Middle Tennessee; 38,000 acres in Texas; stocks and bonds; and 750 slaves.

  • Belmont Camerata celebrates Schubert, Schoenberg(2013/04/21 12:00)“This is the first time that Camerata will perform away from its usual venue at the Belmont Mansion,” Small says. “McAfee Concert Hall is a great gift to this community. It is a magnificent, elegant hall with world-class acoustics. Strings are ...

  • Belmont breaks ground on $55M academic and dining services complex(2013/03/26 07:58)Currently, Belmont’s tentatively named Wedgewood Academic Center is under construction at the southeast corner of Wedgewood and 15th avenues. It will house most departments from the College of Arts and Sciences as well as the School of Religion.

  • In the first U.S. college production of Les Mis, Belmont shines brightly(2013/03/20 21:23)Belmont University has launched the first U.S. college production of Les Misérables, and local theatergoers can expect a healthy dose of the epic stage musical in the near term. Boiler Room Theatre mounts the show for its own big company benefit Aug. 8-10 ...

  • ABC's ‘Nashville' to film on Belmont's campus(2012/11/30 12:21)Although the specifics of the script have not been revealed, the storyline will incorporate an outdoor concert that will take place on the Quad between the Massey Performing Arts Center and the Belmont Mansion Student participants are encouraged to wear ...

  • Belmont Camerata – free concert in Belmont Mansion on Oct. 29(2012/10/21 02:05)The 26th Belmont Camerata series in the Belmont Mansion continues on Oct. 29, when the program is “Masters of Melody — Elegance of the String Quartet,” which pairs Schubert’s “String Quartet No. 14 in D minor” (“Death and the Maiden ...
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