BELLE
MEADE PLANTATION
NASHVILLE - Belle Meade, meaning
"beautiful meadow," was founded in 1807 by John
Harding. What started as a log cabin and 250 acres grew into
a beautiful Greek Revival Mansion and one of the largest thoroughbred
horse farms in the South covering 5400 acres.
Today, visitors can explore the remaining 30
acres and still find a variety of areas to explore. For example,
the original cabin from 1807 is still on site today. a massive
Carriage House and Stables, built in 1892, houses one of the
most impressive carriage collections to be found. Walking
into the beautifully restores slave cabin will give any visitor
a sense of another time and place.
