Belle Meade Historic Site & Winery

Nashville

Belle Meade Historic Site and Winery, located in Belle Meade, Tennessee, is a historic mansion that is now operated as an attraction, museum, winery, and onsite restaurant together with outbuildings on its 30 acres of property. In the late 19th century, the site encompassed roughly 5,400 acres. A Winery and Visitors' Center have been constructed on the property. Preserved original outbuildings, including the original Harding Cabin where Belle Meade began, a Dairy, a Gardener's House, a Carriage and Stable House built in 1892, one of the largest Smokehouses in Tennessee, and a Mausoleum may also be seen. Since the 1990s, the executive leadership of the site began to concentrate on how to tell the stories of African Americans who were brought to and born at Belle Meade and worked there before and after emancipation. This emphasis resulted in developing two historic tours through which the story of Belle Meade is told. The Mansion Tour tells the century-long history of Belle Meade through the stories and experiences of the Harding and Jackson families, as well as the women, men, and children who labored here. Wikipedia