Belle Meade Historic Site and Winery, located in Belle Meade, Tennessee (near Nashville) is a historic mansion that is now operated as an attraction, museum, winery, and onsite restaurant.

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 an effort to reconcile the past and to tell the stories of African Americans who were brought to and born at Belle Meade and worked there before and after emancipation. By 2018, this emphasis resulted in developing two 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 enslaved women, men, and children who were held in bondage here. The Journey to Jubilee Tour invites discussion and explores the stories of the enslaved African-Americans who were brought to, and born at Belle Meade from 1807 through the years following Emancipation. (Information obtained from [ Ссылка ] and [ Ссылка ] .

When we arrived, we were not aware of the many different tours you can experience here at Belle Meade. Should we return in the future, I would love to take many of the different tours available.

This is a beautiful place with so much history.

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