Belle Meade Historic Site & Winery, TN

The Belle Meade Historic Site and Winery, in Belle Meade, Tennessee, is a historic mansion that currently serves as a tourist attraction, museum, winery, and onsite restaurant, as well as outbuildings on its 30 acres of land. The plantation spanned 5,400 acres and employed over a hundred slaves in the late 1800s. On the land, a winery and visitors' center have been built. Original outbuildings have been preserved, including the Harding Cabin where Belle Meade originated, a Dairy, a Gardener's House, a Carriage and Stable House built in 1892, one of Tennessee's largest Smokehouses, and a Mausoleum.

Slaves were there on the Belle Meade Plantation?

Slave labor was used to build nearly all of the structures at Belle Meade, including the slave quarters, blacksmith shop, barns, and mills. The 1853 Greek-Revival style Mansion was similarly built primarily with the help of enslaved workers. Their artistry is still praised today for its beauty.

Belle Meade Plantation is owned by who?

The home and twenty-four acres were purchased by the State of Tennessee in 1953, and the land was deeded to the Association for the Preservation of Tennessee Antiquities, which maintains the property as a historic monument.

Where did the Belle Meade Plantation go?

The Belle Meade Historic Site and Winery, in Belle Meade, Tennessee, is a historic mansion that currently serves as a tourist attraction, museum, winery, and onsite restaurant, as well as outbuildings on its 30 acres of land.