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Plantations To Visit Near Nashville

Plantations steeped in unsavory history are a natural place to come to learn about the past. We asked our local insiders for their suggestions on the plantations to visit near Nashville.

One thing that strikes visitors is how peaceful plantations seem. The grounds are often lovely. You can go wine tasting, or even get married on one. Yet behind this attractive, well-heeled facade of the Old South – of Gone With The Wind and pretty white clapboard houses – lies the slave labor of millions of African Americans coerced into an institution whose repercussions are still felt to this day.

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Belle Meade Plantation

Belle Meade Plantation sits just outside of Nashville . While it’s free to walk around the strikingly pretty plantation grounds, there are paying house tours for those wanting to know more about the history of the place. ‘Journey to Jubilee’ provides an in-depth look at the African American experience on the plantation, from the first who arrived as slaves in 1807 to emancipation and beyond. For contrast, take a look around the owners’ mansion for a glimpse into the opulence the Old South offered some. Recommended by local insider Chaney Curd

Andrew Jackson’s Hermitage

While exploring the seventh president’s modestly named “ Hermitage ” (read ‘expansive Greek revival mansion’) and its perfectly manicured grounds, you’ll be left in no doubt that Andrew Jackson was a very wealthy man. Understand where this wealth came from and his time in government with tours around the well-preserved house and slave quarters. There’s also a museum on-site; while this does go some way towards discussing Jackson’s problematic legacy, the plantation’s memorialization of a prolific slave owner and major figure in Native American genocide as “The People’s President” will be jarring for many. You may leave with more questions than you started with. Recommended by local insider Chaney Curd

Carter House

As a one-and-a-half-story brick house, Carter House is an altogether more modest affair whose stature belies its importance in one of the Civil War’s landmark battles . In 1864, the house was commandeered by General Jacob Cox as the Union army field headquarters for the Battle of Franklin, which claimed the lives of thousands of Confederate soldiers. The Carter family and their neighbors took shelter in the basement. Recommended by local insider Chaney Curd

Bowen-Campbell House

Originally constructed in 1788 by American Revolutionary War veteran Captain William Bowen, the Bowen-Campbell House is the oldest brick house in the middle Tennessee area. The plantation’s original grounds saw plenty of action in the Civil War, and are now incorporated into Moss-Wright Park. The house is open for tours as part of the historic Mansker’s Station, a fort built to guard frontier settlers against Native American attacks. Recommended by local insider Erica Commisso

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Historic Travellers Rest Historic House

Travellers Rest is an attractive white clapboard house built by prominent judge John Overton, who began the documentation of Tennessee case law. Visitors can explore the grounds and the house – now a museum with award-winning exhibits – by themselves or on a guided tour. The A Past Uncovered exhibit endeavors to tell the individual stories of over 50 enslaved African Americans who lived and worked on the plantation. It is well worth a visit for the more personal perspective it offers on slavery as an institution. Recommended by local insider Erica Commisso

Historic Sam Davis Home and Plantation

This typically Southern plantation house in Smyrna was the home of Confederate boy soldier Sam Davis, who took the death sentence rather than betray the Confederate mole passing him info on the movements of Union troops. The house is an attractive white period building that provides a frozen-in-time look at 19th-century life for the wealthy Southern elite. The slave quarters in the plantation grounds and the African-Americans on the Davis Plantation exhibit provide a stark contrast. The plantation’s role as a monument to “a hero of the Confederacy” may be jarring – again, be prepared to leave with difficult questions. Recommended by local insider Erica Commisso

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Check HERE for Special Belle Meade Plantation Ticket Savings!   The Belle Meade Plantation began in 1807 when Virginian John Harding bought Dunham’s Station log cabin and 250 acres on the Natchez Trace. For the next 100 years, the Harding family prospered, building their domain into a 5,400 acre plantation that was world renowned as a thoroughbred horse farm. In the early years, Harding boarded horses for neighbors such as Andrew Jackson, and he was breeding thoroughbreds by 1816. He shipped grain to Charleston and New Orleans, and owned large tracts of land in Arkansas and Louisiana. In 1853 John Harding’s son, William Giles Harding, completed the mansion, doubling its size and adding the front porch and columns, which are solid limestone. The Belle Meade Plantation became a stunning example of the grandeur of the South’s Greek Revival Ante-Bellem architecture .

Harding was very wealthy, very pro-secession and donated $500,000 to the Southern cause. When the Federals occupied Nashville in February 1862, Harding was arrested and sent north to be imprisoned in Fort Mackinac, Michigan. His wife, Elizabeth McGavock, was left to tend the plantation. In September, Harding was released on parole and returned to Belle Meade. The Belle Meade Plantation was headquarters for Confederate Gen. James R. Chalmers of Nathan Bedford Forrest’s cavalry command prior to the Battle of Nashville (December 1864). On the first day of the battle, Union soldiers burned the Rebel wagons parked at the racetrack while Chalmers was elsewhere. Returning to Belle Meade, Chalmers’ men charged the  Yankees and drove them back before running into an enemy infantry camp. The Yankees fired as the cavalry galloped back past the mansion, where Selene Harding, nineteen, waved a handerchief despite the bullets flying around her. Bullet holes can still be seen in the porch columns.

Belle Mead Plantation highlights include the 1853 Mansion (restored to the sumptuous elegance of the Victorian era), the 1890 Carriage House and Stable, and the 1790 Log Cabin, one of the oldest housed in Tennessee.

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Belle Meade Plantation Nashville Tennessee

Restored to its 1853 elegance, Belle Meade Plantation Nashville Tennessee is known as the Queen of Southern Plantations . Once world-renowned as a thoroughbred stud farm and nursery in the 19th century, Belle Meade was the home of Iroquois, the only American-bred winner of the Epsom Derby.

In 1807, John Harding bought a small log cabin and 250 acres directly on the Natchez Trace. A few years later, Harding started construction of a larger brick house and began to call his farm Belle Meade or beautiful meadow. By 1839, Belle Meade Plantation had become the most successful and influential thoroughbred horse breeding operation in Tennessee.

When you visit Belle Meade Plantation, your tour starts with costumed guides taking you on a 45 minute tour through the beautiful Greek-Revival mansion built by the Harding Family in 1845.

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Belle Meade Plantation is located in the small town of Belle Meade, Tennessee – about 10 minutes SW from downtown Nashville via US Route 70S. Parking at Belle Meade Plantation is free and easily accessible by cars, buses and motor homes.

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Tennessee Antebellum Trail Tour and Itinerary

For history loving Civil War enthusiasts, the Tennessee Antebellum Trail Civil War Tour sample itinerary will help guide you along as you go from plantation to battlefield and from cemetery to monument.

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Horses, History, and Wine at Belle Meade Plantation

By Author Laura Longwell

Posted on Last updated: October 24, 2021

At the end of a long driveway in Nashville’s wealthiest enclave sits a stately antebellum mansion. Flanked by massive magnolias, its porch is filled with rocking chairs ready to welcome anyone stopping by. Its stucco façade gleams a little less than it did at its construction over 150 years ago, but the chips and pockmarks are part of history. The history of this place—Belle Meade plantation and its mansion—is the history of a family and business weathering the century that included the Civil War. It was our first stop on our visit to Nashville .

Belle Meade plantation is one of the premier plantations in Tennessee and one of the top attractions in the state . It once stretched over 5400 acres and hosted celebrities, presidents, and countless southern gentlemen. Even though it is now just 24 acres, many of the important elements remain.

A tour of this Nashville plantation tells the story of the people—black and white—who lived here. They saw a place that started with a modest log cabin become the largest thoroughbred horse farm in the country.

Belle Meade Plantation History

African americans at the plantation, the mansion, visiting information.

Belle Meade plantation is the estate of the Harding and Jackson family, whom our tour guide assured us was “no relation to President Harding, Tonya Harding, Andrew Jackson, Alan Jackson, or Michael Jackson.” They were, in fact, just a group of hard-working people who became enormously wealthy and successful over the years. Until they weren’t anymore.

In 1807, Virginian John Harding purchased a log cabin and 250 acres of land—what is now the plantation. He boarded horses for neighbors such as Andrew Jackson (who lived nearby at the Hermitage ), bred thoroughbreds, and was active in horse racing with the help of his son William Giles Harding . By 1860, William Giles was one of the most successful horse racers in America. But all that came to a halt throughout the South when the Civil War began.

A die-hard Confederate, William Giles was a Brigadier General in the Tennessee State Militia. He supported the South’s position in his actions and with his substantial bank account. The richest man in Nashville at the time, Harding donated $500,000 to help the South win the war. When the Union moved into Nashville in 1862, he was imprisoned for six months before they released him on parole.

Despite losing the money he contributed to the war, General Harding weathered the conflict better than many in the South. He kept all of his thoroughbreds, even while other farms had their horses taken by soldiers on both sides. The immediate aftermath of the Civil War was also a very successful time for General Harding. While much of the nation was rebuilding, he soared.

In 1867, Harding was the first in Tennessee to auction thoroughbreds bred on his farm, which attracted attention nationwide and helped him become the most successful thoroughbred breeder and distributor in Tennessee. That same year, General Harding won more prize money with his horses than anyone in the United States.

With the help of his son-in-law, William Hicks Jackson, General Harding shifted away from racing to focus exclusively on breeding. He turned the plantation into an internationally renowned thoroughbred farm and showplace. Even after Harding’s death, the legacy continued with Belle Meade producing bloodlines that still influence racing today (the horses are immortalized on the labels of Nashville’s Belle Meade whiskey ).

But the glory, wealth, and prestige of Belle Meade couldn’t last forever. In 1893, the country slid into a financial crisis at the same time that evangelical movements caused the closure of racetracks and ended gambling. Not a good situation for people whose livelihood depended on all of those things.

By 1906, all of the 2600 acres that had belonged to Jackson were sold, including Belle Meade mansion. At its sale, Belle Meade was the oldest and largest thoroughbred farm in the United States.

The massive operation at Belle Meade required more than a few hands. During the plantation’s heyday, the Hardings didn’t lack the funds to acquire them. Enslaved people ran the blacksmith shop and the cotton gin on the property. And, when the grist mill and saw mill were added, enslaved people played a huge role in running those, too. By the time the breeding and racing operation was in full swing, enslaved people served as trainers and jockeys on the property.

Over the years, Belle Meade’s population grew steadily. John Harding became one of the largest slave owners in the area, with more than 136 enslaved people on the property by 1860. The business could not have survive without them.

As the farm became more specialized, many slaves became skilled at stonemasonry, millwork, woodworking, and blacksmithing. Each member of the Harding family also had a personal servant who often slept in their room in the mansion. They had to be available at all times. After the Civil War, most of Belle Meade’s formerly enslaved families left the farm, but 72 people remained as paid employees. .

The most well-known enslaved person was Robert “Bob” Green, whom General Harding brought to work on the plantation in 1839. As he grew up working with horses, Bob was an expert in everything related to the thoroughbreds. He was an indispensable part of the training and breeding operation.

After Emancipation, Bob was the highest paid worker on the plantation, and his expertise was acknowledged throughout the horse business around the world. When Bob died in 1906, several white men served as his pallbearers, a testament to his skill and fortitude.

In addition to Bob Green, the names and stories of some of the enslaved people are part of the Belle Meade tour. From a domestic servant named Dicey to Ben the blacksmith, Patrick the laborer, and Susanna Carter the head housekeeper, the plantation tries to tell their stories alongside those of the Harding family, despite the scant information available. The project—called the Journey to Jubilee—highlights the contributions these important people made to the plantation.

The building of the plantation began in 1820 when John Harding oversaw the construction of a brick house on his 250 acres. Building this new, Federal-style home allowed him and his wife Susannah to move out of the log cabin they had occupied for 13 years and marked the transformation of the land into a plantation.

With business on the upswing in 1853, William Giles Harding made major changes to the old home to reflect the family’s success. The house was enlarged into a Greek-Revival style mansion. The red brick was covered with stucco, and a two-story verandah was created, complete with six limestone pillars. (Some of those pillars are marked with bullet holes from the Civil War skirmish that took place in the front yard in 1864.)

The interior was just as grand as the exterior. Visitors were greeted in the entrance hall with fourteen-foot-high ceilings. Everywhere, the walls were decked with paintings of the famous thoroughbreds and portraits of the Harding family. Brilliant gas chandeliers hung from the ceiling. No expense was spared for the family while the enslaved people lived in drafty wooden cabin elsewhere on the property.

Over time, the house was modernized to include bathrooms with hot and cold running water, as well as a telephone—all well before the turn of the century.

Today’s plantation is a fraction of its original self. Most of the buildings left on the site, which is now just 24 acres, are available on a self-guided tour.

The original 1807 log cabin still stands on the property. The Hardings moved out of the cabin in 1820, and it ultimately became the home of renowned horse trainer Bob Green and his family. One room of the cabin reflects what it might have looked like when the Hardings lived there in the early 1800s, and the other room depicts the possible living arrangements of the Greens 100 years later.

A short walk away are the 1884 dairy that supplied milk, cream, cheese, and butter to the plantation and the 1826 smokehouse, which was once the largest in the South. As much as 20,000 pounds of meat were smoked there each year.

Nearby, the carriage house and stables are some of the only clues to the massive thoroughbred operation that dominated life here.

A reconstructed two-room cabin gives an idea of the living conditions of the enslaved workers on the plantation. Photos inside show them at work and at rest. Exhibits focus on religion and material culture as well as efforts to uncover the history of the enslaved people who lived here.

After the self-guided portion of the tour, a guide in period costume takes visitors through the plantation’s centerpiece—the mansion. Themes (holidays, aspects of plantation life, etc.) change periodically and give glimpses into the family who once occupied its rooms. The mansion is decorated in 1880s fashion, and most furnishings are original, from the plethora of taxidermy to the engraved pistols and ornate tea sets.

The last stop on the tour is Belle Meade Winery. Because all good tours end with a wine tasting. Though the winery isn’t from the time of the Hardings and Jacksons–it’s only 10 years old–there is evidence that Muscadine grapes used for traditional sweet wine were grown on the plantation in the 1800s.

The complimentary tasting includes three types of wines made from grapes grown elsewhere in Tennessee and in California. The profits from the winery support the upkeep of the plantation.

Location : 110 Leake Avenue in Nashville, about a half-hour from downtown

Hours : 9:00am-5:00pm daily; the first tour begins at 9:30am and the last tour begins at 4:00pm

Prices : Admission is $24 for adults and $13 for those ages 6-18. Children 5 and under are free.

Tours : There are a number of specialty tours, including one that focuses on the lives of the enslaved people. Specifics can be found on the website .

Food : The on-site restaurant, Harding House, serves lunch daily and brunch on the weekends.

We were the guests of Visit Music City. All opinions of the historical and equestrian are our own.

Laura Longwell is an award-winning travel blogger and photographer. Since founding Travel Addicts in 2008, she has written hundreds of articles that help over 3 million people a year get the most out of their travel. In that time, she has visited nearly 60 countries on 5 continents, often returning to favorite destinations over and over again. She has a deep love of history, uncovering unexpected attractions, and trying all the good food a place has to offer.

In addition to Travel Addicts, Laura runs a site about her hometown of Philadelphia—Guide to Philly—which chronicles unique things to do and places to see around southeastern Pennsylvania. Her travel tips and advice appear across the web.

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Tammy Stillion

Monday 1st of November 2021

Truly one of my most wonderful experiences in Nashville! I will most definitely go back with my husband and do the tour again. All the information you add it in was very insightful thank you for helping fill some gaps.

Saturday 5th of August 2017

Thank you for this wonderful insight and perspective on this plantation. We will be visiting very soon!!

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We believe as an historic site we have an obligation to provide a space that welcomes and facilitates open dialogue. We are working every day to more accurately tell the storiesof all former residents of Travellers Rest, including native communities who resided on this land prior to 1799, those enslaved here during the 18thand 19th centuries, and property owners and descendants. Learning from our collective history should lead to a better understanding of our present and allow for continued growth as a community, state, and country.

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The Native Americans who occupied Travellers Rest in the pre-historic Mississippian cultural period, were no longer present when white settlers began occupying Middle Tennessee. John Overton was among the very early residents of the young city.

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Education is a key component of our mission at Travellers Rest Historic House Museum and provides a path to understand the hardships that enslaved persons endured.  Here at Travellers Rest, we strive to respectfully tell the complete story of all the inhabitants of the site.

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10 Tennessee Plantations You Should Visit

Nothing stirs more emotion than visiting the peaceful plantations in Tennessee . In addition to the attractive and elegant mansions, you get to visit places where confederate women cooked meals for Union leaders, generals planned Civil War strategies, and where the mortally wounded soldiers took their final breaths. In each of these plantations, you will get to learn different stories and expand your knowledge of the historic properties in that era. With favorites like the Belle Meade Plantation and Andrew Jackson’s Hermitage, we will take a closer look at the 10 Tennessee Plantations that you should explore .

10. Cherry Mansion (located in Savannah, Tennessee)

The Cherry Mansion, situated in Savannah, Tennessee, was originally constructed by David Robinson and later given as a wedding gift to her newly married daughter, W.H. Cherry, in 1830. During the Civil War era, the Union General, Ulysses S. Grant, used the plantation as his headquarters in the Battle of Shiloh. By visiting the Cherry mansion, you learn more about the Civil War heritage and relive the historic moments and experiences in the Civil War historic sites.

9. The Belmont Mansion (located in Nashville, Tennessee )

The Belmont Mansion is a 19th-century plantation owned by Adelicia Hayes Franklin Acklen Cheatham. She was born in 1817 to a wealthy family, married, and has several children. Later on, her husband passed away, and she inherited the Belmont mansion. As of 1846, she had a net worth of approximately $1 million. In 1853, she married again and built the Belmont mansion together with 16 rooms. There are guided private tours to the Belmont Mansion, and the mansion is open daily except for major holidays.

8. Davies Manor Plantation (located in Bartlett, Tennessee)

The Davies Manor Plantation is located in Bartlett, Tennessee. Although it is still unknown who originally built this mansion, Joel W. Royster redesigned the log cabin when he bought it between 1831 and 1837. Later in the 1860s, Royster added a dining room, a breezeway, and a two-story bedroom area. A self-guided tour is usually available on the plantation; thus, you can view the slave cabins and commissary.

7. Carter House (locate in Franklin, Tennessee)

The Carter House is a start-of-the-art brick mansion whose overall stature significantly represents the Civil War’s landmark battles. This is mainly because, in 1864, Carter House was the Union army field headquarters and was commandeered by General Jacob Cox for the Battle of Franklin. This battle is remembered to date as it took thousands of lives of Confederate soldiers. During this war, the Carter family and their neighbors took shelter in the mansion’s basement.

6. Sam Davis Home and Plantation (located in Smyrna, Tennessee)

This Southern plantation mansion located in Smyrna was initially built in the 1850s and settled on a 160-acre farm that grows cotton to date. It was the home of the Confederate boy soldier, Sam Davis, who worked behind enemy lines by disrupting communication between Union troops and retrieving vital Union information. Davis was later captured and sentenced to death after refusing to betray the Confederate spy who passed him information on the Union troops’ movements. The Sam Davis Home and Plantation is an appealing white-period mansion with decent glimpses of authentic craftsmanship from the doors, floors, and woodwork. Additionally, this 19-th century plantation serves as a monument to the African-American slavery era.

5. Historic Travelers Rest Historic House (located in Nashville, Tennessee)

The Travelers Rest Plantation is located in Nashville, Tennessee, and was originally constructed in 1799 by Judge John Overton. Overton decided to name this 2,500-acres of land “Travelers Rest” as he had great affection for his home after making long, tedious horseback rides while serving as a judge. Visitors to the plantation can now explore the mansion and the house by themselves or on a guided tour. The Travelers Rest plantation is the ideal place to visit to learn over 50 individual stories of the enslaved African Americans who worked on the plantation.

4. Ramsey House Plantation (located in Knoxville, Tennessee)

The Ramsey House Plantation is a 101.5-acre mansion situated in Knoxville , Tennessee. It was originally built by Thomas Hope for Francis Alexander Ramsey, a member of one of the first few families in Knoxville back in 1797. This mansion displays excellent woodwork craftsmanship on almost everything found in the home. There is also a preserved pianoforte.

3. Bowen-Campbell House (located in Nashville, Tennessee)

The Bowen-Campbell House was initially constructed in 1788 by the American Revolutionary War Veteran, Captain William Bowen. The mansion’s original grounds were highly utilized in the Civil War era, which is now transformed to the Moss-Wright Park. Moreover, the Bowen-Campbell house is known as the oldest brick mansion in the middle Tennessee region that features a fort to protect the frontier settlers from Native American attacks. The plantation is usually open for daily tours.

2. Belle Meade Plantation (located in Nashville, Tennessee)

The Belle Meade Plantation is a lovely country mansion that is located just outside of downtown Nashville. It was John Harding’s home back in 1820 but was later redesigned by Williams Giles Harding to feature limestone pillars, a cherry wood, cantilevered staircase, and a ruby glass transom placed above the front door. The plantation is also home to Nashville’s first Winery –The Belle Meade Winery, which was established in 2009 and offers a wide array of amazing experiences like wine and food tasting. Although it is free to walk around the eye-catching plantation grounds, you will be required to pay an additional charge if you want to learn more about the African American slave experience.

1. Andrew Jackson’s Hermitage (located in Nashville, Tennessee)

One of Nashville’s best-known plantations is The Hermitage, which was also the home of the seventh President Andrew Jackson. Before Jackson owned the mansion, it belonged to Nathaniel Hays in 1780, who later sold it to the future president—Andrew Jackson. Jackson and his family transformed this mansion into a 1,000-acre plantation and built a Federal-style home between 1819 and 1821. Thanks to Jackson’s wealth earned during his time in government, he built a museum, farm office, copper gutters, library, and a two-floor entrance portico with Doric columns on-site. Tours of the property are self-guided, but an extra fee is charged for tours at the mansion. The Hermitage also features a gift shop for visitors. The mansion is usually open daily, except for major holidays.

With so many amazing Tennessee plantations to choose from, it can prove to be difficult when deciding on which plantation to visit. Luckily, this guide will help you make a uniform decision on what plantation to visit.

You can also read:

• The 10 Best Rural Places to Live in Tennessee
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• 20 Plantations You Should Visit in the United States

Liz Flynn has worked as a full-time writer since 2010 after leaving a career in education. She finds almost all topics she writes about interesting, but her favorite subjects are travel and food. Liz loves the process of researching information, learning new things, and putting into words what others who share her interests might like to read. Although she spends most of her time writing, she also enjoys spending time with her husband and four children, watching films, cooking, dining out, reading, motorsports, gaming, and walking along the beach next to her house with her dog.

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Belle Meade Winery provides a variety of historic tours for visitors to experience through the Belle Meade Historic Site; including mansion tours and a journey through the lives of those enslaved before emancipation. Come explore the grounds and discover the rich history of this beautiful site.

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Discover the diverse range of wines, including options for sweet, dry, red, and white wine lovers. All historic tours and Grounds Passes include a brief introductory wine tasting. For a more in depth and immersive experience, join us for a Wine & Food Pairing and enjoy five wines expertly paired with seasonal menus of gourmet hors d'oeuvres.

EVERYTHING FROM BOURBON COCKTAILS TO BOURBON HISTORY

Whether you are joining us for a cocktail at Bonnie’s Bourbon & Wine Bar or for a history and drinking tour on our renowned Bourbon Experience , there is something here for everyone. Indulge in the best of both worlds with our daily Wine, Bourbon, & Food Pairings .

What People Are Saying

“The property itself is gorgeous but the staff and sommelier made it even better! The food was excellent and paired beautifully with the wine and bourbon. We had an amazing time and the views are breathtaking. We will be adding this to our list when we come back to Nashville.“

— A.R. Google Review

“We did the bourbon tasting and it was a great way to learn the history of bourbon and how it is woven into the fabric of America. The bourbon steward did such a nice job hosting and presenting the great story of Belle Meade and the bourbon produced here decades past. Highly recommend to all my friends.”

— J.S. Google Review

“We hosted our daughter’s bridal shower here and I cannot say enough nice things about their events team. Every detail was better than we could have even imagined. The staff was excellent, the flowers and table setting were beautiful, and everyone made this experience seamless.”

— R.S. Google Review

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604 Plantation Ct, Nashville , TN 37221

$2,500

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Beautifully updated townhome in River Plantation for rent! Don’t miss your opportunity to enjoy all the features and amenities of this welcoming community. Pool and playground access nearby with a large green space and common area right outside your doors. Centrally located, this townhome offers convenience to neighborhood eateries, vibrant One Bellevue Place, and just a short drive to all that Nashville has to offer! Tenant will NOT be responsible for paying $300 HOA fee.

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Property Features for MLS #2699020

• For Rent: MLS #2699020
• single-story
• Community Pool
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Interior Features

• Refrigerator

Exterior Features

• Parking Lot

Community Aspects

• River Plantation
• Recreation Facilities
• Maintenance Grounds
• Exterior Maintenance
• westmeade elementary
• bellevue middle
• james lawson high school

Miscellaneous Details

• Unfurnished

This beautiful 3 bedroom, 2 / 1 bathroom, rental in Davidson County Tennessee was originally constructed in 1972 and contains 1,800 square feet of living space with a 2 car garage. This rental is currently listed for rent with MLS #2699020 , and has been on BEX Realty as of September 1, 2024 , and is currently indicating a status of Active in the local Multiple Listing Service . To request more information about this unique listing located at 604 Plantation Ct , please fill out one of our contact forms. Otherwise, feel free to browse the website for other homes for rent in Nashville, Tennessee or elsewhere in Davidson County .

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Hours & Directions

Plan your visit to belle meade, hours of operation.

• Belle Meade Historic Site & Winery: Open daily from 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. (Central)
• Belle Meade Meat & Three (on-site restaurant, no ticket needed): Dine-In and To Go: 11:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. daily
• Fox Run Cafe (on-site, grounds pass required): Outdoor Dining Only: 9:03 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Thursday-Monday
• Coop ‘N’ Scoop (on-site, grounds pass required) Outdoor: 11:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m. daily
• Daily tours of the Mansion start every 30-45 minutes and the first tour begins at 9:30 a.m. and the last tour begins at 4:00 p.m. Please visit our All Options page for more information.

Belle Meade Historic Site & Winery Closed

• New Year’s Day
• Easter Sunday
• Thanksgiving Day
• Christmas Eve
• Christmas Day