Belle Meade Plantation -- Nashville (TN) July 2011 : 無料・フリー素材/写真
Belle Meade Plantation -- Nashville (TN) July 2011 / Ron Cogswell
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| 説明 | Belle Meade Plantation, located in Nashville (TN), is an historic plantation mansion whose grounds now function as a museum.In 1807, Virginian John Harding bought Dunham's Station log cabin and 250 acres on the Natchez Trace. 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, the mansion was built by General William Giles Harding, son of the founder. During this time, the Harding family prospered, building their domain into a 5,400-acre plantation that was renowned throughout the world for breeding champion thoroughbred horses.The American Civil War engulfed Belle Meade. During the December 1864 Battle of Nashville, Union and Confederate forces skirmished in the mansion's front yard, and the mansion's massive stone columns were riddled with bullets. Evidence of the violence is still visible today.During and after Reconstruction, Belle Meade's reputation as a first-class breeding establishment attracted buyers from around the world for the annual yearling sales. Under the management of Hardin's sons-in-law, brothers William Hicks Jackson and Howell Edmunds Jackson, the Belle Meade Stud Farm flourished. Following the Jackson brothers' deaths, adverse financial conditions forced an auction of the property at the beginning of the 20th century and the fourth generation of the Harding family moved off the property. The former plantation lands formed the independent city of Belle Meade, Tennessee.In 1953, Belle Meade Mansion and eight outbuildings on 30 acres were deeded to the Association for the Preservation of Tennessee Antiquities, and is today managed by the Nashville chapter of the Association."Belle Meade Plantation"Image by Ron Cogswell on July 17, 2011, using a Nikon D80 and minor Photoshop effects.DSC_0182 |
| 撮影日 | 2011-07-17 11:47:14 |
| 撮影者 | Ron Cogswell , Arlington, Virginia, USA |
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| 撮影地 | Nashville, Tennessee, United States 地図 |