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Belle Meade Apartments

Coordinates: 36°05′47″N 86°51′28″W / 36.096389°N 86.857778°W / 36.096389; -86.857778
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Belle Meade Apartments
Belle Meade Apartments in 2014
Belle Meade Apartments is located in Tennessee
Belle Meade Apartments
Belle Meade Apartments is located in the United States
Belle Meade Apartments
Location715 Belle Meade Boulevard, Belle Meade, Tennessee, U.S.
Coordinates36°05′47″N 86°51′28″W / 36.096389°N 86.857778°W / 36.096389; -86.857778
Area2.5 acres (1.0 ha)
Built1917
ArchitectEdwin Dougherty
Architectural styleTudor Revival
NRHP reference No.84003474[1]
Added to NRHPApril 19, 1984

The Belle Meade Apartments is a historic building in Belle Meade, Tennessee near Nashville, USA.

Location

The building is located at 715 Belle Meade Boulevard in Belle Meade, a city near Nashville, Tennessee.[2][3] It stands opposite the Belle Meade Country Club.[3]

History

The three-storey building was completed in 1917.[3] It was designed in the Tudor Revival architectural style by architect Edwin Dougherty.[3] It was built with investment from Albert Sidney Britt and Herbert H. Corson, two Nashville businessmen and early promoters of the new community of Belle Meade.[3] Prominent tenants included William Jackson Elliston and James Cowdon Bradford, Sr. (the founder of J.C. Bradford & Co.), Charles Davitt and Joseph Toy Howell, Sr. ( then the president of the Cumberland Valley National Bank.[3]

In 1919, Herbert H. Corson purchased the building.[3] After his death, it was inherited by his descendants.[3] The City of Belle Meade was subsequently incorporated to ensure, by the enactment of zoning ordinances, that there would be no further apartment or other commercial development within the vicinity.

Architectural significance

It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since April 19, 1984.[2]

References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ a b "Belle Meade Apartments". National Park Service. Retrieved September 24, 2015.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h "National Register of Historic Places Inventory--Nomination Form: Belle Meade Apartments". National Park Service. Retrieved September 24, 2015.