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London

Location:

Nashville

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Documentation:

1849 – December 31 – New Orleans notary F. N. Haralson recorded the sale of London from Thomas Bowdar to Joseph Acklen for one thousand dollars. London was listed as “of Black color” and “about twenty years.” The document guarantees that he is free of “vices, maladies and defects prescribed by the law of the state of Louisiana, and also a slave for life.”

1850 – February 16 – A burial record for the Old City Cemetery in Nashville recorded London was buried on the Poplar lot, at the cost of $2.00. While the record does note J. A. S. Acklen was his owner, it does not list the date or cause of his death. He would have lived at the Acklen’s house on Cherry Street. (Nashville City Cemetery Records [5-1862: 133]. Found online at the Nashville Public Library website.)

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GPS ADDRESS

Belmont Blvd & Acklen Avenue 

Nashville, TN 37212

MAILING ADDRESS

1900 Belmont Blvd

Nashville, TN 37212

615-460-5459

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Photos by Ed Houk

The architecture of Belmont Mansion makes it one of the most significant homes of 19th century Tennessee.

Sold by the Acklen family in 1887, the house went to a developer who began one of Nashville’s early suburbs.

It was then purchased by two women who in 1890 started a college which evolved into Belmont University. Today the Belmont Mansion Association, which was formed in 1972, owns the collection, runs the museum, and shares this unique story of 19th century Nashville with visitors from far and near.

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