Elizabeth Hunt Acklen
Artist: Attributed to William Fry, 1822-1872 (Huntsville, Alabama)
Medium: Oil on Canvas with original frame
Year: 1851
Size: Height - 42”, Width - 37 ½”
2014.05.117 EL
Elizabeth, the mother of Joseph A. S. Acklen, was the daughter of John Hunt, founder of Huntsville, Alabama. Both the Acklens and the Hunts moved there from Virginia.
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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.