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Portrait of Adelicia Acklen, Belmont Mansion, Nashville, Tennessee, 1979 December

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Portrait of Adelicia Acklen, Belmont Mansion, Nashville, Tennessee, 1979 December

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Title	Portrait of Adelicia Acklen, Belmont Mansion, Nashville, Tennessee, 1979 December
Personal name	Acklen, Adelicia, 1817-1887--Homes and haunts
Corporate name	Belmont (Nashville, Tenn.)--History--Sources
Topical entry	Women--Tennessee--Nashville Portrait painting--Tennessee--Nashville Architecture--Tennessee--Nashville Historic buildings--Tennessee--Nashville
Geographic entry	Nashville (Tenn.)--History--Sources Nashville and Davidson County (Tenn.)--History--Sources Nashville (Tenn.)--Social life and customs
Description	Oil on canvas painting of Adelicia Acklen at the Belmont Mansion, circa December 1979. Adelicia Hayes was born in Nashville, March 15, 1817 to Oliver Bliss Hayes and Sarah Clements Hightower. She attended the Nashville Female Academy. In 1849, Adelicia Hayes Franklin married Joseph Alexander Smith Acklen, a young attorney from Alabama, and they immediately began construciton of Belle Monte (Belmont) on 180 acres in Davidson County, Tennessee. It was completed by 1853 as an Italian villa style summer home. Adelicia survived two husbands, married a third time and died in 1887. This historic mansion is located on the campus of Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee. Forms part of the Claynita Harris Slide Collection. The original is a 35 mm color transparency (2 x 2 in. slide mount)
Publisher	Metropolitan Nashville/Davidson County Archives, Nashville Public Library
Date	1979-12
Type	Still Image; Negatives
Format	image/jpeg
Identifier	Harris Slides 528 Portrait of Adelicia Acklen
Relation	Claynita Harris Slide Collection
Coverage	1970-1979
Rights	U.S. and international copyright laws protect this digital content, which is provided for educational purposes only and may not be downloaded, reproduced, or distributed for any other purpose without written permission. Please contact: Metro Nashville Archives, 615 Church Street, Nashville, Tennessee, 37219. Telephone (615) 862-5880.
Location	Closed Stacks, Metro Archives, Claynita Harris Slide Collection