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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
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