"Queen of Tennessee plantations," began in 1807 when John Harding bought Virginia Dunham log cabin resort and 250 acres on the Natchez Trace. For the next 100 years the family prospered Harding, construction of a plantation area of ​​5,400 hectares, which has become internationally recognized as a breeding of thoroughbred horses. In the early years, he mounted the horse Harding for neighboring countries such as Andrew Jackson, and had a flock of pure-blood of the 1816th He sent grain to Charleston and New Orleans, and belonging to large tracts of land in Arkansas and Louisiana. In 1853, the son of John Harding, William Giles Harding, mansion completed, doubling its size and add porch and columns, which are solid limestone. Belle Meade Plantation was a fantastic example of the greatness of Greek Revival architecture Southeast Ante BELLEME.