The mansion is a gem (Wish I could show you pics of the interior.).
Our guide through the house was excellent (the best LIVE person we heard on any of the tours we did, and rivaled the professionally made audio tour of Biltmore).
The estate was known for siring world-class race horses in the 1880s and early 1890s.
Enquirer, 1885
Enquirer (1867-1895) was named for the Cincinnati Enquirer newspaper and carried one of the best bloodlines. He was named best three-year-old of 1870. He was the eleventh-ranked stud when he stood at Belle Meade in 1885. This is the only horse honored with a monument at Belle Meade. John R. McLean, publisher of the Enquirer, erected this monument during the Tennessee Centennial Exposition in 1897.