Gilbert Mansion | |
 The Gilbert Mansion in 2010 | |
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| Location | 1906 West End Avenue, Nashville, Tennessee |
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| Coordinates | 36°9′8″N86°47′54″W / 36.15222°N 86.79833°W |
| Area | 0.2 acres (0.081 ha) |
| Built | 1908 |
| Architectural style | Four Square |
| NRHP reference No. | 79002423 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | March 28, 1979 |
The Gilbert Mansion is a historic mansion in Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.. It was built for a Hungarian immigrant who founded Belcourt Theatre. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The mansion was built in 1908 for Joseph Lightman. [2] Lightman was a Jewish Hungarian immigrant who settled in Nashville in the 1880s and worked as a fruit merchant and construction contractor. [3] He was the president of the Nashville Young Men's Hebrew Association in 1920–1921, and a member of the Cumberland Masonic lodge. [4] In 1925, with his son Morris, Lightman opened Hillsboro Theater (later the Belcourt Theatre) in Hillsboro Village. [3] [4] His son founded Malco Theatres. [3]
The house was purchased by Harris Gilbert, a clothing merchant, in 1911. [2] After his death in 1935, [5] it was subsequently inherited by his son, Leon Gilbert, a lawyer. [2]
Stanley Dean Lindsey (1938-2014) and Elizabeth Lindsey were the owners of the house in 1979. Stanley was an engineer and started his structural engineering company Stanley D. Lindsey and Associates soon after earning his degrees. Lindsay renovated the house and added a modern structure to the rear that served as his firm's offices until he sold it and moved to Savannah, GA. The law firm of Riley & Jacobson, PLC has had its offices in the building since 1996.
The house was designed in the American Foursquare architectural style. [2] It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since March 28, 1979. [6]
Belle Meade is a city in Davidson County, Tennessee. Its total land area is 3.1 square miles (8.0 km2), and its population was 2,901 at the time of the 2020 census.
Ryman Auditorium is a historic 2,362-seat live-performance venue and museum located at 116 Rep. John Lewis Way North, in the downtown core of Nashville, Tennessee, United States. A Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Landmark, National Historic Landmark, and the former home of the Grand Ole Opry, it is one of the most influential and revered concert halls in the world. It is best known as the home of the Grand Ole Opry from 1943 to 1974. It is owned and operated by Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc. Ryman Auditorium was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971 and was later designated as a National Historic Landmark on June 25, 2001, for its pivotal role in the popularization of country music. A storied stage for Rock & Roll artists for decades, the Ryman was named a Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Landmark in 2022.
Malco Theatres, Inc. is a family owned and operated movie theater chain that has been in business for over one hundred years. It has been led by four generations of the Lightman family. Malco Theatres features 34 theatre locations with over 345 screens in six states. Malco also operates three bowling centers and a family entertainment center in southern Louisiana and a family entertainment center in Oxford, Mississippi.
Hillsboro Village is a neighborhood of Nashville, Tennessee, located 3 miles southwest of downtown. Hillsboro Village is governed by the Metropolitan Council of Nashville and Davidson County, due to the fact that the government of Davidson County is consolidated with that of Nashville.
The Belcourt Theatre is a nonprofit film center located in Nashville's Hillsboro Village district.
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Davidson County, Tennessee.
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Williamson County, Tennessee.
Edward Emmett Dougherty, a.k.a. Edwin Dougherty was an architect in the southeastern United States. One of his best known designs was the Tennessee War Memorial Auditorium in Nashville in 1922. The work won state and national design competitions.
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Nashville, Tennessee, United States.
Edward Saunders Cheatham was an American politician and businessman.
Belair is a historic mansion in Nashville, Tennessee. Built as a wedding present for Elizabeth Clay, a Southern belle and heiress to the Belle Meade Plantation in the 1830s, it was once the home of William Nichol, a mayor of Nashville.
William Crawford Smith was an American architect who served in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War and in the United States Army during the Philippine–American War. He designed many buildings in Nashville, Tennessee, including Kirkland Hall, the first building on the campus of Vanderbilt University, and the Parthenon in Centennial Park.
Glen Oak is a historic mansion in Nashville, Tennessee, U.S..
Henry Gibel was a Swiss-born American architect. He designed many buildings in Tennessee, some of which are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Donald W. Southgate (1887–1953) was an American architect. He designed many buildings in Davidson County, Tennessee, especially Nashville and Belle Meade, some of which are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
George D. Waller was an American architect from Tennessee who designed churches, schools, houses and courthouses, some of which are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Edwin Augustus Keeble was an American architect who was trained in the Beaux-Arts architecture tradition. He designed many buildings in Tennessee, including homes, churches, military installations, skyscrapers, hospitals and school buildings, some of which are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. He is best known for Nashville's landmark Life and Casualty Tower built in 1957 which was the tallest commercial structure in the Southeastern United States at that time. It reflected an architectural turn to modernism and was one of the first buildings emphasizing energy efficiency.
Burlington, also known as the Elliston-Farrell House, was a historic mansion on a plantation in mid-town Nashville, Tennessee, US. It stood on modern-day Elliston Place.
William R. Elliston (1815–1870) was an American planter, slaveholder and politician. He served as a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives from 1845 to 1847. He owned Burlington Plantation in what is now Nashville, Tennessee. An investor in railroads and real estate, Elliston entered his horses in equestrian competitions. The former plantation property was later developed as modern-day Centennial Park, Vanderbilt University and West End Park.
The Harris-Holden House is a historic house on a former plantation in Lincoln County, Tennessee. It was built in 1860 for Joel M. Harris, a planter and slaveholder. During the American Civil War of 1861–1865, the Union Army looked for victuals in the house. In 1901, Harris took to sheep farming, but dogs ate his herd. Harris died in 1914, and the remaining slave cabins on the property were demolished in 1920. By the 1970s, the house belonged to the Holden family. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since March 19, 1975.
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