Belmont Bear House

Photograph

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Harpeth Hall School

Nine people in doorway, front of the Bear House on the campus of Belmont College for Young Women, 1900s.

Nine people in doorway, front of the Bear House on the campus of Belmont College for Young Women, 1900s.

Name/Title

Belmont Bear House

Entry/Object ID

2009.077

Description

Adelicia Acklen, the original owner of Belmont Mansion, designed and constructed an ornate octagonal house on the property of her estate to house her family’s pet bear. The only structure of its type in the United States, Belmont’s Bear House was based on a garden building from the Chateau de Versailles in France and reflected the classical style of the Mansion. After the Mansion was sold, the Bear House became part of Belmont College and Seminary, and later Ward-Belmont, before being razed sometime between 1928 and 1932.

Collection

Harpeth Hall Archives

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Print, Photographic

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

Buildings, People, 1900s, Belmont College for Young Women, Bear House