History Buffs<\/h1>\n
With 55 acres there is a lot to explore. Once the family home of Mabel and Leslie Cheek, this extraordinary 1930s estate, with its historic mansion, cultivated gardens and expansive vistas, today serves the public as a botanical garden, arboretum, and museum.<\/p>\n
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<\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row el_id=”two-hour”][vc_column][vc_row_inner el_class=”it-button”][vc_column_inner width=”2\/3″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\nUp to Two Hours<\/h1>\n
The options below will give you ample time in the Historic Mansion to learn about the Cheek family history.<\/p>\n
Requires Gardens & Mansion Access<\/a><\/em>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″] The Martin Boxwood Gardens<\/a> were designed in the late 1920s by Bryant Fleming, the architect who also designed the elegant mansion. The terraced gardens with extensive plantings of boxwood transport visitors to another time and place. These original Cheek gardens include a wooded stream, reflecting pool, fountains, and a stone grotto.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Not to be missed, the iconic Wisteria Arbor<\/a> is celebrated for its breathtaking views of the Reflecting Pool and the surrounding Warner Parks. The terraced gardens with extensive plantings of boxwood transport you to another time and place.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Move inside the Cheekwood Mansion<\/a> Construction began in 1929 and the family moved in just before Thanksgiving of 1932. Get a glimpse of what their lives were like by viewing the Historic Period Rooms<\/strong>. Originally, the 36-room house (excluding service quarters) included eleven bedrooms, twelve bathrooms, and two elevators. While the bedrooms no longer exist, guests can tour the Drawing Room, Library, Loggia, and Dining Room, among other restored spaces.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Visit Stable Block<\/strong> and restored Tack Room<\/strong> in Frist Learning Center to see the horse stables, where Leslie Sr. and Huldah kept their prized horses, Platinum and Rosewood.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n The tour options below will give you ample time to learn about the Cheek family history and opportunities to experience the artistic beauty of Cheekwood.<\/p>\n Requires Gardens & Mansion Access<\/a><\/em>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″] The Martin Boxwood Gardens<\/a> were designed in the late 1920s by Bryant Fleming, the architect who also designed the elegant mansion. The terraced gardens with extensive plantings of boxwood transport visitors to another time and place. These original Cheek gardens include a wooded stream, reflecting pool, fountains, and a stone grotto.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Not to be missed, the iconic Wisteria Arbor<\/a> is celebrated for its breathtaking views of the Reflecting Pool and the surrounding Warner Parks. The terraced gardens with extensive plantings of boxwood transport you to another time and place.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Move inside the Cheekwood Mansion<\/a> Construction began in 1929 and the family moved in just before Thanksgiving of 1932. Get a glimpse of what their lives were like by viewing the Historic Period Rooms<\/strong>. Originally, the 36-room house (excluding service quarters) included eleven bedrooms, twelve bathrooms, and two elevators. While the bedrooms no longer exist, guests can tour the Drawing Room, Library, Loggia, and Dining Room, among other restored spaces.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n When the Cheek\u2019s daughter Huldah and her husband donated Cheekwood in 1957, they were adamant the museum have gallery space to display art, including works from the recently defunct Nashville Museum of Art. Highlights on view in the Permanent Collection Galleries<\/a> include William Edmondson sculptures, Andy Warhol and Jamie Wyeth\u2019s portraits of each other, fine examples by American impressionists Childe Hassam and William Merritt Chase, and works by The Eight, an early twentieth-century artist collective in New York City.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Full Day<\/h1>\n