Belle Vue I Cabin Maintenance
Tax deductible
The Belle Vue I Cabin is a centerpiece at Red Caboose Park in Bellevue, TN (a suburb of Nashville).
Abraham Louis DeMoss, of noble Huguenot ancestry and a Revolutionary War Captain from North Carolina moved to this area in the late 1700s. On July 28, 1800 he purchased 150 acres of land overlooking the Harpeth River where he had built his log cabin on a knoll overlooking the river, (just off Morton Mill Road). He called it Belle Vue, French for Beautiful View.
His wife and nine children occupied the cabin with him. He built a sawmill, a grist mill, and a blacksmith shop, the beginnings of the thriving community that eventually took its name from his cabin.
After several generations the cabin fell into a state of disrepair. Wanting to preserve the history of the cabin, descendants of Louis DeMoss, through Frank Carter, his wife, Dolores Hutchison Carter and children donated the cabin to the Bellevue Harpeth Historic Association.
The cabin was dismantled, all pieces labeled, and reassembled in 2005 at the location at Red Caboose Park.
The cabin is now in need of some maintenance such as new steps, new roof and replace some of the chinking.
We hope to raise enough money to get a good start on the maintenance and eventurally start an educational program at the cabin which will include demonstrations such as candle making, period clothing, food eaten, etc. But first we have to make sure the cabin is safe and maintained.
Abraham Louis DeMoss, of noble Huguenot ancestry and a Revolutionary War Captain from North Carolina moved to this area in the late 1700s. On July 28, 1800 he purchased 150 acres of land overlooking the Harpeth River where he had built his log cabin on a knoll overlooking the river, (just off Morton Mill Road). He called it Belle Vue, French for Beautiful View.
His wife and nine children occupied the cabin with him. He built a sawmill, a grist mill, and a blacksmith shop, the beginnings of the thriving community that eventually took its name from his cabin.
After several generations the cabin fell into a state of disrepair. Wanting to preserve the history of the cabin, descendants of Louis DeMoss, through Frank Carter, his wife, Dolores Hutchison Carter and children donated the cabin to the Bellevue Harpeth Historic Association.
The cabin was dismantled, all pieces labeled, and reassembled in 2005 at the location at Red Caboose Park.
The cabin is now in need of some maintenance such as new steps, new roof and replace some of the chinking.
We hope to raise enough money to get a good start on the maintenance and eventurally start an educational program at the cabin which will include demonstrations such as candle making, period clothing, food eaten, etc. But first we have to make sure the cabin is safe and maintained.
Organiser
Bellevue Harpeth Historic Association
Organiser
Nashville, TN
Bellevue Harpeth Historic Association
Registered charity
Donations are typically 100% tax-deductible in the US.
