THE COLEMERE CLUB
Currently Monell's Restaurant (Formerly New Orleans Manor) 1400 Murfreesboro Road, Nashville, Tennessee
The first house on the property was built in 1893 by Col. Edmund W. Cole, a railroad magnate, and designed by Col. W.C. Smith, architect of Nashville's Parthenon. The original home burned down in 1929. Cole's son-in-law, Dempsey Weaver rebuilt the home in 1930, which is what we see currently. The architecture was inspired by the Natchez, Mississippi mansion called Arlington. Colemere continued as home of the Weaver family until 1940, when it was purchased by the city of Nashville when the municipal airport was enlarged. It was then used as a city-owned guest house for WWII VIP's. This eventually morphed into the Colemere Club, jokingly called "the mayor's country club," a gathering place for politicians, businessmen, and Hollywood guests.
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