The West Meade neighborhood includes land which was once part of the
Belle Meade Plantation.
West Meade, named because it was the Western portion of Belle Meade Plantation, was the home of Justice
Howell Edmunds Jackson and his wife, Mary Elizabeth (née Harding). It was not until 1944 that Mary and Howell Jackson's children sold West Meade to a group of investors headed by E. A. Wortham and Brownlee O. Currey. Those Nashville businessmen had incorporated a company under the name West Meade Farms, Inc., to take title to the property they acquired. At the time of the sale, the purchasers announced plans for the development of part of the 1,700 acre tract, with the remainder to be cut up into small farms. The small farms have long since disappeared in favor of the post
World War II homes comprising today's West Meade. Typical of its era, West Meade is a suburban,
automobile-oriented neighborhood. It originally consisted primarily of
masonry veneer "ranch" style detached houses on large lots. "Some of the ranch homes original to the neighborhood are still not renovated and can be scooped up for around $250,000. However, the growing trend in the area is for investors to buy the ranch homes, demolish them and construct what [Susan] Niles called "McMansions" on the large lots. Currently (2014) homes are on the market in West Meade with square footage ranging from about 1,300 square feet to 9,000 square feet and price tags from $249,000 to $2,695,000." The West Meade Community is made up of a group of neighborhoods that were formed from the original farm. Examples are West Meade Farms, West Meade Hills, West Meade Park. ==Education==