Gilbert Mansion
The Gilbert Mansion is a historic mansion in Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.. It was built for a Hungarian immigrant who founded Belcourt Theatre. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. History. The mansion was built in 1908 for Joseph Lightman. Lightman was a Jewish Hungarian immigrant who settled in Nashville in the 1880s and worked as a fruit merchant and construction contractor. He was the president of the Nashville Young Men's Hebrew Association in 1920–1921, and a member of the Cumberland Masonic lodge. In 1925, with his son Morris, Lightman opened Hillsboro Theater (later the  Belcourt Theatre) in Hillsboro Village. His son founded Malco Theatres. The house was purchased by Harris Gilbert, a clothing merchant, in 1911. After his death in 1935, it was subsequently inherited by his son, Leon Gilbert, a lawyer. Architectural significance. The house was designed in the American Foursquare architectural style. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since March 28, 1979.