The former Little Nashville Opry site on State Road 46 has a new owner.
The previous owner, Scott Wayman, bought the property in 2012 after the Little Opry burned down in 2009, and had planned to rebuild the venue. Scott passed away May 2019.
Andrew Tilton is the managing member of William Jacob Capital LLC, the three-member group that bought the property from Gail and Darlene Wayman.
He says he’s the sixth generation of his family to live in Nashville.
“I’ve moved all over the country doing all kinds of things, and found myself back here, back home again, to put my own roots in.”
They closed on the 6.5 acre property March 2. Tilton says he and his partners aren’t sure how they will develop the property yet, but it likely won’t be another music venue now that the Brown County Music Center is open.
“We’re probably not going to be opening another music venue unless it’s tied around some other concept like food or maybe like a brewery or something like that. But we’re pretty open for what goes there. We’re just trying to figure out what the best fit for the property is as this point.”
Tilton says the property doesn’t have a sewer line and development decisions depend on town council plans to extend sewer service through that area.
Tilton runs William Jacob Capital LLC with his brother and sister-in-law. He says in recent years, they’ve been trying to buy up properties in the Nashville area, some of which could be developed into housing.
