Yes, there is a vacant mansion in Nashville, Tennessee, that once belonged to Brenda Lee — the Country Music Hall of Fame member whose voice made “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” one of the most-played holiday songs ever recorded. On August 25, the Facebook page BigBankz published a photo set taken inside and around the property, offering a rare look at a house that has stayed almost entirely out of public view.
The post says BigBankz received a special opportunity to film the vacant mansion through Lee’s grandson, and that a full video tour is out. Twenty photos make up the original post; three of them are republished here. The post does not publish the street address, the price, the square footage, the year the house was built, or whether it is for sale — so this article stays strictly inside what was actually shown and stated.
Key takeaways
- The BigBankz Facebook post, dated August 25, identifies the property as the former mansion of Brenda Lee in Nashville, Tennessee.
- Brenda Lee is a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame and the voice of “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree.”
- BigBankz says it was given a special opportunity to film the vacant mansion through Lee’s grandson, and that a full video tour is out.
- The photos show a two-story brick-and-stone mansion with gabled rooflines, tall multi-pane windows, a manicured lawn, and a stone retaining wall.
- Interior shots show a two-story foyer with a wooden staircase and a foyer entryway with a mirrored console table.
- The post does not publish the street address, price, size, year built, or sale status of the property.
Who is Brenda Lee, and why does her mansion matter?
Brenda Lee is identified in the post as a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame and the voice of “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree.” That song alone made her one of the most recognizable voices in American popular music, and it returns to the airwaves every holiday season.
A house once owned by a figure like that carries a second layer of meaning. It is not only a building; it is a piece of country music history that happens to have walls and a roof. That is why a vacant mansion with her name attached draws attention far beyond what its architecture alone would command.
What did the BigBankz post actually show?
On August 25, BigBankz published a Facebook post containing twenty photos from the former Brenda Lee mansion in Nashville, TN. The post states that BigBankz got a special opportunity to film the vacant mansion through her grandson, and that a full video tour is out.
What the post does not include is just as important. It does not publish the street address, the asking or sale price, the square footage, the year the house was built, or any statement about whether the property is for sale. Those facts are not in the post, and this article does not supply them.
What does the exterior look like?
The exterior photograph shows a two-story mansion of brick and stone, with gabled rooflines and tall multi-pane windows. The front lawn is manicured, and a stone retaining wall edges the grounds. The overall impression is of a substantial, traditional residence — the kind of house that reads as established rather than newly built.
No information about the lot size, the interior square footage, or the age of the building was published in the post, so none of that is stated here.
What can be seen inside the foyer?
Two of the three republished photos were taken inside the home’s entry. One shows a two-story foyer with a wooden staircase rising along the wall, its railings and trim giving the space a formal, traditional feel. The other shows the foyer entryway with a mirrored console table.
These are the only interior spaces shown among the three photos republished here. The remaining seventeen photos in the original post were not accessible without signing in to Facebook, so what they depict is not described in this article.
Why is the mansion vacant?
The post describes the mansion as vacant but does not explain why. It gives no reason for the vacancy, no timeline of when the house was last occupied, and no information about who owns or maintains the property today. Where a fact is not published in the post, this article says so rather than filling the gap — and readers should treat any other claims about the house’s vacancy as unverified.
How can you see the full tour?
BigBankz says a full video tour is out. The original post, with all twenty photos, is on Facebook at the link credited below. The rest of the photos beyond the three shown here were not accessible without signing in to Facebook.
Photos
Photos: BigBankz on Facebook — original post: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1FwjBtj141/ (3 of the 20 photos in the original post are shown here; the rest were not accessible without signing in to Facebook).
Where the facts came from
- The BigBankz Facebook post (Nashville, TN, dated August 25): a twenty-photo post identifying the property as the former mansion of Brenda Lee, stating the filming opportunity came through her grandson, and noting that a full video tour is out.
- The three photographs republished here are from that post; the other seventeen were not accessible without signing in to Facebook.
- Original writing for abandoned.blog; no text from the post or any other source was copied.
Frequently asked questions
Who owned this mansion?
The post identifies it as the former mansion of Brenda Lee, the Country Music Hall of Fame member and voice of “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree.” No further ownership history was published in the post.
Is the mansion for sale?
That was not published in the post. No price and no sale status appear in the BigBankz post.
Where in Nashville is the house?
The street address was not published in the post, so it is not stated here.
When was the mansion built, and how big is it?
The year built and the size were not published in the post.
Can I visit or go inside?
The post describes the mansion as vacant and provides no visitor information. Do not enter any vacant property without the owner’s permission.
Where can I watch the full video tour?
BigBankz says a full video tour is out; the original Facebook post is linked in the photo credit above.
Final thoughts
A vacant house with a famous former owner raises more questions than three photographs can answer — when it was built, why it sits empty, and what happens next. The honest record here is a modest one: a date, a name, a handful of photographs, and a video tour filmed through the singer’s grandson.
That restraint is the point. Plenty of abandoned-house stories are padded with guesses dressed up as facts. This one keeps to what the BigBankz post actually published: a two-story brick-and-stone mansion with a manicured lawn, a grand foyer with a wooden staircase, and a connection to one of the most enduring voices in country music.
Disclaimer
This post is general information only, based on the facts published in the BigBankz Facebook post linked above. It is not legal, real estate, or financial advice, and it makes no claims about the property’s ownership, value, condition, or availability beyond what that post states.