Downtown Memphis in Shelby County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)

Site of First Memphis Telephone

Photographed by Mark Hilton, April 8, 2018

1. Site of First Memphis Telephone Marker

Inscription. on October 18, 1877, at residence of Col. Mike Burke, 673 Shelby, Superintendent of Miss. & Tenn. RR, which was connected only with RR office and home of Col. H.A. Montgomery at Poplar & Bellevue.

Erected 1976 by South Central Bell Telephone Co. and West Tennessee Historical Society.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Communications. A significant historical date for this entry is October 18, 1877.

Location. 35° 7.967′ N, 90° 3.657′ W. Marker is in Memphis, Tennessee, in Shelby County. It is in Downtown Memphis. It is at the intersection of G.E. Patterson Avenue and South Front Street, on the right when traveling east on G.E. Patterson Avenue. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: G.E Patterson Avenue, Memphis TN 38103, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in West Tennessee.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

in the Upper South,

in the Mississippi Delta,

and in the Great River Road Region.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it

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finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Arcade Restaurant (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); Modern Movie~Making In Memphis (about 600 feet away); The Blues Foundation (approx. 0.2 miles away); Welcome To The National Civil Rights Museum (approx. 0.2 miles away); Founders Park Banners (approx. 0.2 miles away); Founders Park (approx. 0.2 miles away); The Lorraine Motel (approx. 0.2 miles away); Martin Luther King, Jr. (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Memphis.

Site of First Memphis Telephone area. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, April 8, 2018

2. Site of First Memphis Telephone area.

View south on Mississippi Boulevard and Main Street. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, April 8, 2018

3. View south on Mississippi Boulevard and Main Street.

Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on April 14, 2018, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 754 times since then and 53 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on April 14, 2018, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.