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Phillips Cottage

 
 
Phillips Cottage Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Steve Masler
1. Phillips Cottage Marker
Inscription.
This property has been placed on the
National
Register
of Historic
Places

by the
United States Department of the Interior

 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: ArchitectureCemeteries & Burial Sites.
 
Location. 35° 7.45′ N, 90° 1.752′ W. Marker is in Memphis, Tennessee, in Shelby County. It is in South Memphis. It is on South Dudley Street 0.1 miles south of Sledge Avenue, on the left when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 823 South Dudley Street, Memphis TN 38104, 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 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: Elmwood Cemetery (within shouting distance of this marker); No Man's Land Memorial (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Captain Kit Dalton (approx. 0.2 miles away); Confederate Soldiers Rest (approx. 0.2 miles away); Marion Scudder Griffin (approx. Ό mile away); Robert R. Church (approx. 0.3 miles away); LeMoyne-Owen College (approx. 0.4 miles away); Steele Hall (approx. half a mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Memphis.
 
Related marker. Click here for another marker that is related to this marker. Elmwood Cemetery
 
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Phillips Cottage at Elmwood Cemetery image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Steve Masler
2. Phillips Cottage at Elmwood Cemetery
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on October 20, 2019, by Steve Masler of Memphis, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 363 times since then and 11 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on October 20, 2019, by Steve Masler of Memphis, Tennessee. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
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Jun. 11, 2026