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

Calvary Protestant Episcopal Church

Photographed by Sandra Hughes, May 18, 2010

1. Calvary Protestant Episcopal Church Marker

Inscription. The oldest public building in Memphis and the first Episcopal Church in Shelby County. Organized August 6, 1832 by the Reverend Thomas Wright. The church house started 1838 was consecrated May 12, 1844 by the Right Reverend James Hervey Otey, first Bishop of Tennessee, the Reverend Philip W. Alston, Rector. The Reverend Robert P. Atkinson, Rector, 1969.

Erected 1969 by Contributed by Memphis Sesquicentennial, Inc., 1969.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Religion & Religious Structures. A significant historical date for this entry is May 12, 1770.

Location. 35° 8.861′ N, 90° 3.015′ W. Marker is in Memphis, Tennessee, in Shelby County. It is in Downtown Memphis. It is at the intersection of North Second Street and Adams Avenue, on the right when traveling north on North Second Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 102 North Second Street, 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 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: Shelby County Courthouse (within shouting distance of this marker); Statuary at the Shelby County Courthouse (within shouting distance of this marker); Forrest and the Memphis Slave Trade (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line but has been replaced with another marker now near it);

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Piggly Wiggly (about 400 feet away); St. Peter Catholic Church (about 400 feet away); Malcolm Rice Patterson (about 500 feet away); Former Criminal Courts Building (about 500 feet away); Shelby County Archives and Hall of Records / Former Criminal Courts Building (about 500 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Memphis.

Photographed by Sandra Hughes, May 18, 2010

2. Calvary Protestant Episcopal Church Marker

Calvary Protestant Episcopal Church image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Sandra Hughes, May 18, 2010

3. Calvary Protestant Episcopal Church

Photographed by Sandra Hughes, May 18, 2010

4. Calvary Protestant Episcopal Church

Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on July 1, 2010, by Sandra Hughes Tidwell of Killen, Alabama, USA. This page has been viewed 1,219 times since then and 28 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on July 1, 2010, by Sandra Hughes Tidwell of Killen, Alabama, USA. • Craig Swain was the editor who published this page.