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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Shelby County, Tennessee

 
Clickable Map of Shelby County, Tennessee and Immediately Adjacent Jurisdictions image/svg+xml 2019-10-06 U.S. Census Bureau, Abe.suleiman; Lokal_Profil; HMdb.org; J.J.Prats/dc:title> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Usa_counties_large.svg Shelby County, TN (490) Fayette County, TN (18) Tipton County, TN (34) Crittenden County, AR (27) Mississippi County, AR (52) DeSoto County, MS (27) Marshall County, MS (29)  ShelbyCounty(490) Shelby County (490)  FayetteCounty(18) Fayette County (18)  TiptonCounty(34) Tipton County (34)  CrittendenCountyArkansas(27) Crittenden County (27)  MississippiCounty(52) Mississippi County (52)  DeSotoCountyMississippi(27) DeSoto County (27)  MarshallCounty(29) Marshall County (29)
Memphis is the county seat for Shelby County
Adjacent to Shelby County, Tennessee
      Fayette County (18)  
      Tipton County (34)  
      Crittenden County, Arkansas (27)  
      Mississippi County, Arkansas (52)  
      DeSoto County, Mississippi (27)  
      Marshall County, Mississippi (29)  
 
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201 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — Civil War in Tennessee — Memphis during the War
On Riverside Drive south of Jefferson Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
202 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — Clayborn Temple
On Hernando Street just south of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue (U.S. 78), on the left when traveling south.
203 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — Cobblestone Landing
Near Riverside Drive.
204 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — 1 — Cobblestones
Near Union Avenue at Wagner Street, on the right when traveling east.
205 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — Confederate History of Memphis
On Front Street south of Jefferson Ave., on the right when traveling south.
206 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — Confederate Park — Reunions and Memorials
Near North Front Street at Jefferson Avenue, on the left when traveling north.
207 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — Congregation B'Nai Israel — (Children of Israel) — First Permanent Jewish House of Worship in Tennessee —
On Main Street at Exchange Street, on the right when traveling south on Main Street.
208 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — A-4 — Cora James
On Barboro Alley at South Main Street, on the right when traveling east on Barboro Alley.
209 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — 4 — Cotton Exchange Building
Near Union Avenue at South Front Street, on the right when traveling east.
210 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — 49 — Court Square Saved
On North 2nd Street (State Highway 14) at Court Avenue, on the right when traveling south on North 2nd Street.
211 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — 42 — D.T. Porter Building
On North Main Street at South Court Avenue, on the right when traveling north on North Main Street.
212 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — 4E 183 — Danny Thomas — 1912 - 1991
On Beale Street just east of South November 6th Street, on the right when traveling west.
213 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — Dermon Building
On North B.B. King Boulevard north of Court Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
214 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — Dorothy "Happy" Snowden Jones — 1937 - 2017 —
215 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — 4E 75 — Elizabeth Avery Meriwether — 1824 - 1917 —
Near North Front Street at Court Avenue, on the left when traveling north.
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216 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — Equality Trailblazers — Honoring 100 Years of Woman Suffrage
Near North Front Street at Madison Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
217 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — 4E 61 — Eugene Magevney
On Adams Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
218 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — 20 — Face-off
Near Monroe Avenue south of South Main Street, on the right when traveling east.
219 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — 6 — Farnsworth Building
Near Union Avenue at South Main Street, on the right when traveling east.
220 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — 5 — First "Talkies"
On Union Avenue east of South Front Street, on the right when traveling east.
221 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — 8 — First Black Radio Station
On Union Avenue at November 6th Street, on the right when traveling west on Union Avenue.
222 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — First Court House, First Newspaper
Near North Main Street just south of Winchester Avenue, on the left when traveling south.
223 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — 4E 176 — First Tennessee Bank
On North 2nd Street at Court Avenue, on the right when traveling south on North 2nd Street.
224 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — Former Criminal Courts Building
On Washington Avenue east of North 2nd Street, on the left when traveling east.
225 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — Forrest and the Memphis Slave Trade
On Adams Avenue at B.B. King Boulevard (Tennessee Route 14), on the right when traveling east on Adams Avenue. Reported damaged.
226 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — 4E 38 — Forrest's Early Home
On Adams Avenue at North 3rd Street, on the right when traveling west on Adams Avenue.
227 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — 23 — Fort Adams, Mississippi/Old River Control Structure/Homochitto Cutoff — Panel # 23
On Riverside Drive.
228 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — Frances Grant Loring — 1923 - 2009 —
Near Front Street west of Madison Avenue when traveling west.
229 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — Gayoso Hotel — 1842
On South Front Street at Peabody Place, on the right when traveling north on South Front Street. Reported unreadable.
230 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — 4E 96 — George Jackson
On Beale Street, on the right when traveling east.
231 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — 22 — Greek Influence
Near South 2nd Street (State Highway 14) at Monroe Avenue, on the left when traveling north.
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232 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — 50 — Hattie Manely
Near South 2nd Street (State Highway 3) at South Court Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
233 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — Here, on April 4, 1968 … / … Today, a Place of Remembrance
Near Mulberry Street at East Butler Avenue.
234 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — A-6 — Heroic Hooker
On South November 6th Street at Gayoso Avenue, on the right when traveling south on South November 6th Street.
235 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — 4E 159 — Hooks Brothers Photography — Established in 1907
On Beale Street.
236 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — Hotel Claridge
On Adams Avenue at Center Lane, on the right when traveling east on Adams Avenue.
237 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — Ida B. Wells — 1862-1931
Near North Front Street at Madison Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
238 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — 4E 85 — Ida B. Wells — 1862–1931
On Beale Street, on the right when traveling south.
239 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — James A. Hyter, “Ol’ Man River”
On Riverside Drive, on the right when traveling south.
240 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — James H. Malone — Oct. 31, 1851 - June 29, 1929
On North 2nd Street.
241 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — John Grisham
On Union Avenue east of South Front Street.
242 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — 4E 51 — John James Audubon
On Riverside Drive, on the right when traveling south.
243 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — Joseph Hanover — 1888 - 1984 —
244 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — 4E 158 — Josiah T. Settle — 1850 - 1915
On Poplar Avenue, 0.2 miles east of N. Main Street, on the right when traveling west.
245 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — Lansky Brothers — Clothier to the King
On Beale Street at South 2nd Street, on the right when traveling west on Beale Street.
246 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — Lauderdale Courts / Presley Family at Lauderdale Courts
On North 3rd Street (Tennessee Route 14) at Winchester Avenue, on the right when traveling north on North 3rd Street.
247 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — Let Freedom Ring
On Madison Ave. just west of B.B. King (Tennessee Route 14), on the right when traveling west.
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248 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — Lide Smith Meriwether — 1829 - 1913
Near North Front Street at Madison Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
249 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — Lulu Colyar Reese — 1858-1926 —
Near North Front Street at Madison Avenue.
250 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — Lung Kong Tin Yee Association / The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
On South B.B. King Boulevard (U.S. 64/70) at Lt. George W. Lee Avenue, on the left when traveling north on South B.B. King Boulevard.
251 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — 4E 73 — Malcolm Rice Patterson — 1865 - 1935
On Washington Avenue at North B.B. King Boulevard (Tennessee Route 3/14), on the right when traveling east on Washington Avenue.
252 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — Marion Scudder Griffin — 1879-1957
Near North Front Street at Madison Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
253 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — 4E 152 — Marion Scudder Griffin — ca. 1879-1957
On Madison Avenue at North B.B. King Boulevard, on the right when traveling east on Madison Avenue.
254 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — 4E 68 — Market Square
On Market Avenue just west of North 2nd Street (Tennessee Highway 3), on the right when traveling west.
255 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — Mary Church Terrell — 1863-1954
Near North Front Street at Madison Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
256 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — 4E 123 — Mary Church Terrell — 1863 - 1954
On Beale Street east of South 4th Street, on the right when traveling east.
257 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — Maxine Atkins Smith — 1929-2013 —
258 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — Memphis and Shelby County Medical Society
On N. Front Street.
259 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — 4E 164 — Memphis Queen II
On Riverside Drive.
260 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — Minerva J. Johnican — 1938 - 2013 —
Near Front Street near Madison Avenue.
261 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — Mississippi River Park
Near Riverside Drive at Court Avenue, on the left when traveling north.
262 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — Modern Movie~Making In Memphis
On G.E. Patterson Avenue at South Main Street, on the right when traveling east on G.E. Patterson Avenue.
263 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — Mud Island
On Riverside Drive.
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264 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — 4E 104 — Nat D. Williams
On Beale Street, on the right when traveling west.
265 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — Naval Battle of Memphis, 1862
On North Front Street south of Jefferson Avenue, on the left when traveling north.
266 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — A-2 — Opera House Fire
Near Barboro Alley at South Center Lane, on the right when traveling west.
267 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — 11 — Peabody Hotel
Near Union Avenue (U.S. 70) just west of Charlie Vergos' Rendezvous Alley, on the right when traveling west.
268 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — 12 — Peabody Lobby
Near Union Avenue (U.S. 70) at Charlie Vergos' Rendezvous Alley.
269 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — 13 — Peabody Revitalization
Near Union Avenue at South B.B. King Boulevard (Tennessee Highway 3), on the right when traveling west.
270 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — 4E 83 — Pee Wee Saloon — (P. Wee Saloon)
Near Beale Street.
271 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — Phi Beta Sigma/Abram Langston Taylor
On Beale Street east of South 4th Street, on the right when traveling east.
272 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — 4E 110 — Piggly Wiggly
On Jefferson Avenue at 2nd Street, on the right when traveling east on Jefferson Avenue.
273 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — Poplar Tunes / One-Stop Shop — 306-308 Poplar Avenue
On Poplar Avenue at North Lauderdale Street, on the right when traveling west on Poplar Avenue.
274 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — Pre-Civil War Lynching at Market Square
On North 2nd Street north of Market Street, on the left when traveling north.
275 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — 3 — Promenade
Near Union Avenue at South Front Street, on the right when traveling west.
276 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — R.S. Lewis & Sons Funeral Home
On Vance Avenue, 0 miles east of 4th, on the left when traveling east.
277 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — 4E 119 — Rufus Thomas, Jr.
Near Beale Street.
278 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — 4E 138 — Sara Roberta Church — 1914-1995
On Beale Street east of South 4th Street, on the right when traveling east.
279 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — Schools For Freedmen
On South Main Street at Beale Street, on the right when traveling north on South Main Street.
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280 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — Shelby County Archives and Hall of Records / Former Criminal Courts Building
On Washington Avenue west of North B.B. King Boulevard, on the right when traveling west.
281 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — Shelby County Courthouse
On Adams Avenue at Second Street, on the right when traveling west on Adams Avenue.
282 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — Site of First Memphis Telephone
On G.E. Patterson Avenue at South Front Street, on the right when traveling east on G.E. Patterson Avenue.
283 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — Solvent Savings Bank
On Beale Street.
284 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — St. Mary's Catholic Church
On North Third Street at Market Street, on the right when traveling south on North Third Street.
285 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — St. Peter Catholic Church
On Adams Avenue at North Third Street, on the right when traveling west on Adams Avenue.
286 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — Statuary at the Shelby County Courthouse
On Adams Avenue at Third Street, on the right when traveling west on Adams Avenue.
287 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — Tennessee Club
On Court Street.
288 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — 154 — The Blues Foundation
On South Main Street at East Nettleton Avenue, on the right when traveling south on South Main Street.
289 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — 72 — The Blues Trail From Mississippi to Memphis
On 3rd Street at Lt George W Lee Avenue, on the right when traveling north on 3rd Street.
290 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — 9 — The Fire of 1872
Near Union Avenue at South 2nd Street (Tennessee Highway 14), on the right when traveling west.
291 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — 4E 71 — The First Lee House
On Adams Avenue west of North 4th Street, on the left when traveling west.
292 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — 4E 122 — The Gillis Brothers
On Beale Street just east of Rufus Thomas Boulevard, on the right when traveling west.
293 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — The Grand Opera House / The New Orpheum Theatre
On Beale Street at South Main Street, on the right when traveling west on Beale Street.
294 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — 23 — The Hole in the Wall
Near Monroe Avenue just west of Maggie H. Isabell Street, on the right when traveling west.
295 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — The John Alexander Austin House
On South Front Street at East Pontotoc Avenue, on the right when traveling north on South Front Street.
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296 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — The Lee Sisters
On South Main Street near Gayoso, in the median.
297 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — 4E 95 — The Lorraine Motel
On Mulberry Street at Hulling Avenue, on the left when traveling south on Mulberry Street.
298 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — 4E 27 — The Memphis Daily Appeal
On South Center Lane at Madison Avenue, on the left when traveling north on South Center Lane.
299 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — The Memphis Home of W.C. Handy
On 352 Beale Street west of South Danny Thomas Boulevard (Tennessee Route 1).
300 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — 19 — The Peabody Legacy
Near Monroe Avenue at South Center Lane, on the left when traveling east.

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May. 26, 2024