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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Memphis, Tennessee
Memphis is the county seat for Shelby County
Memphis is in Shelby County
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On South Main Street at Beale Street, on the right when traveling north on South Main Street.
The first free "colored" school in the city was opened in early 1863 in a barrack building in South Memphis. In 1864 the U.S. Army issued a general order authorizing its officers to help with these schools for the education of freedmen. In 1865 . . . — — Map (db m82858) HM
On Washington Avenue west of North B.B. King Boulevard, on the right when traveling west.
Shelby County Archives and Hall of Records
After the Shelby County criminal courts and jail moved from here in 1982, this National Register Historic District building stood empty until 1998, when extensive renovations were completed and . . . — — Map (db m116295) HM
On Adams Avenue at Second Street, on the right when traveling west on Adams Avenue.
Designed by Architect James Gamble Rogers and dedicated on January 1, 1910, the Shelby County Courthouse is the largest and most ornate in Tennessee. Quarterly Court Chairman James Hill Barret led the movement for the imposing structure with modern . . . — — Map (db m82860) HM
On G.E. Patterson Avenue at South Front Street, on the right when traveling east on G.E. Patterson Avenue.
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. — — Map (db m116291) HM
The Solvent Savings Bank and Trust Company founded by Robert Church, Sr., first Negro bank established in Memphis, opened at this site, 392 Beale Street, in 1906. It survived the money panic of 1907 and became the fourth largest black bank in the . . . — — Map (db m48758) HM
On North Third Street at Market Street, on the right when traveling south on North Third Street.
Parish founded in 1852 by German Catholics desiring ministry in their native tongue. Cornerstone laid 30 Sept. 1864 at this site while Union soldiers fired a salute. Second oldest Catholic church in Memphis. Designed by noted architect James B. Cook . . . — — Map (db m87022) HM
On Adams Avenue at North Third Street, on the right when traveling west on Adams Avenue.
St. Peter's was founded in 1840, the first Roman Catholic parish in West Tennessee and given to the Dominican Order in 1846. The present church was built 1852~1855 around a smaller church which was then dismantled and carried out the doors. Within . . . — — Map (db m32516) HM
On Adams Avenue at Third Street, on the right when traveling west on Adams Avenue.
Exterior statuary at the Shelby County Courthouse includes, most prominently, six seated figures carved from single blocks of Tennessee marble, representing Wisdom, Justice, Liberty, Authority, Peace, and Prosperity. Near the top of the north facade . . . — — Map (db m82861) HM
Bronze Plaque This property has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior.
Corner stone Tennessee Club founded in 1875 by General Colton Greene. Club house built in 1890. Building . . . — — Map (db m74805) HM
On South Main Street at East Nettleton Avenue, on the right when traveling south on South Main Street.
Front
The Blues Foundation, the world’s premier organization dedicated to honoring, preserving, and promoting the blues, was founded in Memphis in 1980. Mississippi-born performers and business professionals in the Foundation’s Blues Hall . . . — — Map (db m63288) HM
On 3rd Street at Lt George W Lee Avenue, on the right when traveling north on 3rd Street.
The bright lights of Beale Street and the promise of musical stardom have lured blues musicians from nearby Mississippi since the early 1900s. Early Memphis blues luminaries who migrated from Mississippi include Gus Cannon, Furry Lewis, Jim Jackson . . . — — Map (db m82863) HM
Near Union Avenue at South 2nd Street (Tennessee Highway 14), on the right when traveling west.
In 1872 every building in this city block was leveled in what was called "the worst fire in Memphis history". The entire cost of the damage was $266,000 or about the cost of one large new house in 2003. — — Map (db m148907) HM
On Adams Avenue west of North 4th Street, on the left when traveling west.
Built in 1869 by James Lee, Jr. (1832–1905), lawyer, riverman and leader in the development of Memphis, the first Lee House was designed by architect Joseph Willis. In this home of Italianate-Victorian design also lived James Lee, Sr. . . . — — Map (db m82864) HM
On Beale Street just east of Rufus Thomas Boulevard, on the right when traveling west.
Starting business in 1900, Clarence Gillis and brothers Andrew and Cornelius were noted entrepreneurs. They adopted the name "Gillis Brothers” and engaged in several business ventures, the first of which was a grocery located on Polk Street. . . . — — Map (db m147558) HM
On Beale Street at South Main Street, on the right when traveling west on Beale Street.
On this corner the Grand Opera House was dedicated on September 22, 1890. "The Grand" was destroyed by fire October 17, 1923
The New Orpheum Theatre was rebuilt and opened November 19, 1928
For over a century this corner has been the . . . — — Map (db m148900) HM
Near Monroe Avenue just west of Maggie H. Isabell Street, on the right when traveling west.
Cousins Tony Angelos and Charles Skinner emigrated from Greece together and opened "The Hole in the Wall" cafe behind the old Peabody Hotel in 1911. In 1923, they opened the Bon Ton Cafe, which became a favorite haunt of Elvis in his early days and . . . — — Map (db m148960) HM
During the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s, Jet magazine reported in 1965 that members of the Lee Family of Memphis “have been arrested 17 times for civil rights activities and claim the title of the Most Arrested Family'' in the . . . — — Map (db m129505) HM
On Mulberry Street at Hulling Avenue, on the left when traveling south on Mulberry Street.
Originally the Windsor Hotel (c. 1925) and later one of only a few hotels for blacks, it hosted such entertainers as Cab Calloway, Aretha Franklin, Count Basie, B.B. King, and Nat King Cole. Walter and Loree Bailey bought it in 1942, renaming it . . . — — Map (db m82865) HM
On South Center Lane at Madison Avenue, on the left when traveling north on South Center Lane.
From this spot press and type of the Appeal were loaded on a freight car at Main and Madison in early morning, June 6, 1862, just before a naval battle. This paper kept the journalistic flag of the Confederacy flying from Grenada, Miss., then . . . — — Map (db m148921) HM
On 352 Beale Street west of South Danny Thomas Boulevard (Tennessee Route 1).
Musician • Composer • Publisher. 1873–1958. Father of the Blues. In this house was born Memphis Blues, St. Louis Blues, Beale Street Blues and other great songs. This house was moved here from 659 Janette Street in 1983 and . . . — — Map (db m3240) HM
Near Monroe Avenue at South Center Lane, on the left when traveling east.
This was the site of the original Peabody Hotel from 1869 until 1923. George Peabody was a businessman who set aside $3.5 million to improve education in the South in 1868. After his death the following year, friend and business associate Robert . . . — — Map (db m148956) HM
On Madison Avenue at Maggie H. Isabell Street, on the right when traveling east on Madison Avenue.
Front
On this site during 1953 and 1954, the Goodwyn
Institute Building Auditorium was home to "The
Saturday Night Jamboree" a live country music
show that debuted a group of unknown artists
who later made music history. Among . . . — — Map (db m116305) HM
Near Monroe Avenue just east of South Front Street, on the left when traveling east.
The 10th through 12th floors of the Shrine Building held the headquarters of the Al Chymia Shrine Temple from 1923 to 1936, and the Shriners' logo is still etched above the door. The Shrine Building was renovated into apartments by Henry Turley in . . . — — Map (db m148946) HM
Near Riverside Drive west of Jefferson Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
One of the worst maritime disasters in world history occurred 7 miles north of Memphis on April 27, 1865, when the steamer Sultana exploded and burned with the loss of over 1,547 lives. Built to carry only 376 passengers, the Sultana had over 2,300 . . . — — Map (db m116282) HM
On Riverside Drive, on the right when traveling south.
Home to thousands of men, women, and children,
the Cherokee Nation once spread across parts of
Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Alabama.
The 1830 Indian Removal Act required that the
Cherokee surrender their land and move west.
In . . . — — Map (db m193160) HM
On Beale Street at 4th Street, on the right when traveling east on Beale Street.
Robert R. Church, Sr.
1839-1912
Pioneer businessman, first citizen to buy bond to restore City Charter after yellow fever epidemics of 1878-1879 had reduced Memphis to a taxing district, bought bond number one of first series for . . . — — Map (db m107461) HM
On North Court Street west of North 2nd Street, on the right when traveling west.
In 1865-66 Edison was military telegraph operator with the Federal occupation army, working in a building formerly at the east corner of North Court and November 6 Streets, and boarding next door. Trying to invent an auto-repeat key, he managed to . . . — — Map (db m74808) HM WM
On S. Riverside Blvd near Beale Street, on the left when traveling north.
Tom Lee with his boat “Zev” saved thirty-two lives when the steamer U.S. Norman sank about twenty miles below Memphis May 8, 1925. But he has a finer monument than this—an invisible one. A monument of kindliness, generosity, . . . — — Map (db m4947) HM
Late afternoon of May 8, 1925, Tom Lee (1886-1952) steered his 28' skiff Zev upriver after delivering an official to Helena.
Also on the river was a steamboat, the M. E. Norman, carrying members of the Engineers Club of Memphis, . . . — — Map (db m82866) HM
Near Poplar Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
In 1971, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the State of Tennessee could not go through Overton Park to build I-40 based on environmental issues. This east-west interstate now follows I-240 around the north side of Memphis. It remains the only . . . — — Map (db m37713) HM
On Union Avenue at South Main Street, on the right when traveling east on Union Avenue.
Contrary to popular belief, Union Avenue’s name has nothing to do with the Civil War. The street was the southern boundary of Memphis until 1850, when the city consolidated with the rival city of South Memphis. The street was named to commemorate . . . — — Map (db m151241) HM
Near North Front Street at Jefferson Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
The daughter of a Confederate sympathizer, Ginnie Moon was a noted Southern Civil War spy. Born in Ohio, Ginnie moved to Memphis with her mother in 1862. She was arrested for spying soon after the Federal Army occupied the city, but escaped to . . . — — Map (db m55309) HM
On Union Avenue (U.S. 64) east of Hernando Street, on the right when traveling west. Reported missing.
Maj. Gen. C.C. Washburn, Federal commander in Memphis, lived in a house which stood here at the time of Gen. Forrest's dawn raid. He escaped capture by decamping through the back door in his night clothes. His uniform and sword seized by raiders . . . — — Map (db m115226) HM
On Union Avenue at S November 6th St. Or Gen Washburns Escape Alley, on the left when traveling east on Union Avenue.
WDIA, the Goodwill Station, was the first radio station in the nation to have an all-black format. This format made WDIA the top-rated Memphis Station in the early 1950's. In 1948, Nat D. Williams became its first black "D-J". Among those who . . . — — Map (db m55317) HM
On Mulberry Street at East Butler Avenue, on the right when traveling north on Mulberry Street.
On April 4, 1968, an assassin's bullet killed Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. as he stood on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel, less than 200 yards from where you stand now. The civil rights leader gave his life for freedom.
Founded in 1991, the . . . — — Map (db m234880) HM
On Monroe Avenue at South Main Street, on the right when traveling west on Monroe Avenue.
Memphians have been asking
“Who is William Len?” ever
since the Wm. Len Hotel,
now apartments, opened in 1930.
William Len Seaman was the
father-in-law of the hotel's
manager and one of the
richest men in Arkansas. — — Map (db m221391) HM
On South Second Street, on the right when traveling south.
In 1977 WLOK became Memphis' first African-American owned radio station. Established on this site, Gilliam Communications' WLOK is a family-oriented format on which many of the nation's top African-American leaders have appeared. Several of the . . . — — Map (db m13819) HM
Memphis' first full-service radio station began regularly scheduled broadcasting on January 20, 1923, from the top floor of this building, which was then the home of The Commercial Appeal newspaper. Listeners enjoyed a full range of musical . . . — — Map (db m98306) HM
On Poplar Avenue (U.S. 72) at Oakhaven Road, on the left when traveling east on Poplar Avenue.
A unique cave was constructed by Memoral Park founder E. Clovis Hinds and Mexican artist Diońicio Rodriguez in 1935-38. Natural rock and quartz crystal collected from the Ozarks form the background for nine scenes from the life of Christ. The cave . . . — — Map (db m88312) HM
On Poplar Avenue (U.S. 72) at South Perkins Road, on the left when traveling east on Poplar Avenue.
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Organized October 18, 1850 on two acres of land donated by Col. Eppy White, using the Greek word "Eudora" signifying "good gift" as its name, this church met in a log schoolhouse until the congregation's first structure was erected . . . — — Map (db m83572) HM
Organized October 18, 1850 on two acres donated by Col. Eppy White, the church met in a log schoolhouse until the first building was erected in 1851. The first pastor was J.B. Canada. A larger building completed in 1858 was used as a Federal . . . — — Map (db m132039) HM
On Walnut Grove Road at Mendenhall Road, on the left on Walnut Grove Road.
Mullins United Methodist Church, named for its first minister, the Reverend Lorenzo Dow Mullins, was established July 15, 1845, in a one-room log cabin structure on this site. Federal troops dismantled the building using its timbers to construct . . . — — Map (db m84551) HM
On Walnut Grove Road, 0.1 miles North Mendenhall Road, on the right when traveling west.
Founded January 10, 1851, St. Agnes Academy was sponsored by the Dominican Sisters from Kentucky. The school continued to operate during the Civil War and some nuns were pressed into service as nurses. Through the yellow fever epidemics of the . . . — — Map (db m84700) HM
On Perkins Extended, 0.1 miles Walnut Grove Road, on the right when traveling north.
Front
St. Mary's Episcopal School is the oldest private school in Memphis. It has operated continuously since its founding in 1847, and during most of its existence has been exclusively for girls. During the Civil War, Headmistress Mary . . . — — Map (db m86306) HM
On East Parkway South (Tennessee Route 277) at Young Avenue, on the right when traveling north on East Parkway South.
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Zippin Pippin
The wooden roller coaster erected on the Fairgrounds in 1923 was the Mid-South’s premier outdoor amusement park ride for more than eight decades. It was built by coaster design pioneer John Miller and was . . . — — Map (db m106354) HM
On Madison Avenue close to Cooper Street, on the right when traveling west.
Leighnora Elisabeth Griffin, pictured here in the 1930s, lived at 2118 Madison Avenue from 1919 until her death at age 89. She once turned down an offer price of $500,000 to purchase the home during the mid-70's heyday of Overton Square . . . — — Map (db m84680) HM
On North Watkins Street (Tennessee Route 388) at Thomas Street (U.S. 51), on the right when traveling east on North Watkins Street.
Chambers, Thomas B. • Chamblee, Dickey • Cleave, Lonnie L. • Collier, Lawrence H. • Cooley, Harvey L. • Cooperwood, Jack J., III • Creighton, Paul • Crutchfield, Terry W. • Cummings, Dave, Jr. • Cunningham, John, Jr. • Currie, Andrew • Derry, David . . . — — Map (db m221419) WM
Near Metal Museum Drive west of Riverside Boulevard.
The park, comprising eleven acres,
was purchased in 1912 by the Board
of Park Commissioners and was
dedicated to the use and pleasure of
the citizens of Memphis in perpetuity.
Dedicated in 1919
Rededicated in 2007,
By Hermitage Chapter . . . — — Map (db m221363) HM
Near Metal Museum Drive west of Riverside Boulevard when traveling west.
The Chisca mound next to the river
was utilized during the Civil War
as an artillery redoubt and magazine
inside federal Fort Pickering covering
the site of the original Fort Pickering.
The top of the mound was excavated
for the stronghold in . . . — — Map (db m221362) HM
Near Metal Museum Drive at Alston Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
In June 1861, Confederate supporters in Memphis erected earthworks to protect the city here at Fort Pickering, the site of a frontier-era fortified trading post. Capt. William Pickett and his company of sappers and miners supervised the slave and . . . — — Map (db m221371) HM
Near Metal Museum Drive west of Riverside Boulevard when traveling west.
When first visited by the explorers,
this acreage was the site of the
fortress of Chisca, the chief of the
Indian tribe which inhabited this
region and whose principal village
stood a short distance eastward.
The nearby eminences are . . . — — Map (db m221365) HM
On Glenview Avenue just east of Oaklawn Street, on the right.
On the evening of July 12, 1935, in the garden behind this house, the Garden Players under the direction of Arthur Scharff performed Tennessee Williams’ first staged play “Cairo, Shanghai, Bombay.” Bernice D. Shapiro was listed as co-author, and . . . — — Map (db m87436) HM
On Union Avenue just west of Patricia Drive, on the right when traveling west.
Front
This congregation began meeting in the home of Simon Bradford at Front and Talbot in 1837. Encouraged by visits from Alexander Campbell, one of the founders of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), the first Christian Church . . . — — Map (db m87091) HM
On Messick Road at Hickory Crest Drive, on the right when traveling east on Messick Road.
This house was home to two owners who experienced differently the tribulations of the Civil War. The first, Thomas A. Nelson (1819-1887), acquired property on Poplar Pike in 1869 as a rural refuge from the yellow fever epidemics that periodically . . . — — Map (db m119871) HM
On Meagher Street at Dunkley Avenue, on the right when traveling north on Meagher Street.
Inside his home here at 968 Meagher, Joe Warren, a city sanitation worker, hosted strategy meetings with fellow workers in 1968 to plan what would become a historic strike against the City of Memphis. The strike would protest the firing of 33 . . . — — Map (db m149042) HM
On North Hollywood Street, 0.1 miles north of Jackson Avenue (Route 14), on the right when traveling north.
Front
The first African-American students to enroll in Springdale Elementary were Deborah Holt and Jaqueline Moore. Both lived closer to Springdale than to the African-American school where they otherwise would have been assigned. . . . — — Map (db m89501) HM
On Poplar Avenue (U.S. 72) at East Parkway North, on the right when traveling west on Poplar Avenue.
Front
On April 3, 1839, 11 Baptists met in the home of Spencer Hail to organize a Baptist church. The next day, the group met to sign articles of faith. On Sunday, April 7, the group was organized as a regular Baptist church and baptised . . . — — Map (db m86577) HM
The 342 acre Lea Woods was bought in 1901 as the first project of Memphis Park Commission on advice of Olmsted Brothers, noted landscape and architects. By popular vote it was named for Judge John Overton, a city founder. Naturalistic landscaping . . . — — Map (db m82857) HM
On Summer Ave (U.S. 70) at Bartlett Road, on the left when traveling east on Summer Ave.
Front Near this spot, on May 22, 1917, a mob tied Ell Persons to a log, doused him with gasoline, and burned him alive. Several thousand people watched in what newspapers described as a holiday atmosphere.
Authorities had arrested Persons, a . . . — — Map (db m105947) HM
Near Beale Street west of South Lauderdale Street, on the right when traveling east.
Blair T. Hunt, Sr.
Blair T. Hunt, Sr., was an African-American born into slavery in Huntsville, Alabama. As a youth, he came to Memphis with his owners, the Hunt family, and lived in the Hunt-Phelan House. After emancipation, he married . . . — — Map (db m178699) HM
On Madison Avenue, 0 miles east of Dunlap, on the right when traveling east.
The Willis C. Campbell Clinic opened at this site on December 26, 1920. Originating as a one-story building, it housed a waiting room, business office, eight examining rooms, the physical therapy department, and a brace shop. Several years later, . . . — — Map (db m136490) HM
On Union Avenue (U.S. 51/64) at Marshall Avenue, on the left when traveling east on Union Avenue.
Front In July 1954 Sun Records released Elvis Presley's first recording. That record, and Elvis' four that followed on the Sun label, changed popular music. Elvis developed an innovative and different sound combining blues, gospel, and . . . — — Map (db m37261) HM
On Linden Ave (or) Dr. Martin Luther King Junior Ave. (Tennessee Route 278) at S. Lauderdale Street, on the right when traveling west on Linden Ave (or) Dr. Martin Luther King Junior Ave..
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First Baptist Church
The First Baptist Church was designed by architect R. H. Hunt and built in 1906. It is constructed of yellow bricks along a Georgian-architectural style. It housed a congregation of 2,200 members . . . — — Map (db m55466) HM
On Beale Street, 0.2 miles west of S. Lauderdale Street, on the left when traveling east.
Political, business and civic leader, Lee was a lieutenant in the U.S. Army Expeditionary Force. Heroic in W.W.I, he was an active black combat officer. An insurance executive and capitalist, Lee was leader of the Lincoln League and Old Guard . . . — — Map (db m55501) HM
On Beale Street at Danny Thomas (U.S. 51), on the right when traveling east on Beale Street.
The City of Memphis recognizes the American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees AFL-CIO Local 1733 as the designated representative for the Division of Public Works for the purpose of negotiations on wages hours and conditions of . . . — — Map (db m107458) HM
In 1836 the state authorized building a brick hospital on this site, chiefly for river travelers. In 1873 it became a municipal institution. After its razing in 1891, the location became Forrest Park. — — Map (db m74826) HM
On Vance Avenue, 0 miles west of East Street, on the right when traveling west.
On September 15, 1968, thirty clergy and lay people from different congregations and different races established MIFA. For decades before, faith leaders had considered ways the community could unite, but after the sanitation worker's strike and the . . . — — Map (db m129978) HM
On Union Avenue (U.S. 51) west of Dunlap Street, on the right when traveling west.
On June 28, 1900, a group of over 100 sons and grandsons of Confederate veterans met in Memphis to organize a local chapter, or "camp" of the United Sons of Confederate Veterans, later known as the Sons of Confederate Veterans (SCV). Following . . . — — Map (db m82854) HM
On Union Avenue (U.S. 51) west of Dunlap Street, on the right when traveling west. Reported permanently removed.
Nathan - Bedford - Forrest
MDCCCXXI - MDCCCLXVII
"Those hoof beats die not upon fame's crimson sod,
But will ring through her song and her story;
He fought like a Titan and struck like a god,
And his dust is our ashes of glory."
. . . — — Map (db m51510) HM
On Union Avenue (U.S. 79) west of South Dunlap Street, on the right when traveling west.
Brigadier General N.B. Forrest, III, U.S. Army Air Force, was born in Memphis on April 7, 1905 and was the first American General Officer killed in combat against the nazis during World War II. He died while participating in a B-17 bomber raid on . . . — — Map (db m82855) HM
On Vance Avenue at Orleans, on the right when traveling east on Vance Avenue.
In 1946, the Tennessee Baptist Missionary and Educational Convention, a negro religious group, purchased twelve acres of ground and buildings at Vance Avenue and Orleans Street for $375,000 to begin a school. In 1954, Owen College, a two year . . . — — Map (db m107447) HM
On 910 Madison Avenue, 0.1 miles west of North Pauline Street, on the right when traveling west.
Originally Red Elm Park, Russwood Park was home to Memphis professional baseball from 1899 to 1960. Primarily home to the Memphis Chicks, a charter member of the Southern Association, Russwood hosted nearly 70% of all players and managers enshrined . . . — — Map (db m116293) HM
On Vance Avenue at S Orleans Street, on the right when traveling west on Vance Avenue.
St. John Baptist Church was founded in 1868 by the Rev. George J. Mosby and several persons formerly enslaved. After several relocations, the Rev. Alexander McEwen Williams, a former member of the National Baptist Convention's Sunday School . . . — — Map (db m164127) HM
On Union Avenue (U.S. 70, 79) 0.1 miles east of South Lauderdale Street, on the right when traveling east.
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The Commercial Appeal
This newspaper began in 1839 as THE WESTERN WORLD & MEMPHIS BANNER OF THE CONSTITUTION. In 1840 Col. Henry Van Pelt bought and renamed it THE MEMPHIS APPEAL. During the Civil War it published on the . . . — — Map (db m55377) HM
On Union Avenue, 0.1 miles east of Lauderdale Street, on the right when traveling east.
Organized in 1835, the LaGrange and Memphis Railroad operated the first train from Memphis 4 1/2 miles on March 29, 1842, on the present roadbed of the Southern Railway. The depot which was destroyed by fire February 1, 1853 was located here. The . . . — — Map (db m8125) HM
On Beale Street, 0.2 miles east of South Lauderdale Street, on the right when traveling east.
During the Civil War, the house was commandeered by General Ulysses Grant as his Memphis Headquarters; Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederacy, and a friend of the Hunt Family, also spent time in the house. Later, it was used as a Federal . . . — — Map (db m55514) HM
On Linden Avenue (Tennessee Route 278) at South Danny Thomas Boulevard (Tennessee Route 1), on the right when traveling west on Linden Avenue.
Universal Life Insurance Building
Designed by the African-American architectural firm of McKissack and McKissack and constructed in 1949, this building houses the national headquarters of the Universal Life Insurance Company. The . . . — — Map (db m63289) HM
Judge John Louis Taylor Sneed (1820-1901) named this house which is built of native poplar and cypress. Only a few of this "Victorian piano-box" style, more common to middle-Tennessee, survive. E.A. Spottswood, Sr. sold this land to Levi Joy in . . . — — Map (db m84457) HM
On Angelus Street just north of Madison Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
Here was the farm of the Tillman Bettis family on the Memphis bluff after the 1818 treaty, even before the town was laid off. Mary Bettis was the first child born in the new settlement. — — Map (db m83844) HM
On S. Belvedere Blvd., 0 miles Peabody Ave/, on the left when traveling south.
By 1900, Memphis's growth had pushed the city limits east of the district's 511 acres, originally settled in 1830 by Solomon Rozelle. With its convenient access to downtown via the new trolley lines, Central Gardens underwent intensive . . . — — Map (db m87367) HM
On North Danny Thomas Boulevard (U.S. 51) at Adams Avenue, on the right when traveling north on North Danny Thomas Boulevard.
The main trail of the Chickasaws from their towns in Pontotoc, Miss., here reached the Bayou Gayoso after following roughly the line of Highway 78, Lamar Boulevard, and Marshall Street. — — Map (db m63286) HM
On Adams Avenue just west of North Neely Street, on the right when traveling west.
At this site, on November 17, 1871, the Christian Brothers purchased what was the Memphis Female College. Brother Maurelian, who served as the first president of Christian Brothers College, along with three other Brothers and one layman, opened . . . — — Map (db m148989) HM
On Washington Avenue at North Orleans Street, on the right when traveling west on Washington Avenue.
A “Daughter” of Wesley Chapel (later, the First United Methodist Church), Collins Chapel was organized in 1841 and purchased this site in 1859. Names for its first pastor, J. T. C. Collins, it predates the formation of the CME . . . — — Map (db m63368) HM
On Peabody Avenue just west of South Rembert Street, on the right when traveling west.
Edward Hull Crump, Memphis political leader for half a century, constructed this residence for his family and himself in 1909. The landscaping was his constant pride until his death here on October 16, 1954. — — Map (db m149033) HM
On North Lane at Lyndale Avenue, on the left when traveling north on North Lane.
Welcome to Fargason Fields.
Conveyed to the college in 1922
by John T. Fargason and his sister
Mary Fargason Falls,
in memory of their father
J.T. Fargason. Fargason Fields
encompasses 15 acres on the
north side of the campus. Originally
the . . . — — Map (db m102327) HM
Near S Watkins Street at Eastmoreland Ave.. Reported missing.
Founded 1862, organized 1864 with 25 members, this was the earliest Congregational Church in Memphis and State of Tennessee; known first as Union Church, next as Strangers Church, at two downtown locations. This classical modified Ionic building, . . . — — Map (db m88064) HM
On Peabody Ave. at Lemaster Street, on the left when traveling east on Peabody Ave..
St. Luke's Church, founded in 1894 at Idlewild and Union, moved to this location in 1912 where the Right Rev. Thomas F. Gailor, 3rd Bishop of Tennessee, laid the church's cornerstone. Grace Church, founded in 1850 as the first mission church of . . . — — Map (db m84423) HM
On Union Avenue, 0.1 miles east of Barksdale Street., on the right when traveling east.
Founded in 1902 by Mary Grimes Hutchison as a college preparatory school for girls, it was the first independent school in Memphis accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools. In 1925 Hutchison moved to the Union Avenue . . . — — Map (db m87083) HM
On South Evergreen Street just north of Union Avenue (U.S. 64/79), on the left when traveling north.
A series of prayer meetings organized by James S. Davant in 1890 resulted in a Presbyterian Church organized in the suburb of Idlewild. From Peabody Avenue the congregation moved to the southwest corner of Union Avenue and McLean Boulevard, then . . . — — Map (db m149035) HM
On Court Avenue at Bellevue Boulevard, on the right when traveling east on Court Avenue.
The Negro Baptist Association founded the Jane Terrell Baptist Hospital at 698 Williams in 1909 under the leadership of Dr. C.A. Terrell. At his death, it was permanently renamed Terrell Memorial Hospital under the leadership of Dr. N. M. Watson. By . . . — — Map (db m86566) HM
"When nothing else subsists from the past, after the people are dead, after the things are broken and scattered. The smell and taste of things remain poised a long time, like souls. Bearing resiliently, on tiny and almost impalpable drops of . . . — — Map (db m89358) HM WM
On Jefferson Avenue at Manassas Street on Jefferson Avenue.
Born in Germany in 1835, Elias Lowenstein emigrated to Memphis in 1854. The firm which he headed, B. Lowenstein & Bros. Department Store, was prominent in Memphis for 125 years. A leader in the Jewish community, he served as president of Temple . . . — — Map (db m74816) HM
On North Orleans Street just north of Jefferson Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
A Confederate officer who was cited for gallantry, he held the office of attorney-general for Shelby County. Wright also served as the first governor-general of the Philippines and as the first official ambassador to Japan, and under President . . . — — Map (db m148986) HM
On Adams Avenue west of North Orleans Street, on the right when traveling west.
Built circa 1852, this 25-room Italian villa-style mansion was home to the Isaac Kirtland, Benjamin Babb, James C. Neely, Daniel Grant, and Barton Lee Mallory families between 1852 and 1969. Extensively renovated during the 1880s and 1890s, it . . . — — Map (db m63369) HM
Near Veterans Plaza Drive, 0.1 miles north of Poplar Avenue.
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Margaret Polk
Margaret Polk was a Memphis resident and a graduate of the Hutchison School. While a student at Southwestern in Memphis, she dated Pilot Robert Morgan prior to his deployment overseas. Bob named his B-17F-Memphis . . . — — Map (db m85160) HM WM
