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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Memphis, 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
Memphis is in Shelby County
      Shelby County (490)  
ADJACENT TO SHELBY COUNTY
      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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101 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — 15 — Architectural Innovation
Near Monroe Avenue east of South Front Street, on the left when traveling east.
102 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — Artesian Water
On Court Avenue just west of North Danny Thomas Boulevard (U.S. 51), on the right when traveling west.
103 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — A-3 — Barboro Grocery
On Barboro Alley at South Main Street, on the right when traveling west on Barboro Alley.
104 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — 67 — Baseball
On Madison Avenue just east of South B.B. King Boulevard, on the right when traveling east.
105 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — Beale Street #1
On Beale Street.
106 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — Beale Street #2
On Beale Street, on the right when traveling east.
107 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — Beale Street #3
On Beale Street.
108 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — Beale Street #4
On Beale Street.
109 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — Beale Street Baptist Church
On Beale Street just east of South 4th Street, on the right when traveling west.
110 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — Beale Street Historic District
111 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — 4E 126 — Benjamin Franklin Booth — 1858–1941
On Beale Street, on the right when traveling south.
112 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — 18 — Brodnax Jewelers
Near Monroe Avenue just west of South Main Street, on the left when traveling west.
113 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — 17 — Business Men's Club
Near Monroe Avenue east of South Center Lane, on the left when traveling east.
114 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — Calvary Protestant Episcopal Church
On North Second Street at Adams Avenue, on the right when traveling north on North Second Street.
115 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — Capt. J. Harvey Mathes — 37th. Tenn. C.S.A.
Near North Front Street south of Jefferson Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
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116 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — 4E 33 — Casey Jones
On Front Street at Poplar Avenue, on the right when traveling south on Front Street.
117 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — Charl Ormond Williams — 1885-1969
Near North Front Street at Madison Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
118 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — Chop Suey Cafι / Chinese Merchants on Beale Street
On Beale Street just west of South 4th Street, on the right when traveling west.
119 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — 4E 67 — Church Park
On Beale Street east of South 4th Street, on the right when traveling east.
120 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — Church Park Auditorium
On Beale Street, 0.1 miles east of 4th Street, on the left when traveling west.
121 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — Civil War Capitol
On North Second Street at Madison Avenue, on the right when traveling north on North Second Street.
122 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — 2 — Civil War Hospital
On Union Avenue west of South Front Avenue.
123 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.
124 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.
125 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — Cobblestone Landing
Near Riverside Drive.
126 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — 1 — Cobblestones
Near Union Avenue at Wagner Street, on the right when traveling east.
127 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — Confederate History of Memphis
On Front Street south of Jefferson Ave., on the right when traveling south.
128 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — Confederate Park — Reunions and Memorials
Near North Front Street at Jefferson Avenue, on the left when traveling north.
129 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.
130 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.
131 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — 4 — Cotton Exchange Building
Near Union Avenue at South Front Street, on the right when traveling east.
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132 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.
133 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.
134 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.
135 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — Dermon Building
On North B.B. King Boulevard north of Court Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
136 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — Dorothy "Happy" Snowden Jones — 1937 - 2017 —
137 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.
138 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.
139 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — 4E 61 — Eugene Magevney
On Adams Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
140 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — 20 — Face-off
Near Monroe Avenue south of South Main Street, on the right when traveling east.
141 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — 6 — Farnsworth Building
Near Union Avenue at South Main Street, on the right when traveling east.
142 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — 5 — First "Talkies"
On Union Avenue east of South Front Street, on the right when traveling east.
143 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.
144 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.
145 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.
146 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — Former Criminal Courts Building
On Washington Avenue east of North 2nd Street, on the left when traveling east.
147 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.
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148 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.
149 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — 23 — Fort Adams, Mississippi/Old River Control Structure/Homochitto Cutoff — Panel # 23
On Riverside Drive.
150 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — Frances Grant Loring — 1923 - 2009 —
Near Front Street west of Madison Avenue when traveling west.
151 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.
152 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — 4E 96 — George Jackson
On Beale Street, on the right when traveling east.
153 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.
154 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.
155 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — Here, on April 4, 1968 … / … Today, a Place of Remembrance
Near Mulberry Street at East Butler Avenue.
156 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.
157 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — 4E 159 — Hooks Brothers Photography — Established in 1907
On Beale Street.
158 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — Hotel Claridge
On Adams Avenue at Center Lane, on the right when traveling east on Adams Avenue.
159 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — Ida B. Wells — 1862-1931
Near North Front Street at Madison Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
160 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — 4E 85 — Ida B. Wells — 1862–1931
On Beale Street, on the right when traveling south.
161 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — James A. Hyter, “Ol’ Man River”
On Riverside Drive, on the right when traveling south.
162 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — James H. Malone — Oct. 31, 1851 - June 29, 1929
On North 2nd Street.
163 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — John Grisham
On Union Avenue east of South Front Street.
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164 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — 4E 51 — John James Audubon
On Riverside Drive, on the right when traveling south.
165 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — Joseph Hanover — 1888 - 1984 —
166 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.
167 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.
168 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.
169 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.
170 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — Lide Smith Meriwether — 1829 - 1913
Near North Front Street at Madison Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
171 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — Lulu Colyar Reese — 1858-1926 —
Near North Front Street at Madison Avenue.
172 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.
173 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.
174 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — Marion Scudder Griffin — 1879-1957
Near North Front Street at Madison Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
175 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.
176 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.
177 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — Mary Church Terrell — 1863-1954
Near North Front Street at Madison Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
178 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.
179 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — Maxine Atkins Smith — 1929-2013 —
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180 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — Memphis and Shelby County Medical Society
On N. Front Street.
181 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — 4E 164 — Memphis Queen II
On Riverside Drive.
182 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — Minerva J. Johnican — 1938 - 2013 —
Near Front Street near Madison Avenue.
183 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — Mississippi River Park
Near Riverside Drive at Court Avenue, on the left when traveling north.
184 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.
185 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — Mud Island
On Riverside Drive.
186 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — 4E 104 — Nat D. Williams
On Beale Street, on the right when traveling west.
187 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.
188 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — A-2 — Opera House Fire
Near Barboro Alley at South Center Lane, on the right when traveling west.
189 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.
190 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — 12 — Peabody Lobby
Near Union Avenue (U.S. 70) at Charlie Vergos' Rendezvous Alley.
191 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.
192 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — 4E 83 — Pee Wee Saloon — (P. Wee Saloon)
Near Beale Street.
193 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.
194 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.
195 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.
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196 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.
197 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — 3 — Promenade
Near Union Avenue at South Front Street, on the right when traveling west.
198 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.
199 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — 4E 119 — Rufus Thomas, Jr.
Near Beale Street.
200 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.

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