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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Memphis

 
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 (407) Fayette County, TN (16) Tipton County, TN (17) Crittenden County, AR (13) Mississippi County, AR (33) DeSoto County, MS (9) Marshall County, MS (15)  ShelbyCounty(407) Shelby County (407)  FayetteCounty(16) Fayette County (16)  TiptonCounty(17) Tipton County (17)  CrittendenCountyArkansas(13) Crittenden County (13)  MississippiCounty(33) Mississippi County (33)  DeSotoCountyMississippi(9) DeSoto County (9)  MarshallCounty(15) Marshall County (15)
Memphis, Tennessee and Vicinity
    Shelby County (407)
    Fayette County (16)
    Tipton County (17)
    Crittenden County, Arkansas (13)
    Mississippi County, Arkansas (33)
    DeSoto County, Mississippi (9)
    Marshall County, Mississippi (15)
 
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201Tennessee (Shelby County), Memphis — Oakville Missionary Baptist Church
On Knight Arnold Road at Knight Road, on the left when traveling west on Knight Arnold Road.
202Tennessee (Shelby County), Memphis — Ohio River
Near Island Drive 0.8 miles south of West A.W. Willis Avenue when traveling south.
203Tennessee (Shelby County), Memphis — A-2 — Opera House Fire
Near Barboro Alley at South Center Lane, on the right when traveling west.
204Tennessee (Shelby County), Memphis — 4E 97 — Orange Mound
On Park Avenue at Hanley Street, on the right when traveling west on Park Avenue.
205Tennessee (Shelby County), Memphis — 3 — Ostrica Lock/Buras, Louisiana/Empire Lock/Nairn, Louisiana — Panel #3 Mississippi Riverwalk
Near Island Drive 0.8 miles south of West A.W. Willis Avenue when traveling south.
206Tennessee (Shelby County), Memphis — Overton Park
On East Parkway.
207Tennessee (Shelby County), Memphis — Overton Square — 1969 — Birth of the Square —
On Madison Avenue at Cooper, on the right when traveling east on Madison Avenue.
208Tennessee (Shelby County), Memphis — Owen College — 1954-1968
On Vance Avenue at Orleans, on the right when traveling east on Vance Avenue.
209Tennessee (Shelby County), Memphis — 24 — Palmetto Bend/Jackson Point/St. Catherine’s Creek/Ellis Cliffs — Panel # 24
On Riverside Drive.
210Tennessee (Shelby County), Memphis — 11 — Peabody Hotel
Near Union Avenue (U.S. 70) just west of Charlie Vergos' Rendezvous Alley, on the right when traveling west.
211Tennessee (Shelby County), Memphis — 12 — Peabody Lobby
Near Union Avenue (U.S. 70) at Charlie Vergos' Rendezvous Alley.
212Tennessee (Shelby County), Memphis — 13 — Peabody Revitalization
Near Union Avenue at South B.B. King Boulevard (Tennessee Highway 3), on the right when traveling west.
213Tennessee (Shelby County), Memphis — 4E 83 — Pee Wee Saloon — (P. Wee Saloon)
Near Beale Street.
214Tennessee (Shelby County), Memphis — 4E 106 — People's Grocery
On Mississippi Boulevard at Walker Avenue, on the right when traveling north on Mississippi Boulevard.
215Tennessee (Shelby County), Memphis — Phi Beta Sigma/Abram Langston Taylor
On Beale Street east of South 4th Street, on the right when traveling east.
216Tennessee (Shelby County), Memphis — Phillips Cottage
On South Dudley Street 0.1 miles south of Sledge Avenue, on the left when traveling south.
217Tennessee (Shelby County), Memphis — 4E 31 — Pigeon Roost Road
On Lamar Avenue (U.S. 78) at Interstate 240, on the right when traveling west on Lamar Avenue.
218Tennessee (Shelby County), Memphis — 4E 110 — Piggly Wiggly
On Jefferson Avenue at 2nd Street, on the right when traveling east on Jefferson Avenue.
219Tennessee (Shelby County), Memphis — 16 — Plaquemine, Louisiana/Manchac Bend — Panel #16 Mississippi Riverwalk
Near Island Drive 0.8 miles south of West A.W. Willis Avenue.
220Tennessee (Shelby County), Memphis — Plastic Products Record Plant — Hub of Rock 'N' Roll — 1746 Chelsea —
On Chelsea Avenue 0.2 miles west of North McLean Boulevard, on the right when traveling west.
221Tennessee (Shelby County), Memphis — 4 — Point a La Hache, Louisiana/Magnolia Plantation, Louisiana — Panel #4 Mississippi Riverwalk
Near Island Drive 0.8 miles south of West A.W. Willis Avenue when traveling south.
222Tennessee (Shelby County), 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.
223Tennessee (Shelby County), Memphis — 19 — Port Hudson, Louisiana/Fausse River Cutoff — Panel #19 Mississippi Riverwalk
Near Island Drive 0.8 miles south of West A.W. Willis Avenue.
224Tennessee (Shelby County), Memphis — Porter-Leath Children's Center
On North Manassas Street 0.1 miles north of Bethel Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
225Tennessee (Shelby County), Memphis — Pre-Civil War Lynching at Market Square
On North 2nd Street north of Market Street, on the left when traveling north.
226Tennessee (Shelby County), Memphis — 3 — Promenade
Near Union Avenue at South Front Street, on the right when traveling west.
227Tennessee (Shelby County), Memphis — R.S. Lewis & Sons Funeral Home
On Vance Avenue 0 miles east of 4th, on the left when traveling east.
228Tennessee (Shelby County), Memphis — 59 — Reelfoot Lake — Panel #59 Mississippi Riverwalk — Mile 873.0 AHP —
Near Island Drive 0.8 miles from West A.W. Willis Avenue when traveling south.
229Tennessee (Shelby County), Memphis — 4E 79 — Rhodes College
On North Parkway at University Street, on the right on North Parkway.
230Tennessee (Shelby County), Memphis — 4E 172 — Robert Karriem — 1934-2004
On East McLemore Avenue just west of Mississippi Boulevard, on the right when traveling west.
231Tennessee (Shelby County), Memphis — Robert R. Church
Near Walker Avenue at Cummings Street, on the right when traveling west.
232Tennessee (Shelby County), Memphis — 4E 181 — Rock of Ages Christian Methodist Episcopal Church
On Scott Street at Princeton Street, on the right when traveling north on Scott Street.
233Tennessee (Shelby County), Memphis — 28 — Rodney Cutoff/Bayou Pierre — Panel #28 Mississippi Riverwalk
Near Island Drive 0.8 miles south of West A.W. Willis Avenue when traveling south.
234Tennessee (Shelby County), Memphis — Rose Garden — Memphis National Cemetery
Near Townes Avenue at Jackson Avenue (Tennessee Route 14), on the left when traveling south.
235Tennessee (Shelby County), Memphis — 4E 119 — Rufus Thomas, Jr.
Near Beale Street.
236Tennessee (Shelby County), Memphis — 4E 149 — Russwood Park
On 910 Madison Avenue 0.1 miles west of North Pauline Street, on the right when traveling west.
237Tennessee (Shelby County), Memphis — 4E 138 — Sara Roberta Church — 1914-1995
On Beale Street east of South 4th Street, on the right when traveling east.
238Tennessee (Shelby County), Memphis — Schools For Freedmen
On South Main Street at Beale Street, on the right when traveling north on South Main Street.
239Tennessee (Shelby County), Memphis — Second Congregational Church
On Walker Avenue just west of Dr. Hollis F. Price Street.
240Tennessee (Shelby County), Memphis — Second Presbyterian Church
On Poplar Avenue at South Goodlett Street, on the right when traveling east on Poplar Avenue.
241Tennessee (Shelby County), Memphis — 4E 47 — Shelby County / Memphis
On Poplar Avenue (U.S. 72) east of Interstate 240, on the left when traveling east.
242Tennessee (Shelby County), 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.
243Tennessee (Shelby County), Memphis — Shelby County Courthouse
On Adams Avenue at Second Street, on the right when traveling west on Adams Avenue.
244Tennessee (Shelby County), Memphis — Shelby County Hospital / Shelby County Center
Near State Road 0.1 miles west of Mullins Station Road, on the right when traveling west.
245Tennessee (Shelby County), 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.
246Tennessee (Shelby County), Memphis — Site of the former Union Avenue United Methodist Church
On Union Ave, at Cooper Street, on the right when traveling east on Union Ave,.
247Tennessee (Shelby County), Memphis — 36 — Skipwith Crevasse/Sara Cutoff/Island No. 89 — Panel #36 Mississippi Riverwalk
On Riverside Drive.
248Tennessee (Shelby County), Memphis — Solvent Savings Bank
On Beale Street.
249Tennessee (Shelby County), Memphis — Southwestern Alumni World War II Memorial
Near North Lane.
250Tennessee (Shelby County), Memphis — Spain
Near Island Drive 1 mile south of A.W. Willis Avenue.
251Tennessee (Shelby County), Memphis — 4E 150 — St. Agnes Academy
On Walnut Grove Road 0.1 miles from North Mendenhall Road, on the right when traveling west.
252Tennessee (Shelby County), Memphis — 4E 74 — St. John's United Methodist Church
On Peabody at Bellevue (U.S. 51), on the left when traveling west on Peabody.
253Tennessee (Shelby County), Memphis — St. Mary's Cathedral Chapel and Diocesan House
On Poplar Ave. (U.S. 72) at Alabama Avenue, on the right on Poplar Ave..
254Tennessee (Shelby County), Memphis — St. Mary's Catholic Church
On North Third Street at Market Street, on the right when traveling south on North Third Street.
255Tennessee (Shelby County), Memphis — 4E 136 — St. Mary's Episcopal School
On Perkins Extended 0.1 miles from Walnut Grove Road, on the right when traveling north.
256Tennessee (Shelby County), Memphis — St. Peter Catholic Church
On Adams Avenue at North Third Street, on the right when traveling west on Adams Avenue.
257Tennessee (Shelby County), Memphis — Statuary at the Shelby County Courthouse
On Adams Avenue at Third Street, on the right when traveling west on Adams Avenue.
258Tennessee (Shelby County), Memphis — 4E 102 — Stax Recording Studios
On East McLemore Avenue at College Street, on the right when traveling west on East McLemore Avenue.
259Tennessee (Shelby County), Memphis — Steele Hall
On Walker Avenue just east of Dr. Hollis F. Price Street, on the right when traveling east.
260Tennessee (Shelby County), Memphis — 4E 127 — T. H. Hayes and Sons Funeral Home
On Lauderdale at Mississippi Boulevard, on the right on Lauderdale.
261Tennessee (Shelby County), Memphis — Tennessee
On North Front Street.
262Tennessee (Shelby County), Memphis — Tennessee Club
On Court Street.
263Tennessee (Shelby County), Memphis — Tennessee River/Cumberland River
Near Island Drive 0.8 miles south of West A.W. Willis Avenue when traveling south.
264Tennessee (Shelby County), Memphis — Tennessee Williams Play
On Glenview Avenue just east of Oaklawn Street, on the right.
265Tennessee (Shelby County), Memphis — Tennessee Williams Play
On University Street at Snowden Avenue, in the median on University Street.
266Tennessee (Shelby County), Memphis — 4E 179 — The 1960 Memphis Sit-In Movement
On Walker Ave east of Dr. Hollis F. Price Street, on the right when traveling east.
267Tennessee (Shelby County), Memphis — The 1969 Miss Memphis Review
On Poplar Avenue (U.S. 72) at North Belvedere Boulevard, on the right when traveling east on Poplar Avenue.
268Tennessee (Shelby County), Memphis — The Antenna Club — “World Famous” and Family Owned / An Original Punk Rock Venue
On South Willett Street just south of Madison Avenue, on the left when traveling south.
269Tennessee (Shelby County), Memphis — 22 — The Atchafalaya Problem — Panel #22
On Riverside Drive.
270Tennessee (Shelby County), Memphis — 7 — The Battle of New Orleans — Chalmette, Louisiana — Panel #7 Mississippi Riverwalk —
Near Island Drive 0.8 miles south of West A.W. Willis Avenue when traveling south.
271Tennessee (Shelby County), Memphis — 154 — The Blues Foundation
On South Main Street at East Nettleton Avenue, on the right when traveling south on South Main Street.
272Tennessee (Shelby County), 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.
273Tennessee (Shelby County), Memphis — The Brick Church
On Chelsea Avenue (Tennessee Route 3) at North 6th Street, on the right when traveling east on Chelsea Avenue.
274Tennessee (Shelby County), Memphis — The Commercial Appeal / Publishing Locations
On Union Avenue (U.S. 70, 79) 0.1 miles east of South Lauderdale Street, on the right when traveling east.
275Tennessee (Shelby County), Memphis — 9 — The Fire of 1872
Near Union Avenue at South 2nd Street (Tennessee Highway 14), on the right when traveling west.
276Tennessee (Shelby County), Memphis — 4E 71 — The First Lee House
On Adams Avenue west of North 4th Street, on the left when traveling west.
277Tennessee (Shelby County), Memphis — 4E 84 — The First Railroad in West Tennessee — The LaGrange and Memphis Railroad
On Union Avenue 0.1 miles east of Lauderdale Street, on the right when traveling east.
278Tennessee (Shelby County), Memphis — 4E 122 — The Gillis Brothers
On Beale Street just east of Rufus Thomas Boulevard, on the right when traveling west.
279Tennessee (Shelby County), 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.
280Tennessee (Shelby County), Memphis — The Hiker — Spanish War Veterans — 1898-1902 —
On Central Ave at East Parkway South on Central Ave.
281Tennessee (Shelby County), Memphis — 23 — The Hole in the Wall
Near Monroe Avenue just west of Maggie H. Isabell Street, on the right when traveling west.
282Tennessee (Shelby County), Memphis — The Hunt-Phelan Home
On Beale Street 0.2 miles east of South Lauderdale Street, on the right when traveling east.
283Tennessee (Shelby County), Memphis — The Lee Sisters
On South Main Street near Gayoso, in the median.
284Tennessee (Shelby County), Memphis — The Lindenwood Christian Church — (Disciples of Christ)
On Union Avenue just west of Patricia Drive, on the right when traveling west.
285Tennessee (Shelby County), Memphis — 4E 95 — The Lorraine Motel
On Mulberry Street at Hulling Avenue, on the left when traveling south on Mulberry Street.
286Tennessee (Shelby County), Memphis — The Lynching of Ell Persons
On Summer Avenue (U.S. 79) 0.2 miles west of Shelby Oaks, on the right when traveling west.
287Tennessee (Shelby County), Memphis — The Lynching of Ell Persons
On Summer Ave (U.S. 70) at Bartlett Road, on the left when traveling east on Summer Ave.
288Tennessee (Shelby County), Memphis — The Lynching of Lee Walker
On North Front Street at A.W. Willis, on the right on North Front Street.
289Tennessee (Shelby County), Memphis — The Lynching of Wash Henley
On Raleigh La Grange Road 0.3 miles east of Shelby View Drive, on the right when traveling east.
290Tennessee (Shelby County), Memphis — The Memphis 13 / Springdale Elementary School
On North Hollywood Street 0.1 miles north of Jackson Avenue (Route 14), on the right when traveling north.
291Tennessee (Shelby County), Memphis — The Memphis 13/Bruce Elementary
On Carr Ave., on the right when traveling south.
292Tennessee (Shelby County), Memphis — The Memphis 13/Gordon Elementary School
On Decatur Street 0 miles south of Looney Ave., on the left when traveling north.
293Tennessee (Shelby County), Memphis — The Memphis 13/Rozelle Elementary School
On Roland Street at Walker Avenue, on the right when traveling south on Roland Street.
294Tennessee (Shelby County), Memphis — 4E 27 — The Memphis Daily Appeal
On South Center Lane at Madison Avenue, on the left when traveling north on South Center Lane.
295Tennessee (Shelby County), Memphis — The Memphis Home of W.C. Handy
On 352 Beale Street west of South Danny Thomas Boulevard (Tennessee Route 1).
296Tennessee (Shelby County), Memphis — The Mississippi Riverwalk
Near Island Drive 0.8 miles south of West A.W. Willis Avenue when traveling south.
297Tennessee (Shelby County), Memphis — 4E 156 — The Mount Nebo Baptist Church
On Vance Ave. at Lauderdale Street, on the right when traveling east on Vance Ave..
298Tennessee (Shelby County), Memphis — The Omlie Tower — Vernon Cleophas Omlie (1895-1936) Phoebe Fairgrave Omlie (1902-1975)
On Jim McGehee Pkwy just south of Winchester Road, on the right.
299Tennessee (Shelby County), Memphis — The Overton Park Shell/The Levitt Shell At Overton Park
On Museum Drive 0 miles east of Morrie Moss, on the right when traveling west.
300Tennessee (Shelby County), Memphis — 19 — The Peabody Legacy
Near Monroe Avenue at South Center Lane, on the left when traveling east.

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