MEMPHIS PROPERTIES LISTED ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES

National Register Properties in Memphis, Tennesseee, January 2004


Bold typeface indicates a Historic District. 
For a printable version of the listed properties click here.  
For a list of the addresses that fall into each District click here.  

In addition to the National Register, Memphis has many Landmarks Districts. 
Most Landmarks Districts are also on the National Register as Historic Districts.
For a list of addresses that fall into a  Landmarks District  click here.


A more detailed description of Historic Districts can be found on this site in Read/Learn:  What is a Historic District?

 

Property Name, National Register (NR),  National Historic Landmark (NHL),
and Multiple Properties Listing (MPL)
(bold denotes historic districts)

 Property Address
Date

ADAMS AVE HISTORIC DISTRICT
(NR 11-25-80)

 

 Adams Avenue 1852-1925
ALLEN, WALTER GRANVILLE, HOUSE
(NR 2-23-90)
               
8504 Macon Road
c. 1913

ANDERSON-COWARD HOUSE (Justine's Restaurant)
(NR 3-13-86)


919 Coward Place 1854
ANNESDALE
 (NR 11-25-80)

 1325 Lamar 1850

ANNESDALE PARK HISTORIC DISTRICT
(NR 12-22-78)

                                                                                
Lamar/Cleveland/Bellevue/Peabody 1903

ANNESDALE-SNOWDEN HISTORIC DISTRICT 
(NR 10-25-79)


 I-240/Lamar/Heistan Pl./Agnes
1903
ASHLAR HALL
(NR 1-13-83)

 1397 Central Ave 
1896
AUSTIN, JOHN ALEXANDER, HOUSE
(NR 7-12-84)

 290 South Front St 1876

BANK OF COMMERCE & TRUST COMPANY BUILDING (National Bank of Commerce)

(NR 5-7-80)

 45 South Second St 1929
BARTON, PAULINE CHEEK, HOUSE
(NR 9-7-95)

 6562 Green Shadows 1937
BEALE STREET BAPTIST CHURCH (see First Baptist Church)

BEALE STREET HISTORIC DISTRICT
(NR&NHL 10-15-66)


Beale Street 1870-1920
BEALE STREET LANDING (see Linden Station & Reichman-Crosby Warehouse)

BEVERLY HALL (see Greenwood)

BOYCE-GREGG HOUSE
(NR 12-19-79)

 317 South Highland 1920-21
BRADFORD-MAYDWELL HOUSE
(NR 12-26-79)

 648 Poplar Avenue c. 1859
BRINKLEY PLAZA (see Lowenstein, B., and Brothers Building)

BRISTER, JOHN WILLARD, LIBRARY
(NR 7-11-80)

 MSU Alumni Drive
1927
BROOKS, WILKS, HOUSE
(NR 5-16-80)

 2000 Old Oak Drive 1835

CALVARY EPISCOPAL CHURCH & PARISH HOUSE
(NR 4-27-82)


102 North Second St
1843, 1881, 1903
CAPT. HARRIS HOUSE
(NR 12-19-79)

 2106 Young Avenue
1898
CARRIER, ROBERT M., HOUSE
(NR 5-27-80)

 642 South Willett St
1926

CENTRAL GARDENS HISTORIC DISTRICT
(NR 9-9-82)

           
Central/York/Rembert/ Union/Cleveland c. 1910
CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL
(NR 9-17-82)

 306 South Bellevue 1911
CENTRAL YMCA BUILDING (see Stratton, Leslie M., YMCA)

CHICKASAW HERITAGE PARK
(NR 11-25-97)

                 

                                                                                                     
Riverside Dr. and Ornamental Metal
 Museum Dr.
 c. 400-700 AD
c. 1000-1500
CHUCALISSA INDIAN VILLAGE  
(NR 5-7-73, NHL 4-19-94)

 Mitchell Road c. 900AD – 1600s

CLANCY, CORNELIUS LAWRENCE, HOUSE 

(CLANCY-OGLESBY HOUSE)
(NR 11-25-83)

 911 Kerr
1900

CLAYBORN TEMPLE (see Second Presbyterian Church)

 

COLLINS CHAPEL C.M.E. CHURCH AND SITE
(NR 3-29-91)


678 Washington Ave 1905

COLUMBIAN MUTUAL TOWER (LINCOLN AMERICAN TOWER)
(NR 7-24-78)

            

60 North Main 1924

COMMERCE TITLE BUILDING (see Memphis Trust Building)

COOPER-YOUNG HISTORIC DISTRICT
(NR 6-22-89)

                                                                            
Central/McLean/ E. Parkway/Southern Early 20th Century
CORDOVA SCHOOL 
(NR 7-28-95)

 1017 Sanga Road 
1913
COTTON ROW HISTORIC DISTRICT
(NR 8-1-79)

 Front Street 
1880-1920
COURT SQUARE HISTORIC DISTRICT
(NR 4-15-82)

 Main & Second   
1870-1920
CRUMP, E.H., HOUSE
(NR 12-26-79)

 1962 Peabody Avenue 1909

DARNELL, ROWLAND J., HOUSE (Nineteenth Century Club)
(NR 3-21-79)

           
1433 Union Avenue 1907
DELMAR-LEMA HISTORIC DISTRICT
(NR 3-12-98)

 Delmar & Lema
c. 1895-1915
DERMON BUILDING
(NR 3-15-84)

46 North Third Street 1925

DIXIE GREYHOUND BUS LINES COMPLEX  
(NR 11-21-03)

         
525 N Main St. 1937
DOUGLASS HIGH SCHOOL
(NR 3-12-98)

 3200 Mt Olive Rd
1950

EAST BUNTYN HISTORIC DISTRICT
(NR 11-22-95)

 Central/Southern/Greer/Ellsworth Early 20th Century
ELAM HOMESTEAD
(NR 9-18-80)

 1428 Fox 1854

ELLIS, WILLIAM C., AND SONS IRONWORKS AND MACHINE SHOP
(NR 8-25-83)

           
241-5 South Front St c. 1879-1925

ELMWOOD CEMETERY (NR 3/20/02)

            OFFICE AND ENTRANCE BRIDGE (NR 5-22-78)

           
824 S. Dudley 1852-1951
c. 1880

EVERGREEN HISTORIC DISTRICT
(NR 1-11-85) 

                                                                                                 
Poplar/Kenilworth/Watkins/N. Pkwy/
Avalon/McNeil/Court
 c. 1900
EXCHANGE BUILDING (see Memphis Merchants Exchange)

FAIRVIEW JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
(NR 10-25-90)

 750 East Parkway 1930

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH (Beale Street Baptist Church) 
(NR 2-11-71)

          
379 Beale Street  
1869
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, LAUDERDALE (see First Colored Baptist Church)

FIRST COLORED BAPTIST CHURCH (FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, LAUDERDALE)

(NR 7-14-00)

 

 682 S. Lauderdale St 1939

FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH AND PARISH HOUSE
(NR 7-21-80)

           
234 South Watkins  
1910

FIRST METHODIST CHURCH (FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH)
(NR 3-19-76)

           
204 North Second St 1887-1893

FOUNTAIN COURT HISTORIC DISTRICT
(NR 12-17-98)


1155-1229 Fountain Ct
1907-c. 1940
FOUR FLAMES RESTAURANT (see Patton-Bejach House)

FOWLKES-BOYLE HOUSE
(NR 8-7-74)

 208 Adams Avenue 1853
GALLOWAY HOUSE (see Paisley Hall)

GASTON PARK HISTORIC DISTRICT
(NR 7-3-89)
                                
Third & Walker 1900

GAYOSO-PEABODY HISTORIC DISTRICT
(NR 5-7-80)


 Gayoso/Main Street 
1890-1930

GLENVIEW HISTORIC DISTRICT
(NR 10-7-99)

       
Southern RR/Lamar/S. Parkway E./
Frisco RR		 1908-1968
GOODWINSLOW (CHAPMAN HOUSE) 
(NR 12-6-79)

 4066 James Road
1875-1900

GOODWYN STREET HISTORIC DISTRICT
(NR 3-9-90)


333-565 Goodwyn St. 1850-5, 1908-1935
GRACELAND
(NR 11-7-91)

 3764 Elvis Presley Blvd 1955-77

GREEN MEADOWS/POPLAR GLEN HISTORIC DISTRICT
(NR 4-22-03)

 

Union/Patricia/Madison/Ashlawn Cove/
Ashlawn & Alicia Dr. 		1941-52

GREENLAW ADDITION HISTORIC DISTRICT
(NR 8-16-84)

 
 Greenlaw Avenue Area
c. 1880

GREENSTONE APARTMENTS
(NR 5-14-80)

                                                                                               		1116-1118 Poplar Ave.,  200 Waldran Blvd. 1927
GREENWOOD (BEVERLY HALL)
(NR 7-9-79)

 1560 Central Avenue
1904-6
GUTHRIE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
(NR 9-17-82)

 951 Chelsea 1915

HEIN PARK HISTORIC DISTRICT
(NR 11-16-88)


N. Parkway/Jackson/Trezevant/Charles
 1920
HIGH POINT TERRACE HISTORIC DISTRICT
(NR 12-12-02)		 Highland/Eastland & Swan Ridge/
Walnut Grove/Sam Cooper		 1941-52
HOTEL CLARIDGE
(NR 4-29-82)

 109 North Main Street
1924
HUMES HIGH SCHOOL
(NR PENDING)

 659 Manassas
1925
HUNT-PHELAN HOUSE
(NR 2-11-71)

 533 Beale Street
1830, 1855
IDLEWILD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
(NR 9-17-82)

 1950 Linden Avenue
1903

IDLEWILD HISTORIC DISTRICT
(NR 3-5-99)

                                                                                                     
S. Cooper/Linden/Rembert/Central c.1890-c. 1945

LAUDERDALE COURTS PUBLIC HOUSING PROJECT
(NR 7-25-96)


Lauderdale/Third/Exchange/
Danny Thomas 		1935-38

LEE AND FONTAINE HOUSES OF THE JAMES LEE MEMORIAL
(NR 02-11-71)

           

680-690 Adams c. 1870
LEE, JAMES, HOUSE
 (NR 10-02-78)

 239 Adams Avenue 
1869
LEE, LT. GEORGE W., HOUSE,
(NR 5-2-94)

 563 Stephens Place
1921
LENOX SCHOOL
(NR 7-30-81)

 519 South Edgewood  
1909, 1920

LIBERTYLAND GRAND CAROUSEL
(NR 7-3-80)

 

 Libertyland  
1923
LINCOLN AMERICAN TOWER (see Columbian Mutual Tower)

LINDEN STATION AND REICHMAN-CROSBY WAREHOUSE (Beale Street Landing)

(NR 9-8-78)

 245, 281, 291Wagner 1905, 1907, 1922
LOVE, GEORGE COLLINS, HOUSE
(NR 4-2-79)

 619 North Seventh St 1889
LOWENSTEIN HOUSE
(NR 3-23-79)

 756 Jefferson Avenue
1891
LOWENSTEIN, ABRAHAM, HOUSE
(NR 1-5-84)

 217 N. Waldran Blvd.
1901

LOWENSTEIN, B., AND BROTHERS BUILDING (BRINKLEY PLAZA)
(NR 6-16-83)

 
 27 S. Main St.  
1924

MADISON-MONROE HISTORIC DISTRICT
(NR 5-19-83)


Madison/Monroe 
1900
MAGEVNEY HOUSE
(NR 11-6-73)

 198 Adams Avenue 1835

MARTIN MEMORIAL TEMPLE CME CHURCH
(NR 11-20-02)

 
 65 So. Parkway W.
1927-39

MASON TEMPLE, CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST
(NR 4-10-92)


   958 Mason Street 1940-45
MAXWELTON
(NR 3-10-80)

 3105 Southern Avenue 1874

MEDICAL ARTS BUILDING AND GARAGE 
(NR 8-16-84)

                                                                                   
248 Madison/11 North 4th 
 1925-6
MELROSE SCHOOL
(NR 5-2-01)

 843 Dallas 1938

MEMPHIS AND ARKANSAS BRIDGE
(NR 2-16-01)

                                                                                               
I-55 over Mississippi River
 1949

MEMPHIS MERCHANTS EXCHANGE (THE EXCHANGE BUILDING)               

(NR 5-8-79)
           		Second St. & Madison Ave 1910

MEMPHIS NATIONAL CEMETERY (MISSISSIPPI RIVER NATIONAL CEMETERY)

(NR 10-30-96)

 3568 Townes Ave c. 1860

MEMPHIS PARKWAY SYSTEM
(NR 7-3-89)


City of Memphis
1899-1914

MEMPHIS PINK PALACE MUSEUM (SAUNDERS, CLARENCE, HOUSE)

(NR 7-9-80)

 3050 Central Avenue 1922
MEMORIAL PARK CEMETERY (see Sculptures of Dionicio Rodriquez)

MEMPHIS THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY (see Newburger, Joseph, House)

MEMPHIS TRUST BUILDING
(NR 11-25-80)

 12 South Main Street
1904, 1914
MID-SOUTH COLISEUM
(NR 12-6-00)

 996 Early Maxwell Blvd.  
1964

MOORE, WILLIAM R., DRY GOODS BUILDING
(NR 8-26-82)


 183 Monroe Avenue 
1913

MOSBY-BENNETT HOUSE (HUNTER-LANE HOUSE)
(NR 5-27-80)


6256 Poplar Avenue  
1852
NATIONAL BANK OF COMMERCE (see Bank of Commerce and Trust Company Building)

NEWBURGER, JOSEPH, HOUSE (MEMPHIS THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY)

(NR 4-29-82)

 168 East Parkway 1912
NINETEENTH CENTURY CLUB (see Darnell, Rowland J., House)

ORPHEUM THEATER
(NR 8-15-77)

 197 South Main Street 1926

OVERTON PARK HISTORIC DISTRICT
(NR 10-25-79)


Overton Park 1900-1902

OVERTON PARKWAY HISTORIC DISTRICT
(NR 11-18-99)

                                               
Poplar/E. Parkway/Cooper/Madison c. 1905-c. 1950
PAISLEY HALL (GALLOWAY HOUSE)
(NR 2-12-80)

 1822 Overton Park Ave
1908-1910

PATTON-BEJACH HOUSE (FOUR FLAMES RESTAURANT)
(NR 7-27-79)

 
 1085 Poplar Avenue 1877, 1885
PEABODY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
(NR 9-17-82)

 2086 Young Avenue 1914

PEABODY HOTEL
(NR 9-14-77)

 

 149 Union Avenue 1925

PINCH-NORTH MAIN COMMERCIAL DISTRICT
(NR 10-18-79)


North Main Street  
c. 1795-1935

PORTER, DR. D. T., BUILDING (CONTINENTAL NATIONAL BANK BUILDING)

(NR 4-18-79)

 10 North Main Street 
1894
PORTER-LEATH HOME
(NR 5-8-79)

 850 Manassas Street 1856, 1875

PUBLIC HOUSING PROJECTS MPL
(NR 7-25-96)

 

 City of Memphis 1936-1943

PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF MEMPHIS 1902-15 MPL
(NR 9-17-82)


City of Memphis 1902-1915

PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF MEMPHIS 1917-1950 MPL
(NR PENDING)


City of Memphis 1917-1950
RAYNER, ELI, HOUSE
(NR 5-9-77)

1020 Rayner 1856

RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT IN MEMPHIS, 1865-1960 MPL,
(NR 12-17-98)


City of Memphis 1865-1950
RHODES COLLEGE (see Southwestern at Memphis Historic District)

RICHARDS, NEWTON COPELAND, HOUSE
(NR 7-12-84)


975 Peabody Avenue
c. 1890

ROULHAC, DR. CHRISTOPHER M., HOUSE
(NR 4-15-04)

           
810 McLemore 1926-1953
ROZELLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
(NR 9-17-82)

 993 Roland Street 1914
SCIMITAR BUILDING
(NR 6-30-83)

 179 Madison Avenue
1902

SCULPTURES OF DIONICIO RODRIQUEZ AT MEMORIAL