NATIONAL REGISTER LISTED PROPERTIES

MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE

September 2007

 

 

NAME, (NR LISTING DATE)                                                 ADDRESS                    DATE

*Bold denotes Historic Districts

*Underlining denotes Multiple Property Listing (MPL) Cover Forms with Associated Historic Contexts (AHC) listed beneath, as applicable.

 

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                                              919 Coward Place        1854

(Justine's Restaurant) (NR 3-13-86)                            

ANNESDALE (NR 11-25-80)                                                  1325 Lamar                 1850

ANNESDALE PARK HISTORIC DISTRICT                        Lamar/Cleveland/

(NR 12-22-78)                                                                         Bellevue/Peabody         1903

ANNESDALE-SNOWDEN HISTORIC DISTRICT               I-240/Lamar/

(NR 10-25-79)                                                                                                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   45 South Second St       1929

(National Bank of Commerce) (NR 5-7-80)    

BARTON, PAULINE CHEEK, HOUSE (NR 9-7-95)               6562 Green Shadows    1937

BEALE STREET BAPTIST CHURCH (see First Baptist

            Church)

BEALE STREET HISTORIC DISTRICT                                Beale Street                  1870-1920

(NR & NHL 10-15-66)                                                                                   

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           102 North Second St    1843, 1881,

(NR 4-27-82)                                                                                                   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                     Central/York/Rembert c. 1910

           (NR 9-9-82)                                                                 Union/Cleveland

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          c. 400-700 AD

Ornamental Metal        c. 1000-1500

Museum Dr.

CHUCALISSA INDIAN VILLAGE                                           Mitchell Road   c. 900AD

(NR 5-7-73, NHL 4-19-94)                                                                             1600s

CLANCY, CORNELIUS LAWRENCE, HOUSE                       911 Kerr                      1900

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


CLAYBORN TEMPLE (see Second Presbyterian Church)

COLLINS CHAPEL C.M.E. CHURCH AND SITE                   678 Washington Ave   1905

            (NR 3-29-91)

COLUMBIAN MUTUAL TOWER (LINCOLN                                                           60 North Main      1924

            AMERICAN TOWER) (NR 7-24-78)

COMMERCE TITLE BUILDING (see Memphis Trust

            Building)

COOPER-YOUNG HISTORIC DISTRICT                         Central/McLean/          Early 20th               (NR 6-22-89)                                                                                       E. Parkway/Southern        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       1433 Union Avenue     1907

            Club) (NR 3-21-79)

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                                                            525 N. Main St.           1937

            (NR 11-21-03)

EAST BUNTYN HISTORIC DISTRICT (NR 11-22-95)        Central/Southern/         Early 20th

Greer/Ellsworth            Century

ELAM HOMESTEAD (NR 9-18-80)                                       1428 Fox                     1854

ELLIS, WILLIAM C., AND SONS IRONWORKS                    241-5 South Front St   c. 1879-1925

            AND MACHINE SHOP (NR 8-25-83)                                                            

ELMWOOD CEMETERY (NR 3/20/02)                                 824 S. Dudley               1852-1951

- OFFICE AND ENTRANCE BRIDGE                                                           824 S. Dudley c. 1880

        (NR 5-22-78)

ELVIS PRESLEY HOUSE (NR 3-9-06)                                                                        1034 Aububon Dr.     1956-57

EVERGREEN HISTORIC DISTRICT (NR 1-11-85)              Poplar/Kenilworth/      c. 1900

                                                                                                Watkins/N. Pkwy/

                                                                                                Avalon/McNeil/Court

EXCHANGE BUILDING (see Memphis Merchants Exchange)

FAIRVIEW JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL (NR 10-25-90)              750 East Parkway        1930

FELLOWSHIP CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST (see St.

            Thomas Catholic Church & Convent)

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH (Beale Street Baptist Church)       379 Beale Street           1869

            (NR 2-11-71)  

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH (LINDEN AVE) (Mt. Olive                                              538 Linden Ave.     1906-c.1952

            Cathedral C.M.E. Church) (NR 3-15-05)

FIRST COLORED BAPTIST CHURCH (FIRST BAPTIST      682 S. Lauderdale St.    1939

            CHURCH, LAUDERDALE) (NR 7-14-00)     

FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH AND PARISH            234 South Watkins      1910

            HOUSE (NR 7-21-80)             

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH                                         166 Poplar Ave.          1884-1955

            (NR 3-15-05)


FOUNTAIN COURT HISTORIC DISTRICT                        1155-1229 Fountain Ct            1907-c. 1940

(NR 12-17-98)

FOUR FLAMES RESTAURANT (see Patton-Bejach House)

FOWLKES-BOYLE HOUSE (NR 8-7-74)                                208 Adams Avenue      1853

GALLOWAY HOUSE (see Paisley Hall)

GALLOWAY-SPEEDWAY HISTORIC DISTRICT             N.Pkwy/Faxon/Forrest c.1900-1953

            (NR 7/28/04)                                                               Greenlaw/Galloway/                             

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

GAYOSO-PEABODY HISTORIC DISTRICT                     Gayoso/Main Street      1890-1956

(NR 5-7-80) (Expansion NR 1-27-06)

GLENVIEW HISTORIC DISTRICT (NR 10-7-99)               Southern RR/Lamar/     1908-1968

S. Parkway E./Frisco RR

GOODWINSLOW (CHAPMAN HOUSE) (NR 12-6-79)         4066 James Road         1875-1900


GOODWYN STREET HISTORIC DISTRICT                      333-565 Goodwyn St.  1850-5, 1908-

(NR 3-9-90)                                                                                                     1935

GRACE EPISCOPAL CHURCH (Mt. Nebo Baptist                  555 Vance Ave.           1894-1940

            Church) (NR 3-15-05)

GRACELAND (NR 11-7-91, NHL 3/27/06)                             3764 Elvis Presley Blvd            1955-77

GREEN MEADOWS/POPLAR GLEN HISTORIC               Union/Patricia/Madison/ 1941-52

            DISTRICT (NR 4-22-03)                                            Ashlawn Cove/Ashlawn

                                                                                                & Alicia Dr.

GREENLAW ADDITION HISTORIC DISTRICT                 Greenlaw Avenue Area c. 1880

            (NR 8-16-84)

GREENSTONE APARTMENTS (NR 5-14-80)                                                           1116-1118 Poplar Ave.,       1927

                                                                                                200 Waldran Blvd.

GREENWOOD (BEVERLY HALL) (NR 7-9-79)                     1560 Central Avenue   1904-6

HEIN PARK HISTORIC DISTRICT (NR 11-16-88)             N. Parkway/Jackson/    1920

Trezevant/Charles

HIGH POINT TERRACE HISTORIC DISTRICT                 Highland/Eastland &    1941-52

(NR 12-12-02)                                                             Swan Ridge/Walnut

Grove/Sam Cooper

HISTORIC RELIGIOUS RESOURCES OF MEMPHIS,             City of Memphis          1865-c.1955

            SHELBY COUNTY, TENNESEE MPL

            HISTORIC CHURCHES OF MEMPHIS, 1865-c.1955 AHC (2005)

HISTORIC RESIDENTIAL RESOURCES OF MEMPHIS,        City of Memphis          1865-1950

            SHELBY COUNTY, TENNESSEE MPL

            RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT IN MEMPHIS, 1865-1960 ACH (1998, 2002)

            MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING IN MEMPHIS, 1900-1957 ACH (2007)

HOTEL CLARIDGE (NR 4-29-82)                                          109 North Main Street 1924

HUMES HIGH SCHOOL (NR 7-12-04)                                                                        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/        c.1890-c. 1945

Rembert/Central

THE KNICKERBOCKER APARTMENTS                              23-25 N. McLean        1926-1957

            (NR pending)

LAUDERDALE COURTS PUBLIC HOUSING PROJECT       Lauderdale/Third/         1935-38

(NR 7-25-96)                                                               Exchange/Danny Thomas

LEE AND FONTAINE HOUSES OF THE JAMES LEE           680-690 Adams           c. 1870

            MEMORIAL (NR 02-11-71)

LEE, JAMES, HOUSE (NR 10-02-78)                                     239 Adams Avenue      1869

LEE, LT. GEORGE W., HOUSE, (NR 5-2-94)                         563 Stephens Place      1921

LEMOYNE COLLEGE HISTORIC DISTRICT                    Walker/Hollis Price/     1914-1963

            (NR 11-09-05)                                                             Crown/alley behind

                                                                                                Sweeney Hall               

LENOX SCHOOL (NR 7-30-81)                                              519 South Edgewood    1909, 1920

LIBERTYLAND GRAND CAROUSEL (NR 7-3-80)                Mid-South Fairgrounds 1923

LINCOLN AMERICAN TOWER (see Columbian Mutual

            Tower)

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                  27 S. Main St.              1924

            (BRINKLEY PLAZA) (NR 6-16-83)

MADISON-MONROE HISTORIC DISTRICT                    Madison/Monroe          1900

(NR 5-19-83)  

MAGEVNEY HOUSE (NR 11-6-73)                                        198 Adams Avenue      1835

MARTIN MEMORIAL TEMPLE CME CHURCH                  65 So. Parkway W.      1927-39

            (NR 11-20-02)

MASON TEMPLE, CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST                958 Mason Street         1940-45

(NR 4-10-92)

MAXWELTON (NR 3-10-80)                                                 3105 Southern Avenue             1874

MEDICAL ARTS BUILDING AND GARAGE (NR 8-16-84)   248 Madison/               1925-6

                                                                                    11 North 4th              

MELROSE SCHOOL (NR 5-2-01)                                           843 Dallas                    1938

MEMPHIS AND ARKANSAS BRIDGE (NR 2-16-01)             I-55 over Mississippi    1949

                                                                                                River

MEMPHIS MERCHANTS EXCHANGE                                  Second St. &.               1910

            (THE EXCHANGE BUILDING) (NR 5-8-79)              Madison Ave

MEMPHIS NATIONAL CEMETERY (MISSISSIPPI RIVER   3568 Townes Ave        c. 1860

            NATIONAL CEMETERY) (NR 10-30-96)                

MEMPHIS PARKWAY SYSTEM                                          City of Memphis          1899-1914

(NR 7-3-89)

MEMPHIS PINK PALACE MUSEUM (SAUNDERS,              3050 Central Avenue   1922

            CLARENCE, HOUSE) (NR 7-9-80)

MEMORIAL PARK CEMETERY (see Sculptures of

            Dionicio Rodriquez)                            


Memphis Queen II Floating Vessel                      Foot of Monroe at      1955

            (NR 7-5-06)                                                                Riverside Dr.

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                  183 Monroe Avenue    1913

            (NR 8-26-82)

MOSBY-BENNETT HOUSE                                                   6256 Poplar Avenue    1852

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

MT. NEBO BAPTIST CHURCH (see Grace Episcopal Church)

MT. OLIVE CATHEDRAL C.M.E. CHURCH (see First

            Baptist Church Linden Ave.)

NATIONAL BANK OF COMMERCE (see Bank of

            Commerce and Trust Company Building)

NEWBURGER, JOSEPH, HOUSE (MEMPHIS                         168 East Parkway        1912

THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY) (NR 4-29-82)

NINETEENTH CENTURY CLUB (see Darnell, Rowland J., House)

NORMAL STATION HISTORIC DISTRICT                                   Highland/Spottswood    1912-54

            (NR 8-10-05)                                                               and Southern/ Goodlett/

                                                                                                Park

ORPHEUM THEATER (NR 8-15-77)                                     197 South Main Street 1926

OVERTON PARK HISTORIC DISTRICT                            Overton Park               1900-1902

(NR 10-25-79)

OVERTON PARKWAY HISTORIC DISTRICT                  Poplar/E. Parkway/      c. 1905-c. 1950

            (NR 11-18-99)                                                             Cooper/Madison

PAISLEY HALL (GALLOWAY MANSION) (NR 2-12-80)    1822 Overton Park Ave            1908-1910

PATTON-BEJACH HOUSE (FOUR FLAMES                         1085 Poplar Avenue    1877, 1885

            RESTAURANT) (NR 7-27-79)           

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                                               North Main Street      c. 1795-1935

(NR 10-18-79)

PORTER, DR. D. T., BUILDING (CONTINENTAL               10 North Main Street   1894                NATIONAL BANK BUILDING) (NR 4-18-79)

PORTER-LEATH HOME (NR 5-8-79)                                                                       850 Manassas Street            1856, 1875

PUBLIC HOUSING PROJECTS IN MEMPHIS,                       City of Memphis          1936-1943

            TENNESSEE 1936-1943 MPL                                   

The Social History of Depression/WWII Era Public Housing Projects in Memphis AHC (1996)

PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN MEMPHIS, SHELBY COUNTY,         City of Memphis          1902-1954

            TENNESSEE MPL

            Public Schools of Memphis 1902-1915 AHC (1982)

            Public Schools in Memphis, Tennessee 1918-1954 AHC (1996)

RAYNER, ELI, HOUSE (NR 5-9-77)                                       1020 Rayner                1856

RHODES COLLEGE (see Southwestern at Memphis

            Historic District)         

RICHARDS, NEWTON COPELAND, HOUSE                        975 Peabody Avenue   c. 1890

(NR 7-12-84)

ROULHAC, DR. CHRISTOPHER M., HOUSE                         810 McLemore            1926-1953

            (NR 4-15-04)

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                     5668 Poplar Avenue    1935-1943    MEMORIAL PARK CEMETERY (NR 1-31-91)

SECOND CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH (NR 8-26-82)        764 Walker Avenue     1928

SECOND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (CLAYBORN               280 Hernando Street    1891-1968

            TEMPLE) (NR 9-4-79) (upgrade to National

            Significance ­ pending)

SHADOWLAWN HISTORIC DISTRICT (NR 8-14-95)      Wellington/                  1924-1945

Shadowlawn

SHRINE BUILDING (NR 3-29-79)                                          66 Monroe Avenue      1923

SOUTH BLUFFS WAREHOUSE HISTORIC                      Front/Wagner/Calhoun c. 1890-1941

DISTRICT (NR 6-4-87)

SOUTH MAIN STREET HISTORIC DISTRICT                   South Main Street        c. 1889-1930

(NR 9-2-82, Expanded 3-8-97, 7-7-99)

SOUTH PARKWAY-HEISKELL FARM                               South Parkway East     c. 1910

HISTORIC DISTRICT (NR 2-11-83)

SOUTHERN RAILWAY HISTORIC DISTRICT                  Southern RR/Linden/    1891-1956

            (NR 4-24-07, Expansion pending)                              Orleans/Beale/Myrtle

SOUTHWESTERN AT MEMPHIS HISTORIC                     2000 North Parkway   c. 1920

DISTRICT (Rhodes College) (NR 7-20-78)

SOUTHWESTERN AT MEMPHIS SORORITY ROW        2000 North Parkway   c. 1926-c.1956

            HISTORIC DISTRICT (Rhodes College)

            (NR 7-12-06)

SPEEDWAY TERRACE HISTORIC DISTRICT                   N. Watkins/Snowden    c. 1905-c. 1945

(NR 3-19-99)                                                               N. Bellevue/Forrest

ST. MARY'S CATHEDRAL, CHAPEL,                                                                       692, 700, 714 Poplar           1898-1926

AND DIOCESAN HOUSE (NR 8-7-74)

ST. MARY'S CATHOLIC CHURCH (NR 8-7-74)                    155 Market Street        1846

ST. PAUL AVENUE HISTORIC DISTRICT                          St. Paul Ave & Boyd    c. 1895-c. 1923

(NR 12-17-98)

ST. THOMAS CATHOLIC CHURCH & CONVENT               588 E. Trigg Ave.        c.1907-1948

            (Fellowship Church of God in Christ) (NR 3-15-05)

STEELE HALL (NR 3-23-79)                                                 LeMoyne-Owen           1914

                                                                                                College Campus

STERICK BUILDING (NR 10-2-78)                                        8 North Third Avenue 1928


STONEWALL PLACE HISTORIC DISTRICT                     Stonewall from Poplar c. 1900

(NR 3-25-82)                                                               to North Parkway

STRATHMORE PLACE HISTORIC DISTRICT                  Strathmore Circle E,    c. 1917-1945

(NR 12-17-98)                                                             N, & S / East Parkway

STRATTON, LESLIE M., YMCA (CENTRAL YMCA                                                245 Madison Avenue          1909

            BUILDING) (NR 6-30-83)

TENNESSEE BREWERY (NR 11-25-80)                                477 Tennessee             1890

TENNESSEE CLUB-OVERALL GOODBAR BUILDING         128-130 Court Ave.     1890, 1900

            (NR 4-22-82)              

TENNESSEE TRUST BUILDING (NR 12-9-82)                     81 Madison Avenue     1906

THIRD ADDITION TO JACKSON TERRACE                     Atlantic St./Hardin Ave. 1948-1950

            HISTORIC DISTRICT (NR 11-21-01)                                                          Crump Ave./Henry Ave.

TOOF BUILDING (NR 8-26-82)                                             195 Madison Avenue   1912-1913

TOOF, JOHN S., HOUSE (NR 3-27-82)                                                                       246 Adams Avenue 1875

TRI STATE IRON WORKS (GLOBE OIL                               61 Keel Avenue           1883-1946

AND FERTILIZER COMPANY) (NR 4-17-97)

TRI-STATE BANK (NR 2-11-71)                                           386 Beale Street           c. 1900

UPTOWN SQUARE (See Lauderdale Courts Public

            Housing Project)

U.S. MARINE HOSPITAL EXECUTIVE BUILDING AND     360, 374 W.                1884

            LAUNDRY-KITCHEN (NR 7-2-80)                            California Ave.

U.S. POST OFFICE-FRONT STREET STATION                    1 North Front Street    1876, 1903,

(NR 6-30-80)                                                                                                   1930

UNION AVENUE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH        2117 Union Avenue     c. 1914-20

            (NR 3-6-87)


UNIVERSAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY                         480 Linden                  1949-c. 1955

            (NR 7-24-07)

VICTORIAN VILLAGE DISTRICT                                       Adams Avenue             1870-c. 1910

(NR 12-11-72)

VOLLINTINE EVERGREEN AVALON                                 Vollintine/Stonewall/    c. 1920s-

HISTORIC DISTRICT (NR 5-23-97)                        Evergreen/Cypress Creek 1940s

VOLLINTINE EVERGREEN HISTORIC DISTRICT            Vollintine/Watkins/      c. 1920s

(NR 4-12-96)                                                               North Parkway

VOLLINTINE EVERGREEN NORTH                                    Vollintine/McLean/      c. 1920s-

HISTORIC DISTRICT (NR 5-23-97)                        University/Sheridan/     1940s

VOLLINTINE HILLS HISTORIC DISTRICT                       Vollintine/Brown/         1946-1957

            (NR 7-11-07)                                                               McLean/Evergreen

WELLS-ARRINGTON HISTORIC DISTRICT                    556-601Wells Ave.,     c. 1912-c. 1930

            (NR 4-22-99)                                                               563-610 Arrington Ave.         

ZION CEMETERY (NR 2-23-90)                                           S. Parkway & Pillow 1870-1925