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