Status: Preserved Address: 3105 Southern Avenue, Memphis Built: ca.1860-1874 Architectural Style: Late Victorian, Piano Box style Original Function/Purpose: Residential History: The Maxwelton house was built around 1860 of native poplar and cypress woods. It belonged to the Sneed-Ewell family for four generations after being purchased by Judge John Louis Taylor SneedContinue Reading
Status: Preserved Address: 930 / 938 Mason Street, Memphis Built: 1940, completed 1945 Architectural Style: Art Moderne Original Function/Purpose: Church History: Bishop Charles H. Mason was born into slavery near Bartlett, TN and founded the Church of God in Christ in 1897, establishing his congregation in Memphis. The church had, andContinue Reading
Status: Preserved Address: 65 South Parkway West, Memphis Built: 1926-1927 Architectural Style: Neoclassical Original Function/Purpose: Church History: The history of this church can be traced back to 1911 when a congregation of only 20 members worked with Rev. Samuel Adams to erect a small wooden building at 1312 Kennedy Street, inContinue Reading
Status: Preserved Address: 198 Adams Avenue, Memphis Built: ca. 1836 Architectural Style: Modest, middle class structure of the early Nineteenth Century Original Function/Purpose: Residential History: This is the oldest home still standing in Memphis. When Irish immigrant Eugene Magevney purchased the lot in 1838, the existing structure had four rooms andContinue Reading
Status: Preserved Address: 27 South Main Street, Memphis Built: 1924 Architectural Style: 1920s department store architecture, Beaux Arts Original Function/Purpose: Commerce History: Formerly known as Lowenstein’s Department Store, the present structure, designed by Hanker and Cairns, was built in 1924 by the Lowenstein brothers on the site of the old PeabodyContinue Reading
Status: Preserved Address: 1094 Poplar Avenue (formerly 217 North Waldran Boulevard), Memphis Built: 1901 Architectural Style: Queen Anne Original Function/Purpose: Residential History: The house was originally built for Abraham L. Lowenstein, one of four brothers who founded the Lowenstein department store chain in Memphis. The house changed owners in 1923 whenContinue Reading
Status: Preserved Address: 756 Jefferson Avenue, Memphis Built: 1890-1891 Architectural Style: Italianate and Romanesque Revival blend Original Function/Purpose: Residential History: Elias Lowenstein came to Memphis in 1869 to join his brothers in the dry-goods business. The brothers had earlier opened what would become one of the city’s leading department stores. EliasContinue Reading
Status: Preserved Address: 619 North Seventh Street, Memphis Built: 1889 Architectural Style: Victorian Original Function/Purpose: Residential History: Located in the oldest subdivision in Memphis, the Greenlaw Subdivision, the George Collins Love House was built by George C. Love as a country retreat and summer cottage on the road to Raleigh. LoveContinue Reading
Status: Preserved Address: 519 South Edgewood Avenue, Memphis Built: 1909 Architectural Style: Beaux-Arts Classical Revival Original Function/Purpose: Education History: Lenox School was designed by John Gaisford, designer of many private residences in Memphis as well as many churches in the region. When the school was built, Lenox was an incorporated townContinue Reading
Status: Demolished in 1997; delisted June 10, 2022 Location: Bounded by Walker and Provine Avenues, and Porter and Neptune Streets, in Memphis Built: 1941 and 1943 Architectural Style: Multi-family Colonial Revival and Minimal Traditional Original Function/Purpose: Residential History: This South Memphis public housing project near LeMoyne-Owen College opened the firstContinue Reading