Status: Preserved; renovation is planned Address: 241-245 South Front Street, Memphis Built: 1879-1925 Architectural Style: Industrial vernacular (example of Foundry Complex) Original Function/Purpose: Manufacturing History: The William C. Ellis and Sons Ironworks and Machine Shop was one of the earliest, longest-running businesses in Memphis. The lot on which the foundry wasContinue Reading
Status: Preserved Address: 1428 Fox Street, Memphis Built: ca. 1854 Architectural Style: Mid-1800s log construction Original Function/Purpose: Residential History: The Elam Homestead is a significant example of log construction techniques in the mid-1800s, as the last surviving nineteenth-century log building in Memphis. The land on which the house was built wasContinue Reading
Status: Preserved Address: 90 West Poplar Avenue, Collierville Built: 1911-1912 Architectural Style: Colonial Revival Original Function/Purpose: Residential History: The Jack Dudney House is a one-story, five-bay frame variation of the late-Victorian Cottage plan and form with elements of the Colonial Revival style, built ca. 1911-1912 for John Frank (Jack) Dudney, Jr.Continue Reading
Status: Preserved Address: 525 North Main Street, Memphis Built: 1937 Architectural Style: Moderne-style façade Original Function/Purpose: Transportation History: Business magnate Frederick Smith Sr., father of Federal Express founder Fred Smith, established a Memphis-based national office for the Dixie Greyhound and Toddle House corporate offices. The Dixie Greyhound Bus Lines Complex wasContinue Reading
Status: Preserved Address: 46 North Third Street, Memphis Built: 1925 Architectural Style: Renaissance Original Function/Purpose: Commerce History: Built in 1925, the Dermon Building was designed by prominent Memphis architects Charles O. Pfeil and George Awsumb for the Dave Dermon Company and Dave Dermon Insurance. The ten-story dark brown brick building withContinue Reading
Status: Preserved Address: 1291 Winchester Road, Collierville Built: ca. 1841, ca. 1867 Architectural Style: Vernacular Greek Revival-influenced I-House with sheds Original Function/Purpose: Residential History: The Charles Davis House or Porter House dates from about 1841, with additions in ca. 1867, 1959 and 1986. The land was sold by a Chickasaw womanContinue Reading
Status: Preserved Address: 9336 Davies Plantation Road, Bartlett Built: 1821 Architectural Style: Pre-Railroad folk house, a form of American vernacular Original Function/Purpose: Residential History: Davies Manor is considered to be the oldest house in Shelby County. Named for Zachariah Davies, a soldier in the Revolutionary War, it was rumored that theContinue Reading
Status: Preserved Address: 1433 Union Avenue, Memphis Built: 1909 Architectural Style: Colonial Revival, Beaux Arts Original Function/Purpose: Residential History: Built by lumberman Rowland J. Darnell, the house later served as headquarters for the Nineteenth Century Club, a highly successful and philanthropic women’s organization that was responsible for many civic reforms inContinue Reading
Status: Preserved Address: 1962 Peabody Avenue, Memphis Built: 1908 Architectural Style: Greek Revival Original Function/Purpose: Residential History: The E.H. Crump House was designed by George Mahan Jr. and built in 1908 for “Boss” Crump, the powerful single-term mayor who is said to have picked every mayor succeeding him until his deathContinue Reading
Status: Preserved Address: 1950 West Poplar Avenue, Collierville Built: 1913 Architectural Style: Hexagonal wood frame Original Function/Purpose: Residential History: Crisscross Lodge was designed and built in 1913 for Laura Davis Elliott by the Memphis architectural firm of Hanker and Cairns, and has remained relatively unchanged since. The house is a wood-frame,Continue Reading