Giving Memphis' Past a Future.....Welcome to Memphis Heritage

OUR MISSION...Our mission is to educate and coordinate individuals and groups to save, improve, reuse, and maintain architecturally and historically significant buildings, neighborhoods, parks, and cultural artifacts of Shelby County, Tennessee.

Memphis Heritage, Inc. was founded in 1975 as a non-profit educational and charitable organization.  From our efforts to save the Hill mansion on Union Avenue to our efforts today encompassing the entire city, Memphis Heritage keeps working to preserve our area's rich history.  As Memphis Heritage celebrates its 37 year anniversary, it continues to be the voice for the preservation of the Memphis area's architectural heritage.  

      

Learn more about us and our upcoming events.

DUNKIN DONUTS DOOR DASH 2013



DUNKIN' DONUT DOOR DASH
SATURDAY APRIL 27, 2013 
10AM AT SEARS CROSSTOWN

RAIN OR SHINE!

This is step one of Memphis Heritage's Annual Adapt A Door "FIVE"
We challenge all artists, architects, woodworkers and amateurs to come and adopt a door.  You will then have the summer to transform your door into whatever your imagination pleases!  The doors can be repurposed as anything - tables, shelves, rocking chairs, "canvas' for painting, whatever the artists' inspiration. Then in the fall at the ADAPT A DOOR AUCTION & PARTY on October 12th, 2103 we take your creations and auction them to the highest bidder. 
Cost to enter the competition is $25.00 ($15 for students) per door. For the $25.00 commitment fee you will receive 2 tickets (students receive 1 ticket) to the "Door Auction" event, and will be eligible for the grand "Best of Door" award that comes with great prizes.


Choose One



2013 Youth and Architecture Art Contest

 Youth & Architecture Contest!

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Architecture and Our Youth: 2013 Design Competition

In honor of National Preservation Month

May 2013

Sponsored by the Art Center

Opening Reception :              

Tuesday, May 7, 2013 at 6:00 pm
Memphis Heritage at Howard Hall
2282 Madison at Edgewood


Deadline for entries:
April 12, 2013 at 4PM

Exhibit :  
May 2013, Memphis Heritage at Howard Hall

Memphis Heritage, Inc. and AIA Memphis are proud to announce the 11th Architecture and Our Youth Design Competition for 4th - 12th grade level youth in Shelby County. Participants are asked to explore historic buildings and spaces around them through an art medium of their choice. In addition, an essay is submitted describing how the individual responds to the art emotionally and/or physically. Winners in each division receive prizes during the opening reception and will have their artwork on exhibit along with their written responses during May 2013. The goal of this exhibit is to communicate through images and words how our youth respond to the built environment.

Criteria

  • A drawing of a Historic building / or part of an existing historic building in Shelby County. Can be interior or exterior. This year's suggested theme includes researching endangered historic properties in Memphis/Shelby County and create artwork around this subject.  (It is not required that you use the endangered properties as the theme just suggested.)
  •   Paper sizes must be either 8”x10” or 11’x14”   ONLY (New this year)
  • A separate hand written statement identifying this building or space, why it was selected by the participant, and description of their response to it.  Maximum of 100 words.
  • Medium of choice (pencil, ink, paint, crayon, etc)
  • Judging will take into account the written statement as  much as the art.  

Awards

Memphis Heritage, Inc.and AIA Memphis will award 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place prizes to the division winners: Elementary, Middle School and High School  ( Divisions may change based on number of entries.)

Display of Winners

Winners in each division will be on display at Memphis Heritage, Inc. at Howard Hall, 2282 Madison during May.

All participants will receive invitations to the opening reception to be held on Tuesday, May 7, 2013.

Return of Work

You may schedule a pick-up of the work by calling (901) 272-2727 anytime between June 3rd to June 11th.                                                                                                                      

Questions

Please contact June West, Memphis Heritage, Inc. at (901) 272-2727, jwest@memphisheritage.org. for registration form.


CLICK HERE TO OPEN AND PRINT ENTRY FORM

Newman's Memphis

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Memphis Heritage is proud to announce that a long time dream we have had to put the Don Newman photographic collection online  

is now a reality.  

   

The Don Newman online website is:   

 

newmansmemphis.org

 

CLICK HERE  

to view and order from this website 

 

Don Newman's stunning photographs of Memphis during the 40's, 50's, and 60's can now be purchased from this website. We currently have over 150 images available on the site, with more being added weekly. One exciting component of the archive site is that searches are now available for all images. For example, if you are searching for a photo of Main Street just type in "Main Street" and those images that include Main Street will be identified.  Or if you are looking for a specific store, type in the store's name and if it is listed in the search options all the pictures with this store in them will be identified.  

 

We have gone GLOBAL...  

Memphis Heritage is excited to make Newman's work available to a world wide audience!  

 

Please visit the new site today. 

 

For more information or questions  

contact Matt Ducklo at 901-272-2727  

or email at info@memphisheritage.org  

 

NEW...Map of Historic Properties

Memphis Heritage is proud to make available to the community a new map listing historic/important properties in and around Memphis and Shelby County.

Important properties are those that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places, those that are eligible for a National Register listing, and those that are not eligible for a National Register listing but have been deemed important to our area's history. Data was taken from the historic resources database within the latest draft of the Memphis Preservation Plan. We plan on linking pictures of all of these sites in the near future.

This information is changing constantly and we will do our best to keep the map up to date .

Click here to view the map

If you have any suggestions or information that might improve this community advocacy project please email info@memphisheritage.org