Status: Preserved Address: 555 Vance Avenue, Memphis Built: 1896, 1905-06, ca. 1948 Architectural Style: Gothic Revival and Modernist Original Function/Purpose: Church History: Grace Episcopal Church was the city’s second Episcopal congregation after Calvary Episcopal. The church was designed by James B. Cook and built in stages to accommodate the construction budget.Continue Reading
Status: Preserved Address: 2969 Court Street, Bartlett Built: 1871 Architectural Style: Central Hall Plan Original Function/Purpose: Residential History: Nicholas Gotten House was built in 1871 by Nicholas for himself and his wife Julia. Gotten immigrated to the United States from Prussia in 1854, and moved to Memphis and then to UnionContinue Reading
Status: Preserved Location: 333-565 Goodwyn Street, Memphis Built: ca. 1850-55; ca. 1908-1935 Architectural Style: Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival Original Function/Purpose: Residential History: Goodwyn Street Historic District is in a section of Memphis historically known as Buntyn, named for Geraldus Buntyn and his plantation. The district is an elite residential area,Continue Reading
Status: Preserved Address: 4066 James Road, Memphis Built: 1875-1900 Architectural Style: Italian Villas Original Function/Purpose: Residential History: Considered to be the oldest house in Raleigh, construction of the Goodwinslow Home (also known as Chapman House) started about 1875 and was finished around the turn of the century. The original owner, WilliamContinue Reading
Status: Preserved Location: Roughly bounded by the Southern Railroad, Lamar Avenue, South Parkway East and the Frisco Railroad, in Memphis Built: 1908-1968 Architectural Styles: Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival, Spanish Colonial Revival, Bungalow / Craftsman, Commercial Original Function/Purpose: Residential History: The Glenview Historic District is centrally located to many points inContinue Reading
Status: Preserved Address: 3085 Honey Tree Drive, Germantown Built: 1863-1864 Architectural Style: Park Original Function/Purpose: Park History: The Germantown Redoubt site is a hilltop fortification next to the Louisville and Nashville Railroad east of the older part of Germantown. It dates back to the Civil War as a point along theContinue Reading
Status: Preserved Address: 2216 South Germantown Road, Germantown Built: 1871 Architectural Style: Late 1800s rural religious architecture Original Function/Purpose: Church History: The current sanctuary of the Germantown Baptist Church, formerly called the New Hope Church, was erected in 1871 after Union Army stragglers burned down the original in 1862. The originalContinue Reading
Status: Preserved Location: Portions of Monroe, Union and Gayoso Avenues, Peabody Place and Barboro Alley, Second and Third (now B.B. King Boulevard) Streets, and Main, Front and Hernando Streets, in Memphis Built: 1880-1927 Architectural Style: Victorian-Italianate, Cast Iron, Richardsonian Romanesque, other Commercial Original Function/Purpose: Commercial History: Gayoso-Peabody Historic District consistsContinue Reading
Status: Preserved Location: South Third Street and Walker Avenue, Memphis Built: 1900, 1934 Architectural Style: Park Original Function/Purpose: Park History: John Gaston emigrated from France in the 1850s and made his way to Memphis by way of New York, where he is said to have perfected his culinary skills by workingContinue Reading
Status: Preserved Location: Portions of North Parkway and Faxon, Forrest, Galloway, and Greenlaw Avenues, between Leath Street and Waldran Boulevard, in Memphis Built: ca. 1900 – ca. 1950 Architectural Style: Bungalow / Craftsman, Colonial Revival, Spanish Colonial Revival, American Foursquare, etc. Original Function/Purpose: Residential History: The Galloway-Speedway neighborhood, centered aroundContinue Reading