Status: Preserved Address: 678 Washington Avenue, Memphis Built: 1913 Architectural Style: Ecclesiastical vernacular Original Function/Purpose: Church                     History: Collins Chapel stands across the street from Victorian Village District, and represents a continuing congregation from 1859 to the present, making it the oldestContinue Reading

Status: Preserved Location: Roughly bounded by Walnut Street, Poplar Avenue, North Main Street, and North and South Rowlett Streets, and including Natchez Street, in Collierville Built: ca. 1865-1944 Architectural Style: Various: Greek Revival, Queen Anne, Colonial Revival, Commercial Italianate Original Function/Purpose: Residential History: Collierville Historic District consists of 127 propertiesContinue Reading

Status: Preserved; renovation in progress Address: 294 Hernando Street (formerly 280 Hernando Street), Memphis Built: 1891-92 Architectural Style: Romanesque Revival Original Function/Purpose: Church History: The congregation of Second Presbyterian Church called upon Frederick Kees and Franklin B. Long to design their church, while Memphian Edward C. Jones served as supervising architect.Continue Reading

Status: Preserved Address: 1471 Genesis Circle (formerly 911 Kerr Avenue), Memphis Built: 1900 Architectural Style: Queen Anne Original Function/Purpose: Residential History: The Clancy House was built in 1900, named for a Memphis magistrate and prominent businessman. Clancy was aware of the need to provide additional housing for the area’s rapidly expandingContinue Reading

Status: Preserved Location: 1987 Indian Village Drive, in T.O. Fuller State Park, Memphis Built: ca. 1000 Architectural Style: Chucalissa vernacular; park Original Function/Purpose: Park History: This village, located on the bluff overlooking the Mississippi River and founded around 900 A.D., is known for the well-preserved architectural and archaeological remains that haveContinue Reading

Status: Preserved Location: Metal Museum Drive, Memphis Built: ca. 1500 Architectural Style: Park Original Function/Purpose: Park History: Formerly the fortress of Chickasaw chief Chisca, the park features two ceremonial mounds that were built by Paleo-Indians. During the Civil War these same mounds were hollowed out and used for gun emplacements andContinue Reading

Status: Preserved Address: 306 South Bellevue Boulevard, Memphis Built: 1911; additions in 1948 and 1967 Architectural Style: Jacobean Revival Original Function/Purpose: Education History: Central is the successor of Memphis High School, the first high school in Memphis, founded in 1897. Designed by B.C. Alsup, Central opened in 1911 as part ofContinue Reading

Status: Preserved Location: Roughly bounded by Union, Central and York Avenues, and Cleveland and Rembert Streets, in Memphis Built: 1900-1930 Architectural Style: Various: Four Square, Bungalow, Queen Anne, Greek Revival, Colonial Revival Original Function/Purpose: Residential                           History: InContinue Reading

Status: Preserved Address: 642 South Willett Street, Memphis Built: 1923-1926 Architectural Style: Seventeenth Century Jacobean Country Home Original Function/Purpose: Residential History: This house, also known as Carrier Hall, was begun in 1923 and completed in 1926 for lumber baron Robert M. Carrier, who wished to be closer to his lumber mills.Continue Reading

Status: Preserved Address: 5041 East Shelby Drive, Capleville (Memphis) Built: 1921-1923; ca. 1960 Architectural Style: Early Twentieth Century Ecclesiastical, Gothic Revival Original Function/Purpose: Church History: The Capleville Methodist Church was erected in 1921-23 after the Bethlehem Methodist and Capleville Methodist congregations merged. The attached two-story parsonage was built ca.1960. The structureContinue Reading