Status: Preserved; renovation in progress Address: 1397 Central Avenue, Memphis Built: 1896 Architectural Style: Victorian Original Function/Purpose: Residential History: Robert Brinkley Snowden, a prominent Memphis real estate developer, designed this midtown mansion in 1896. Snowden lived in the home until his death in 1942; the property was sold after the deathContinue Reading
Status: Preserved Location: Properties on Brown, Campbell, Chester, Greenlee, Quintard, and Walker Streets, in Arlington Built: 1880-1920 Architectural Style: Various: Turn-of-the-Century Vernacular, Gothic Revival, Queen Anne, Craftsman, and Bungalow Original Function/Purpose: Residential History: Arlington still clearly resembles a small early twentieth century rural community, with its collection of relatively unchangedContinue Reading
Status: Preserved Location: Roughly bounded by I-240, Lamar Avenue, and Heistan Place, in Memphis Built: 1906-1929 Architectural Style: Bungalow / Craftsman Original Function/Purpose: Residential History: After their success in subdividing the Annesdale Park area, brothers John Bayard Snowden and Robert Brinkley Snowden sought to create even more lots for theContinue Reading
Status: Preserved Location: Roughly bounded by Bellevue Boulevard and Cleveland Street, and Lamar and Peabody Avenues, in Memphis Built: ca. 1903-late 1920s Architectural Style: Bungalow / Craftsman, Late Victorian Original Function/Purpose: Residential History: A product of Memphis’s rapid industrial growth during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Annesdale ParkContinue Reading
Status: Preserved Address: 1325 Lamar Avenue, Memphis Built: 1855; ca. 1900 Architectural Style: Italian Villa Original Function/Purpose: Residential History: This estate was built in about 1855 for Dr. Samuel Mansfield, a druggist. Robert C. Brinkley, originator of the Peabody Hotel, bought it in 1868 or 1869 as a wedding gift forContinue Reading
Status: Preserved Address: 919 Coward Place, Memphis Built: ca. 1852 Architectural Style: Italianate Original Function/Purpose: Residential History: The Anderson-Coward House was built by Nathaniel Anderson, a cotton broker and banker in ca. 1852. After he retired in about 1856, he sold the property to H.M. Grosvenor, who, in order to finance hisContinue Reading
Status: Preserved Address: 8504 Macon Road, Cordova (Memphis) Built: 1913 Architectural Style: American Foursquare / Colonial Revival Original Function/Purpose: Residential History: This home belonged to Walter Granville Allen, a prominent planter, banker, businessman and political leader in Shelby County and the Cordova area. Succumbing to fire in 1913, the original homeContinue Reading
Status: Preserved Address: The 100 blocks of Adams and Washington Avenues, Memphis Built: 1852-1925 Architectural Style: Neo-Classical Revival, Late Gothic Revival Original Function/Purpose: Residential This district was placed on the National Register on Nov. 25, 1980 History: Adams Avenue Historic District contains fine examples of Gothic and Neo-Classical RevivalContinue Reading