Status: Preserved Address: 155 Market Street, Memphis Built: 1862 Architectural Style: Gothic Revival Original Function/Purpose: Church History: St. Mary’s organized in 1862 to serve German Catholics who felt uncomfortable at the Irish-oriented St. Peter’s. The cornerstone was laid with help from the Union army during the Civil War. The altar wasContinue Reading
Status: Preserved Address: 692, 700 and 714 Poplar Avenue, Memphis Built: Built in 1887 (Chapel), 1902 (Diocesan House) and 1898-1926 (Cathedral) Architectural Style: Gothic Revival Original Function/Purpose: Church History: The cathedral originated as a mission church organized by Calvary Episcopal Church in 1857. The original church was a small, wooden GothicContinue Reading
Status: Preserved Address: 8993 Barret Road, Barretville Built: 1920 Architectural Style: Craftsman Original Function/Purpose: Residential History: Built for newlyweds Paul and Sarah Barret in 1920, the Barret Homestead or Squire’s Rest is a one-story craftsman cottage significant for its relation to the life of Paul Barret. He is credited with creatingContinue Reading
Status: Preserved Location: Roughly bounded by Interstate 40 and North Watkins Street, and Snowden and Forrest Avenues, Memphis Built: 1890-1945 Architectural Style: Various: Minimal Traditional, Colonial Revival Original Function/Purpose: Residential History: The district takes its name from Robert Brinkley Snowden’s Speedway Land Company; Speedway Terrace emerged as a development aimedContinue Reading
Status: Preserved Address: 2000 North Parkway (Rhodes College Campus), Memphis Built: ca. 1920s-1930s Architectural Style: Collegiate Gothic Original Function/Purpose: Education History: The architectural style of Southwestern at Memphis Sorority Row Historic District, and the other campus buildings, was specified by college president Charles E. Diehl. He included proposed fraternityContinue Reading
Status: Preserved Address: 2000 North Parkway (Rhodes College Campus), Memphis Built: 1925 Architectural Style: Late Gothic Revival (Collegiate Gothic), Tudor Gothic Original Function/Purpose: Education History: Southwestern at Memphis Historic District (Rhodes College) is represented by a harmonious group of Collegiate Gothic buildings whose construction began in 1925 and which areContinue Reading
Status: Endangered Location: Roughly bounded by Beale Street and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue (formerly part of Linden Avenue), and South Orleans and Myrtle Streets, including Jessamine Avenue and a stretch of disused Southern Railway tracks, in Memphis Built: 1891-1956 Architectural Style: Colonial Revival, Neo-Classical Original Function/Purpose: Commercial History:Continue Reading
Status: Preserved Location: 1139-1271 East Parkway South and 2140-2225 South Parkway East, bounded by Lamar Avenue to the west and the Southern Railroad tracks to the north, in Memphis Built: 1910 Architectural Style: Georgian Revival, Beaux Arts, Tudor Revival, etc. Original Function/Purpose: Residential History: South Parkway-Heiskell Farm Historic District isContinue Reading
Status: Preserved Location: Roughly bounded by South Main and Mulberry Streets, and Webster and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Avenues (the latter formerly part of Linden Avenue), in Memphis Built: 1900-1930 Architectural Style: Largely Commercial vernacular Original Function/Purpose: Commercial History: This district in the nineteenth century was a muddyContinue Reading
Status: Preserved Location: An irregular pattern along South Front Street, Wagner Place and Tennessee Street, from Beale Street to G.E. Patterson Avenue (formerly Calhoun Avenue), in Memphis Built: 1870s-1950 Architectural Style: Neo-Classical Revival, Egyptian Revival, Romanesque Revival, etc. Original Function/Purpose: Commercial History: The South Bluffs Warehouse Historic District is aContinue Reading