Status: Preserved Location: Overton Park, Memphis Built: 1901 Architectural Style: Park Original Function/Purpose: Park The Overton Park Historic District was placed on the National Register on Oct. 25, 1979. History: Overton Park was designed by landscape architect George Kessler in 1901-02 and named for John Overton. The 342-acre district includes theContinue Reading
Status: Preserved Address: 197 South Main Street, Memphis Built: 1927-28 Architectural Style: Italian Renaissance Original Function/Purpose: Entertainment History: At the time the finest and most elegant theater outside of New York City, Memphis’s Grand Opera House was purchased by the Orpheum Theater Vaudeville Circuit in 1907 but subsequently burned to theContinue Reading
Status: Endangered Address: 100 North Main Street, Memphis Built: 1963-65 Architectural Style: Thirty-eight-story Late International skyscraper Original Function/Purpose: Commerce History: This building, the tallest in Memphis and occupying half of a city block, was designed by Robert Lee Hall, who also designed Clark Tower. Its tenant base consisted primarily of professionalsContinue Reading
Status: Preserved Address: 7831 Poplar Pike, Germantown Built: c. 1875 – c. 1957 Architectural Style: Gabled L-shape five-bay home; many museum objects purposefully located outdoors in assemblages of natural features as well as nursery groves and gardens Original Function/Purpose: Commerce History: A former nursery, florist shop and family farm, OaklawnContinue Reading
Status: Preserved Location: Roughly bounded by Highland and Goodlett Streets and by the Southern Railway and Park Avenue; includes portions of Buck Street and Carnes and Douglass Avenues; Echles, Goodlett, Goodman, Graham, and Houston Streets; Kearney Avenue, Loeb Street, Marion Avenue, Normal Circle and Park Avenue; Patterson and Shotwell Streets;Continue Reading
Status: Preserved Address: 168 East Parkway South, Memphis Built: 1912 Architectural Style: Beaux Arts Original Function/Purpose: Residential History: The Newburger house was designed by the prominent Memphis architectural firm of Hanker and Cairns, who designed other well-known properties such as the Peabody Hotel and the Nineteenth Century Club. Joseph Newburger, theContinue Reading
Status: Moved to a new location in 2014 and may eventually be delisted. Address: 6797 Messick Road, Memphis (originally located at 6792 Poplar Pike, Germantown) Built: 1869-1895 Architectural Style: Late Victorian, Vernacular Eastlake Original Function/Purpose: Residential History: The Nelson-Kirby farmland was originally part of the headquarters of the Brooks-Kirby plantations, aContinue Reading
Status: Preserved Address: 1918 North Parkway, Memphis Built: 1955 Architectural Style: Mid-Century Neocolonial Original Function/Purpose: Commerce History: Architect Anker Hansen built this two-story office building in 1955 next to Snowden School and across North Parkway from the Memphis Zoo. The Memphis-based National Cotton Council was organized in 1938 to promote cotton,Continue Reading
Status: Preserved Address: 10700 Latting Road, Cordova (Memphis) Built: ca. 1835, 1920s and 1950s additions Architectural Style: I-House with Classical Revival detailing Original Function/Purpose: Residential History: Mt. Airy was built in 1835 by Thomas C. Crenshaw as part of a 1,379-acre plantation, and although only 19 acres remain, it is stillContinue Reading
Status: Preserved Address: 6256 Poplar Avenue, Memphis Built: 1852 Architectural Style: Greek Revival with Victorian elements Original Function/Purpose: Residential History: The Mosby-Bennett House is a representation of architecture prominent in rural areas surrounding Memphis in the mid- and late-1800s. The house interior also denotes its significance as the headquarters of aContinue Reading