Status: Preserved Address: 3568 Townes Avenue, Memphis Built: 1867-1934 Architectural Style: Cemetery Original Function/Purpose: Cemetery History: Memphis National Cemetery was established in 1867. When Memphis fell under Union control early in the Civil War, the city became a convenient location to care for wounded soldiers. Thousands of Northern troops who diedContinue Reading
Status: Preserved Address: 9 North Second Street and 130 Madison Avenue, Memphis Built: 1910 Architectural Style: Second Empire applied to a skyscraper Original Function/Purpose: Commerce History: This 19-story building was the tallest in Memphis for almost 20 years. The building was designed by Neander M. Woods, Jr., co-designer of the GoodwynContinue Reading
Status: Preserved; renovation in progress Location: East side of Wolf River Harbor between Court and Beale Streets, in Memphis Built: 1838, 1859-61, 1866-68, 1880, with later innovations and repairs Architectural Style: Cobblestone Landing Original Function/Purpose: Transportation History: The Memphis Landing is a nationally significant inland-river port associated with the unacknowledged butContinue Reading
Status: Preserved Address: 994 Philadelphia Street, Memphis Built: 1962 Architectural Style: Late International Commercial Original Function/Purpose: Commerce History: Located in the Cooper-Young Historic District, the Memphis Federation of Musicians Local 71 Building shows its age but wears it well. Local 71 has a long and honorable history in the Bluff City,Continue Reading
Status: Preserved Address: 44 North Second Street, Memphis Built: 1962 Architectural Style: Twelve-story Modern Movement skyscraper Original Function/Purpose: Bank History: This building was designed by the prestigious Memphis firm of Hanker and Heyer, which already had completed over 40 bank buildings. The bank occupied the basement and the first two floors,Continue Reading
Status: Preserved Location: Interstate 55: West Memphis, Arkansas and Memphis, Tennessee Built: 1949 Architectural Style: Continuous truss, Warren truss with verticals, and through truss bridge Original Function/Purpose: Transportation History: This bridge joined two other nearby bridges in 1949. The first bridge to span the Mississippi River at Memphis was the FriscoContinue Reading
Status: Endangered Address: 843 Dallas Street, Memphis Built: 1938 Architectural Style: Art Moderne / Mid-Twentieth Century Modern Original Function/Purpose: Education History: This third in the succession of Melrose Schools was built in 1938 with the help of the Public Works Administration – a three-story, 40,000-square-foot, brick and reinforced concrete, up-to-date marvelContinue Reading
Status: Preserved Address: 240 (formerly 248) Madison Avenue and 11 North Fourth Street, Memphis Built: 1925-1926 Architectural Style: Neo-Gothic Original Function/Purpose: Commerce History: The building was constructed by the Cincinnati firm of Rudolph Tietig and William H. Lee to specifically address the needs of the private medical practitioner, with shared equipmentContinue Reading
Status: Preserved Address: 156 West Poplar Avenue, Collierville Built: 1923 Architectural Style: Colonial Revival / Craftsman Original Function/Purpose: Residential History: The McFerrin House was constructed in 1923 for John B. McFerrin, a prosperous wholesale grocer, in the form of a modified four-square plan and detailed with elements of the Colonial RevivalContinue Reading
Status: Preserved Address: 3712 Broadway Road, Bartlett Built: ca. 1840, 1940 Architectural Style: Colonial Revival Original Function/Purpose: Residential History: The John H. McFadden House is an excellent example of a Colonial Revival residence. Built by Dr. Samuel Bond on land awarded to his father for service under Andrew Jackson in theContinue Reading