by memphisheritage | Apr 1, 2015 | Latest News
Memphis Heritage's "Red High-Top Shoe Award" was created in 2007 in honor of Judith Johnson, Executive Director of Memphis Heritage, 1997 to 2002. Presented to those who show unbridled passion in the name of Historic Preservation.
by memphisheritage | Mar 10, 2015 | Latest News, Preservation Series
Thanks everyone for turning out last night for "Film Row: What the Public Doesn't See", our second evening of this years Preservation Series. Look forward to next Monday - "From Films to Stages, Adaptive Reuse" - the re-purposing and maintenance of two historic movie...
by memphisheritage | Jan 30, 2015 | Latest News
Image - Pinch District (Image by: August and Zachary Klinke) UPDATE (JANUARY 28, 2015, BY GEORGE BROWN AND ALEX COLEMAN, WREG NEWS CH3) 'NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A vote to decide whether to strip the Pinch District of its designation on theNational Register of Historic...
by memphisheritage | Jan 30, 2015 | Latest News
Short Summary My name is Varanese Pryor. I am a native Memphian with a strong desire to restore civic pride and rebuild communities in the Memphis Area. In recent years, there has been an incredible loss of historical properties due to new development, neglect and a...
by memphisheritage | Sep 23, 2014 | Latest News
The Nineteenth Century Club will not be demolished. This is a huge victory for preservationists after a year and a half court battle. Memphis Heritage confirms the new owners of the property, the Lin family, will not take a wrecking ball to the historic mansion to...
by memphisheritage | Sep 10, 2014 | Latest News
Memphis Heritage uses state receivership law to salvage historic Richards House. Full story by BIANCA PHILLIPS In 1883, cotton merchant Newton Copeland Richards built a stately Queen Anne-style home with a rounded porch and circular balcony latticework at 975...
