Status: Preserved

Address: 246 Adams Avenue, Memphis

Built: 1875

Architectural Style: Victorian Italianate

Original Function/Purpose: Residential

Date Listed on the National Register: March 25, 1982

National Register Reference Number Link: 82004058

History: This house was designed by Mathias Harvey Baldwin and completed in 1876. John Toof was a prominent figure in Memphis who is noted for starting the Chamber of Commerce and later helping to found the Memphis Water Company. The Toof house was designed in the Italianate style with a preference for masonry instead of wood.

City Council District: 6

Super District: 8

County Commission District: 8