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Historic
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Beautiful Memphis
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Memphis has always been noted for beautiful neighborhoods
and particularly for elegant homes and spectacular gardens.
Many of these neighborhoods are
tree-lined avenues bordered by stately homes. Evergreen
is one of the oldest neighborhoods in the city with many
beautiful homes from the turn of the century.
Vollintine-Evergreen is a
1920s era neighborhood with many homes on the National
Register of Historic Places. Cooper-Young
has quaint, yet historic residential homes.
Central Gardens has
stately turn-of-the-century homes with the feel of a simpler,
more elegant era. In 1983, this area was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places, and is consistently
listed in Memphis Magazine's annual survey as the
'Best Neighborhood' in the city.
The Chickasaw Gardens area
has elegant homes
surrounded by a park and a lake. East Parkway has
large estates in a cool park-like setting.
And Adams Avenue, now known as Victorian Village, is the home
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John Martin
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Memphis's remaining Victorian Mansions. The
selection of photos below are not listed in any particular
order - neither by date nor historical importance.
Ironically, in a city that's not known for preserving its
past, most of these Memphis homes are still standing.
Near the bottom of this page, there's a photo selection
of today's homes which shows the desire for large,
elegant homes is still alive. If you plan to visit
Memphis, try to make it in April when the dogwoods and azaleas
are blooming. It's an experience you won't forget.
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Ashler
Hall -1896
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Hunt-Phelan House -
1828 |
Harsson-Goyer-Lee House
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Elias Lowenstein House -
1891 |
Mollie Fontaine Taylor -
1890 |
Annesdale -
1850 |
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Anderson-Coward House -
1840
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D. T. Porter House -
1895 |
Clanlo
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1853 |
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Napoleon Hill House -
1881
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Mallory-Neeley -
1852
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Roland Darnell
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1909 |
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Hillcrest
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1907
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Pillow-McIntyre -
1852 |
Galloway
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1910 |
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Graceland
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1939
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John Overton, Jr. - Date ? |
Joseph
Newberger -
1912 |
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Clarence Saunders - Pink Palace
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1922 |
Woodruff-Fontaine - 1871 |
W.
R. Harris -
1853 |
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E. H. Crump -
1908
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Robert Church -
1884 |
Robertson Topp -
1841 |
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William Miller
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1916
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Henry Montgomery
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1860's |
Davies Manor -
1807 |
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Van Vleet Mansion -
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1856
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W. B. Mallory House -
1890's |
Watkins Overton - Dates ? |
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Dunscomb House - c. 1844
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William Bell House- C.
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Gilbert Raine
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Carimi House -
1895
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Fisk
Collinswood
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1891 |
Frank Jones - 1890's |
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Shellcrest
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1863 |
Laurelhill
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1863 |
John S. Toof
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1876 |
1st James Lee
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1868 |
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Bradford-Maydwell
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1859 |
Massey House
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1844-49 |
Fowlkes-Boyle
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1859 |
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William Randolph Home-
1912
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Beverly Hall - Greenwood
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1904 |
Littleton-Pettit Home
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1848 |
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Hilderbrande Home -
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Fargason Mansion
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1915 |
Wright Carriage House
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Mette House
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1872 |
Magevney House - after 1833 |
Rozelle House -
1853 |
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Jefferson Davis House 1867-78 |
Frank A. Norfleet Home - 1910 |
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Vintage Homes ... |
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Most of the homes
pictured in this section are early 1900's turn of the century homes
and their history is still being lived and written. Many of
them are on the National Register of Historic Homes. |
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Central Gardens
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Central Gardens |
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Harbert Avenue - 1911
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McLean |
Chickasaw Gardens |
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Heartwood Hall - Raleigh
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Lowenstein-Long Home |
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McLean Avenue
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Overton Park Avenue
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Central Gardens |
Harbert Avenue |
Glenwood Place |
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Cowden
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Cooper-Young |
E. Parkway - 1917 |
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McLean
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Peabody - 1900 |
Poplar Av |
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Morningside Park
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Central Avenue |
McLean - 1933 |
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Carrier Hall - 1923 |
Kingsland - 1931-33 |
Everett Cook Home - 1938
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Newer Homes ... |
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The desire for
spacious and elegant homes is still very much in evidence in this
selection of homes built in various Memphis locations since 2000.
Imagine which ones will still be here 100 years from now. |
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Historic
Homes Memorabilia
and Vintage
Photos |
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1865 Soldiers-at
Hunt-Phelan |
Union Av 1906 |
Building E. Parkway
Overpass |
E.Parkway-Madison |
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1900 Ball at Lee
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Goyer-Lee China |
Civil War Canteen |
Jeff Davis
House For Sale |
Lee House Miniature
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Family Reunion in
front of W. A. Gage Home
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When
the Dogwoods and Azaleas bloom in April ... |
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... Memphis is transformed into
the most beautiful area on earth. |
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