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Littleton-Pettit House: "Father of Memphis Public schools"
496 Beale St, Memphis, TN Circa 1848. 2-story Greek Revival frame construction of yellow poplar with 2-story front porch Littleton-Pettit...
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Jul 251 min read


Mt. Airy (Shelby Co.)
10700 Latting Rd. Cordova, TN Circa 1835. A 2-story I-house with Classical Revival style From Memphis Heritage Asbury Crenshaw...
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Jul 251 min read


Buntyn-Ramsey House: The Start of East Buntyn Neighborhood & the Goodwyn Institute
487 Goodwyn Memphis, TN Circa between 1850-55. 2 story home red brick with several porches Photo from Memphis Heritage Geraldus O....
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Feb 62 min read


Boyce-Gregg House/ Junior League of Memphis
317 South Highland St. Memphis, TN Circa 1919. A very large 2.5 story in Italian-Mediterranean style Photo by Christ6320 C. R. Boyce...
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Jan 292 min read


Walter Granville Allen Home
8504 Macon Rd. Cordova, TN Circa 1914. Foursquare home in Colonial Revival style The W.G. Allen House was an unusual style in an agrarian...
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Jan 251 min read


John H. McFadden House/ Cedar Hall/ Colonial Hall/ The Avenue
3712 Broadway in Barlett, TN (former Ellendale, former Bond’s Station) Circa 1840. 2.5 story brick home In 1831, Margaret Ann “Peggy”...
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Jan 233 min read


John B. McFerrin House
156 West Poplar Collierville, TN Circa 1923. 2.5 story Colonial Revival and Craftsman style house Photo from Memphis Heritage John Berry...
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Jan 221 min read


Cornelius Lawrence Clancy Home/ Clancy-Oglesby House
Current 1471 Genesis Circle and Mississippi BL (former 911 Kerr Ave.) Memphis, TN Circa 1900. 2-story large Queen Anne style home...
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Jan 221 min read


Gladys "MaDear" Bennett: An Inspiration
1039 Delmar Ave. Memphis, TN Circa 1860. 1-story altered shotgun house Photo from Tennessee Historical Commission The home was built in...
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Jan 171 min read


Rowland J. Darnell House/ Nineteenth Century Club: A Lumberman's Grand Home & The LAST on Union
1433 Union Ave. Memphis, TN Circa 1906. 2.5 story brick Beaux Arts style Photo by Jim Roberts Roland Jones Darnell (1854-1916) and...
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Jan 172 min read


E. H. Crump Home: Memphis' "Boss"
1962 Peabody Ave. Memphis, TN Circa 1909. 2-story Colonial Revival home Photo by kiojn Edward Hull Crump (1874-1954) and Bessie Byrd...
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Jan 172 min read


The Manor House at Davies Manor
Photo by Thomas R. Machnitzki 9336 Davies Plantation Rd. Barlett, TN Circa original 1807/ enlarged 1831-37. 1-room log cabin/ 2-story log...
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Jan 162 min read


Goodwinslow/ Chapman House: Oldest in Raleigh
4066 James Rd. Raleigh, TN Circa 1890s. 3 different styles [Raleigh, TN was settled in 1816. Eight years later, it was the county seat of...
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Jan 142 min read


Daniel Handley House
3023 Spottswood Ave. near Semmes St. Memphis, TN Circa 1912. 2.5 story Transitional American Foursquare Daniel Handley (1861-1933) and...
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Jan 131 min read


Capt. Harris House: Cute & Colorful
2106 Young Ave. in the new Cooper-Young neighborhood Circa 1898. Large 2.5 story home in Queen Anne style From Heritage Memphis The home...
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Jan 132 min read


William Roland Harris House/ Clanlo Hall: One of the last Originals of Central Gardens neighborhood
1616 Central Ave. Memphis, TN Circa 1853. Original was a clapboard home Image from Historic Memphis Judge William Roland Harris...
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Jan 121 min read


Hillcrest (Memphis): Two Widows & Related to Acklen family
1554 Peabody Ave. Memphis, TN Circa 1907. Colonial Revival wood frame with an exterior of Indiana Limestone Image by alamemphis Built by...
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Jan 121 min read


Ashlar Hall pic
397 Central Ave. Memphis, TN Circa 1896. 2.5 story ashlar stone castle-like From Ashlar Hall - Facebook Ashlar Hall was built by (Robert)...
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Jan 112 min read


John Alexander Austin Home: Last One on South Bluffs!
290 South Front St. Memphis, TN Circa 1876. 2.5 story Italianate townhouse From Memphis Heritage John (J. A.) Alexander Austin...
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Jan 112 min read


Capt. Joseph Lenow House - A Founder of Elmwood Cemetary
??? Circa 1850 Captain Joseph Lenow (1813-1889) and Frances C. Broome Lenow (1828-1909) arrived in Shelby Co. area in 1848. They wed in...
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Jan 71 min read

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