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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KT1_edward-shaw_Memphis-TN.html
In 1870, Edward Shaw became the first Memphis black to run for U.S. Congress. Though he did not win, he was active in politics, serving on the County Commission, the City Council, and as Wharfmaster in the 1870s. In 1875, Shaw was editor of a blac…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KT0_hollis-freeman-price-sr_Memphis-TN.html
Hollis Price was the first African-American president of LeMoyne College. In 1968, he guided the college's merger with Owen Junior College. Price was the president of the college for 27 years and upon his retirement became president emeritus. He w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KSZ_second-congregational-church_Memphis-TN.html
Founded by the American Missionary Association in 1868, Second Congregational Church was originally at 239 Orleans. It was a chapel for LeMoyne Normal Institute. The present church, designed and built by Black artisans, was completed in 1928. In 1…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KSY_bettis-family-cemetery_Memphis-TN.html
Here was the farm of the Tillman Bettis family on the Memphis bluff after the 1818 treaty, even before the town was laid off. Mary Bettis was the first child born in the new settlement.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KSD_st-johns-united-methodist-church_Memphis-TN.html
The earliest members of this church were among the founders of Methodism in Memphis. This congregation, established in 1859 as Central Church Mission, first met on Union Avenue. St. John's built in 1907, was designed by Beauregard C. Alsup. The Ch…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KSB_annesdale-park-subdivision_Memphis-TN.html
Developed as an exclusive neighborhood in 1903 by Brinkley Snowden and T. O. Vinton, Annesdale Park was the first subdivision in the South planned upon metropolitan lines. It was considered an important display of confidence in the city's future. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KQK_williamg-leftwich-jr-memorial_Memphis-TN.html
This monument is erected to preserve the memory of William G. Leftwich, Jr., Lt. Colonel, United States Marine Corps. A native Memphian who lost his life on November 18, 1970, when the helicopter carrying him and members of a reconnaissance team h…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KNC_eudora-baptist-church_Memphis-TN.html
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Organized October 18, 1850 on two acres of land donated by Col. Eppy White, using the Greek word "Eudora" signifying "good gift" as its name, this church met in a log schoolhouse until the congregation's first structure was erected in 185…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1F6E_davies-manor_Memphis-TN.html
Built near Old Stage Road about 1807, occupied by Logan Early Davies, James Baxter Davies & their descendants for over a century. Named for Zachariah Davies, soldier of the American Revolution. In the path of both armies, 1861-65, it was the scene…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1F6C_the-university-of-memphis_Memphis-TN.html
This public institution of higher learning has grown with the city of Memphis since opening in 1912. Its development went through the following stages: West Tennessee State Normal School (1912-25); West Tennessee State Teachers College (1925-1941)…