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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LFG_john-b-weatherall_Memphis-TN.html
On the tragic day of September 12, 1953, John Weatherall gave his life in dedication to his job at Peabody Elementary School. WWI Veteran, devoted family man and custodian of Peabody Elementary, John Weatherall became aware of a fire at the school…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LFF_site-of-the-former-union-avenue-united-methodist-church_Memphis-TN.html
1895- Lenox Methodist Episcopal South 1918- Union Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church South 1923-Ground-Breaking of new sanctuary on March 14 1968- Union Avenue Congregation2010 - The Union Avenue Congregation merged with St. Luke's United Metho…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LFE_memphis-belle_Memphis-TN.html
Margaret Polk was a Memphis resident and a graduate of the Hutchison School. While a student at Southwestern in Memphis, she dated Pilot Robert Morgan prior to his deployment overseas. Bob named his B-17F-Memphis Belle, in honor of the girl he lef…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LC1_griffin-house_Memphis-TN.html
Leighnora Elisabeth Griffin, pictured here in the 1930s, lived at 2118 Madison Avenue from 1919 until her death at age 89. She once turned down an offer price of $500,000 to purchase the home during the mid-70's heyday of Overton Square entertainm…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LBY_st-agnes-academy_Memphis-TN.html
Founded January 10, 1851, St. Agnes Academy was sponsored by the Dominican Sisters from Kentucky. The school continued to operate during the Civil War and some nuns were pressed into service as nurses. Through the yellow fever epidemics of the 187…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LBQ_gen-james-m-kennedy-hospital_Memphis-TN.html
A U.S. Army hospital on this site treated more than 44,000 combat veterans during World War II. Opened Jan. 23, 1943, it was named for the late Brig. Gen. James M. Kennedy, distinguished Army surgeon and veteran of both the Spanish-American War an…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1L7U_mullins-united-methodist-church_Memphis-TN.html
Mullins United Methodist Church, named for its first minister, the Reverend Lorenzo Dow Mullins, was established July 15, 1845, in a one-room log cabin structure on this site. Federal troops dismantled the building using its timbers to construct F…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1L7P_germantown-cemetery_Germantown-TN.html
Founded by Germantown Methodist Episcopal Church on land bought in 1840 from George P. and Nicey B. Shepherd, early subdividers of the village, this cemetery served the whole community for 125 years. A stone fragment dated 1843 marks the earliest …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1L6E_central-gardens-historic-district_Memphis-TN.html
Side A By 1900, Memphis's growth had pushed the city limits east of the district's 511 acres, originally settled in 1830 by Solomon Rozelle. With its convenient access to downtown via the new trolley lines, Central Gardens underwent intensive deve…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1L5O_grace-st-lukes-episcopal-church_Memphis-TN.html
St. Luke's Church, founded in 1894 at Idlewild and Union, moved to this location in 1912 where the Right Rev. Thomas F. Gailor, 3rd Bishop of Tennessee, laid the church's cornerstone. Grace Church, founded in 1850 as the first mission church of Ca…
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