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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1725_mallory-neely-house_Memphis-TN.html
Built circa 1852, this 25-room Italian villa-style mansion was home to the Isaac Kirtland, Benjamin Babb, James C. Neely, Daniel Grant, and Barton Lee Mallory families between 1852 and 1969. Extensively renovated during the 1880s and 1890s, it con…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1724_collins-chapel-christian-methodist-episcopal-church_Memphis-TN.html
A "Daughter" of Wesley Chapel (later, the First United Methodist Church), Collins Chapel was organized in 1841 and purchased this site in 1859. Names for its first pastor, J. T. C. Collins, it predates the formation of the CME denomination. Collin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1723_lansky-brothers_Memphis-TN.html
Lansky Brothers was founded in 1946 by Bernard and Guy Lansky with a $125 investment from their father, S. L. Lansky. The store began at 126 Beale Street as an army surplus store, but gradually changed to accommodate customers interested in a one-…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1722_former-criminal-courts-building_Memphis-TN.html
Designed by Jones & Furbringer, Architects, this building opened in 1925 as the Criminal Courts Building, housing two divisions of criminal court, a 300-bed county jail, and various offices. The limestone exterior features several design elements …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1721_second-presbyterian-church_Memphis-TN.html
(obverse)This church was founded on Dec. 28, 1844, on Front St. near Gayoso. It has since become the parent of ten daughter churches. It erected its first owned building in 1849 at Main and Beale. During the Civil War, Federal troops occupied that…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1720_first-holiday-inn_Memphis-TN.html
The world's first Holiday Inn was opened on this site, August 1, 1952 by Memphis entrepreneur Kemmons Wilson as a result of his unsatisfactory lodging experiences on a vacation the prior summer with his wife Dorothy and their five children. He soo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM171G_phi-beta-sigma-abram-langston-taylor_Memphis-TN.html
Phi Beta Sigma
Native Tennessean Abram Langston Taylor, near this spot, 423 Beale Avenue, conceived the idea of establishing an international organization of college and professional men dedicated to "Culture for Service and Service For Humanit…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM171F_mary-church-terrell_Memphis-TN.html
Born in Memphis in 1863, Mary Church Terrell was noted as a champion of human rights. The daughter of millionaire Robert Church, Sr., she was graduated from Oberlin College in 1884 and later made her home in Washington, D.C. In 1904, she was a del…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM171E_church-park_Memphis-TN.html
At this location Church Park and Auditorium was established in 1899 by Robert R. Church Sr., a Memphis business man and former slave, to provide recreational facilities for members of his race who had no other place to meet. Many famous Americans,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1703_sara-roberta-church_Memphis-TN.html
In 1952, Roberta Church became the first black woman in Memphis to be elected to public office and to the Tennessee Republican State Executive Committee. She served as an official in the administrations of Presidents Eisenhower and Nixon. In 1987,…