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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1702_universal-life-insurance-building-universal-life-insurance-company_Memphis-TN.html
Universal Life Insurance BuildingDesigned by the African-American architectural firm of McKissack and McKissack and constructed in 1949, this building houses the national headquarters of the Universal Life Insurance Company. The Egyptian-Revival s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1701_the-blues-foundation_Memphis-TN.html
The Blues Foundation, the world's premier organization dedicated to honoring, preserving, and promoting the blues, was founded in Memphis in 1980. Mississippi-born performers and business professionals in the Foundation's Blues Hall of Fame outnum…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1700_chickasaw-trail_Memphis-TN.html
The main trail of the Chickasaws from their towns in Pontotoc, Miss., here reached the Bayou Gayoso after following roughly the line of Highway 78, Lamar Boulevard, and Marshall Street.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16ZQ_christian-brothers-high-school-christian-brothers-band_Memphis-TN.html
(obverse)Christian Brothers High SchoolChristian Brothers High School, the oldest high school for boys in Memphis, opened November 21, 1871 as the secondary department of Christian Brothers College at 612 Adams Avenue. CBC was established by the B…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16WE_battle-of-collierville_Collierville-TN.html
(Side one):On Oct. 11, 1863, Gen. James R. Chalmers, with a force of about 3000 Confederate cavalrymen, consisting of the 7th TN, 13th TN, 18th MS, 2nd MO, 2nd AR, and 3rd MS, approached Collierville from the south along Mt. Pleasant Road. Collier…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16WD_the-wigfall-grays_Collierville-TN.html
On April 15, 1861, eighty men from Collierville organized the Wigfall grays to oppose President Lincoln's call for volunteers to invade the South. The company was named in honor of Senator Louis T. Wigfall who was well known for his eloquent speec…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16WC_collierville-christian-church_Collierville-TN.html
The Collierville Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) was originally founded in Fayette County near the close of the Civil War. Construction began at the present location in 1873. Renovations to the building were made in 1906, and again in the 1…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16WB_collierville-tenn_Collierville-TN.html
Collierville, first known as Oak Grove, was founded in about 1835 and was named for Jesse R. Collier. The county's second oldest town was near Mt. Pleasant Rd. and Hwy. 57 on land of Adams, Floyd, Hodge, Collier and the Tharp Grant. In 1837, the f…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16WA_collierville-united-methodist-church_Collierville-TN.html
One of two sanctuaries of Collierville United Methodist Church, the Sanctuary on the Square was built in 1900 by the Methodist Episcopal Church South congregation. The Methodists were the first to erect a church in the community and from 1869-99 h…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16W9_saint-andrews-episcopal-church_Collierville-TN.html
The corner stone for Saint Andrew's Episcopal Church was laid on April 22, 1890. The church was consecrated on May 27, 1891. Anna Holden, the guiding force in the founding of St. Andrew's, led a group that raised $3,000 to build the church. The Ma…