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Jan 32 min read
Seven Hills Plantation @ Woodstock (S. Rembert Home)
7 miles northeast of Memphis on the old Raleigh Rd. Memphis, TN Circa 1821. At one point, it was called Rembert Town. Later, the name...
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Jay Brothers
Jan 31 min read
Kingsland - Racehorses to Religion
1000 Cherry Rd. Memphis, TN Circa 1931. 3 stories Colonial Williamsburg style with 34 rooms Kingsland was built by (Cecil) Leroy King...
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Jay Brothers
Jan 12 min read
Everett Cook Home/ Oaksedge
1023 Cherry Memphis, TN Circa 1938. Mix of Norman French and Gothic style Image from Johnson Archives Everett Richard Cook (1894-1974)...
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Jay Brothers
Jan 12 min read
Magevney House: Several Important Catholic Milestones in Memphis
198 Adams Ave. (in the Victorian Village) Memphis, TN Circa 1835. Simple Federal home The Magevney House is located in the Victorian...
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Jay Brothers
Dec 29, 20242 min read
Chetolah (Van Vleet Mansion)
Formerly 1266 Poplar Ave. Memphis, TN Circa 1856. Classic 2 story white brick Greek Revival home Image from Historic Memphis The mansion...
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Jay Brothers
Dec 29, 20241 min read
The West J. Crawford House/ Carimi House
290 South Lauderdale St. Memphis, TN Circa 1877. A 2-story Italianate style home The Crawford House is at the intersection of South...
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Jay Brothers
Dec 29, 20242 min read
Robert M. Carrier House/ Carrier Hall
642 South Willett. Memphis, TN Circa 1923. Style of a 17th century Jacobean country manor house /renovated 1948 Robert Moorhead Carrier...
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Jay Brothers
Dec 29, 20242 min read
Robert R. Church Home - the South's First African-American millionaire
384 South Lauderdale St. Memphis, TN Circa 1884. 3-story Queen Anne style home Image from Historic Memphis Robert Reed Church (1839-1912)...
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Jay Brothers
Dec 13, 20241 min read
East Lothian: One of Two "Lothians"
Was located between Winchester Rd. and Shelby Dr. west of Tchulahoma Rd. in the Whitehaven area Circa 1845. Large, white frame 2 story...
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Jay Brothers
Dec 7, 20242 min read
Robertson Topp House/ The Bigbee School
565 Beale St. Memphis, TN Circa 1841. A classic Greek Revival mansion. Col. Robertson Topp (1807-1876) and Elizabeth Little Vance Topp...
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Jay Brothers
Dec 7, 20241 min read
Norfleet/ Norfleet-Fuller Mansion
1585 Central Ave. and Roland Memphis, TN Circa 1912. 3-story Spanish Revival style At the time, it was the edge of Memphis and sat on...
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Jay Brothers
Dec 7, 20241 min read
Pauline Cheek Barton Hall/ Barton-Hurley
Orig. add 2254 Kirby Rd./ current addr 6562 Green Shadows Lane Memphis, TN Circa 1938. Modern Colonial Revival home One of the last homes...
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Jay Brothers
Dec 7, 20241 min read
Deaderick Home/ Orange Mound: One of First Subdivisions for African-Americans
Near current Airways BL between Spottswood Ave. and Carnes Ave. Memphis, TN Circa 1825. Large 2-story home on a rise John George...
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Jay Brothers
Dec 7, 20242 min read
Elam Homestead
From Memphis Heritage 1428 Fox St. Memphis, TN Circa 1854. 2-story log house Edward Simpson Elam (1817-1885) and Sarah J. Cooper Elam...
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Jay Brothers
Dec 7, 20241 min read
Nellie Pidgeon Home pic
4275 Nellwood Lane (former Walnut Grove Rd. and Pidgeon Rd.)Â Memphis, TN Circa 1936/ after fire rebuilt 2004 From Johnson Archives The...
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Jay Brothers
Dec 6, 20242 min read
Charles Davis House/ Porter House: Repped MLK, Jr. in '68 Memphis Sanitation Strike
1291 Winchester Rd. Collierville, TN Circa unk/ purchased 1841. Remodeled in 1867 Vernacular Greek Revival style From Memphis Heritage A...
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Jay Brothers
Dec 6, 20242 min read
Dunscomb House/ Frazer House: The Little Greek House
584 South Front St. Memphis, TN Circa 1840. 1-story Greek Revival style Home of Virginia Frazer Boyle: "Poet Laureate of the Confederacy"...
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Jay Brothers
Dec 6, 20241 min read
Dixon Mansion/ Dixon Galleries & Garden
4339 Park Ave. Memphis, TN Circa 1939. Large 2-story brick Georgian style mansion Hugo Norton Dixon (1892-1974) and Margaret Oates Dixon...
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Jay Brothers
Dec 5, 20241 min read
Mollie Fontaine Taylor House/ Mollie Fontaine Lounge
679 Adams Ave. Memphis, TN Circa 1866. Eclectic Revival style. From Storybook Memphis The home is part of the Victorian Village...
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Jay Brothers
Dec 5, 20242 min read
Eppy White Plantation
Near Poplar Rd. & S. White Station Rd. Memphis, TN Circa early 1830s. 2-story white columned home Col. Epaphroditus "Eppy" White...
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