5992 Quince Rd. and Park Ave. Memphis, TN
Circa 1929. Adirondack Rustic style
Clarence Saunders and Patricia Houston Bamberg built the home in Adirondack Rustic Architecture style. The home was on his 300 acre estate east of Memphis. Annswood was named for the Saunders’ youngest daughter Ann.
After the Piggy-Wiggly fiasco, Saunders worked to recover his fortune and developed a few concepts under the name Keedoozle and Clarence Saunders, Sole Owner of My Name Stores.
In 1944, Ira Jack Lichterman (1897-1963) and Lottie Loewenberg Lichterman (1897-1985) bought the property. Lichterman was a New York native and have traveled to the South as a salesman/ drummer in the shoe repair supply business. He settled in Memphis and wed Lottie Loewenberg. Lottie's father was William Loewenberg who was prominent in the Memphis Jewish community. The groom and father-in-law went into business together and formed Southern Leather Company, which grew to the world's largest leather house. Later, they also owned Air Temp, a heating and air conditioning company. Lichterman was also chairman of Mills Morris Company, vice-president of Perkins Oil Comp., president of Penn Leather in Philadelphia. Lottie was active in the Memphis Garden Club and Women's Exchange.
About 20 years later, in 1963, Lichterman donated 12 acres and the home to the City of Memphis. The Memphis Parks Commission enlarged the land over the years, and in 1983, the site of 65 acres was renamed the Lichterman Nature Center. It served the public for about a decade before being destroyed by fire in 1994. NR 1989
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