1164 Union Ave. (near Waldran St.) Memphis, TN
Circa prior to 1900. 2-story Victorian style
Frank Marmaduke Norfleet (1846-1921) and Elizabeth Octavia Stinson Norfleet (1846-1919) built the first Norfleet home in the late 1890s in what became the extreme western edge of the Central Gardens district. Both their families were from Holly Springs, MS. His younger brother was Jesse Norfleet of Norfleet-Fuller Mansion around the corner. The family settled near one another with home on Carr, Cowden and Vinton as well. Frank established a successful plantation.
In 1885, he saw greater opportunity in the Memphis area and moved his family there. He went into the cotton factor business with a partner as Sledge & Norfleet. They grew their business well and got extensive cotton planting interests. In 1884, he became a member of the Mississippi State Legislature. By 1913, their firm was about the largest in the state, and he was likely the largest individual planter in Mississippi. Norfleet served some time as president of the Memphis Cotton Exchange and had positions with other banks and businesses. In about 1916, their son Jesse Peders Norfleet succeeded his father as president of Sledge & Norfleet. Other family members owned homes on Carr, Cowden and Vinton streets.
The home was razed in the early 1950s as area became fully a commercial and commuter area. See Norfleet-Fuller Mansion
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