Calvary Cemetery
Consecrated in 1867 to serve the booming populations of the Catholic Irish, Germans and Italians, Calvary became the second Catholic Cemetery in Shelby County. Msgr. Martin Riordan, V.G., of St....
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Chucalissa Indian Town
The site of an ancient ceremonial center which flourished from 1000-1600 A.D. It may have been one of the towns visited by DeSoto when he first saw the Mississippi River in 1541. It was part of a...
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Blue Star Memorial Highway
A tribute to the Armed Forces that have defended the United States of America Sponsored by The Garden Club of Rosemark in cooperation with The Tennessee Federation of Garden Clubs, Inc. and...
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Greek Influence
The architects of the 1929 National Bank of Commerce wanted to convey the strength of the bank by basing their design on ancient Greek temples. It's built according to the �Golden Section�...
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Chickasaw Trail
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....
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Burkle Estate
In the years immediately preceding the Civil War, Jacob Burkle operated the Memphis Stockyards on this site. Herdsmen seeking shelter and respite at Chelsea House found the stockyards a...
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Blair T. Hunt, Sr. & Jr.
Blair T. Hunt, Sr., was an African-American born into slavery in Huntsville, Alabama. As a youth, he came to Memphis with his owners, the Hunt family, and lived in the Hunt-Phelan House....
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Beale Street Baptist Church
Founded in the late 1840s by Rev. Morris Henderson and four other blacks, Beale Street Baptist Church is the oldest, continuous Negro congregation in Memphis. Withdrawing from the First...
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Schools For Freedmen
The first free "colored" school in the city was opened in early 1863 in a barrack building in South Memphis. In 1864, the U.S. Army issued a general order authorizing its officers to help with...
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Jane Terrell Hospital
The Negro Baptist Association founded the Jane Terrell Baptist Hospital at 698 Williams in 1909 under leadership of Dr. C.A. Terrell. At his death, it was renamed Terrell Memorial Hospital under...
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