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Plant taxonomist Dr. Tom Heineke was hired by Memphis to inventory the Old Forest during 2008 and 2009. [ 4 ] Large trees measured for possible inclusion as Tennessee Champion Trees included a 27-inch-diameter (690 mm) ( DBH ) black cherry , a 46-inch southern red oak , a 62-inch shumard oak , and 9-inch pawpaw .
The 97-foot-tall (30 m) tree house and church was supported by a still-living 80 ft (24 m) white oak tree with a 12 ft-diameter (3.7 m) base, and relied on six other oak trees for support. [5] He built it using 258,000 nails with a nailgun, and about 500 pounds of penny nails driven by hand. [ 3 ]
Lichterman Nature Center is a certified arboretum and nature center located in East Memphis, Tennessee. [1] It has many outdoor and indoor animal exhibits, as well as several activities and events. The Lichterman Nature Center is one of the facilities within the Pink Palace Family of Museums .
The Pauline Cheek Barton House is a historic house in Memphis, Tennessee. It was designed in the Colonial Revival style by architect Walk Claridge Jones, Sr. , and built in 1937. [ 2 ] It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since September 7, 1995.
The Memphis Botanic Garden is a 96-acre (39 ha) botanical garden located in Audubon Park at 750 Cherry Road, Memphis, Tennessee. [ 1 ] Memphis Botanic Garden is open to the public daily, where guests can take a stroll through various gardens on the grounds.
317-acre arboretum, 15 miles of trails, live animals indoor and outdoor, treehouse, formerly the Chattanooga Arboretum & Nature Center Steele Creek Park: Bristol: Sullivan: East Tennessee: website, over 2,200 acres, operated by the City, includes a nature center, golf course, 54 acre lake, 21 miles of trails Shelby Bottoms Nature Center ...
The museum is operated by the City of Memphis and Museums Inc. since 1987 and is part of the Pink Palace Family of Museums. [3] [4] In 2005, the Mallory–Neely House was closed to the public due to the need for expensive renovations and funding problems of the City of Memphis. [5] As of 2014 the house is open to the public. [6]
The first station in the district was on Calhoun Street, built c. 1855 by the Mississippi and Tennessee Railroad.It was replaced by a newer Calhoun Street Station that was demolished when Memphis Central Station (originally Grand Central Station) was built on the same site in 1912–1914 by the Illinois Central Railroad and a subsidiary, the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad that ran south ...