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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 ...
Magnolia Company Filling Station, Fayetteville (NRHP-listed in 1978) Magnolia Petroleum Company Filling Station, Kingsland (NRHP-listed in 2019) Ellis Building, Fayetteville; Marathon Oil Service Station, Fordyce; Gulf Oil Company Service Station, Paragould; Henry W. Klotz, Sr., Service Station, Russell; Mount Ida Cities Service Filling Station ...
The Adams Avenue Historic District in Memphis, Tennessee is a 9 acres (3.6 ha) historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. [1] It contains six contributing buildings: St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church (1852), at 190 Adams Ave. North Memphis Savings Bank (1901), at 110 Adams Ave.
WOWW (1430 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Germantown, Tennessee, and serving the Memphis metropolitan area. WOWW carries an adult album alternative radio format and calls itself "Radio Pig". It is owned and operated by Flinn Broadcasting Corporation. [3] The station's studios and offices are in Southaven, Mississippi.
The Memphis Railroad & Trolley Museum is located at 545 South Main Street on the ground floor of the Central Station in Memphis, Tennessee, USA. The museum is dedicated to document the local history of Railroad and the Memphis Trolleys. The museum provides static exhibits as well as video documentation and railroad model dioramas. [2]
The Memphis, Clarksville and Louisville Railroad (MC&L) was a railway in the southern United States.It was chartered in Tennessee in 1852, and opened in 1859. The MC&L entered receivership after the American Civil War, and financial troubles led to an 11-day strike in 1868 that ended when Louisville and Nashville Railroad (L&N) leased the line.
The Memphis mural is still on display inside Courtside Grill in the Westin Memphis. The restaurant site was previously Penny's Nitty Gritty and is transitioning into a new concept.
The Old Forest Arboretum (172 acres or 70 ha) is a forest tract and natural arboretum located on the east side of Overton Park. It is open to the public daily without charge. The Old Forest is on the National Register of Historic Places and includes over 300 plant varieties. Walking trails are maintained within the area, and markers identify 32 ...