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Built in 1905, the 14-story Tennessee Trust Building was among downtown Memphis' first "skyscrapers." The building's architects, the firm of Charles 0. Pfeil (1871–1952) and George M. Shaw (1870–1919) were noted at the time for designing buildings with ornate, classical styling and massing.
Downtown Memphis includes 4.5 million square feet (418,000 square meters) of office space, [4] around 1 million square feet (93,000 square meters) of retail space, 3,456 hotel rooms, and 13,400 housing units. [5] The administrative core of Memphis and of Shelby County, Tennessee is also located in Downtown Memphis.
Pope Paul VI established the Diocese of Memphis on January 6, 1971. [4] Immaculate Conception was named as the new diocese's cathedral. A major renovation of the cathedral was completed in 2001 and was dedicated by Bishop J. Terry Steib, SVD on December 8 of that year. In 2011 there were 800 families in the parish and 430 students in the school [3]
The Bluff City's largest hotel property recently went on the market. The 600-room Sheraton Downtown Memphis at 250 N. Main St. was listed for sale about three weeks ago, according to Wayne Tabor ...
[1] [3] Hill, known as Memphis' original "merchant prince", [4] was one of the wealthiest people in Memphis, and a part owner of the Evening Scimitar. [1] Hill lived across Madison Avenue in a mansion which stood on the site of the present Sterick Building. [1] [5] Hill's initials can still be seen etched into the façade of the building. [2]
Cooper Street, which connects Overton Park to the Overton Square, Idlewild, Lenox and Cooper-Young neighborhoods; Cleveland Street, which runs through the Crosstown neighborhood. Midtown Memphis is connected to the Medical District and downtown via the Madison Avenue trolley line, with a park and ride station at Cleveland Street. [5]
Tallest hotel in Memphis. 8 Memphis Pyramid: 321/98 5 1991 7th-tallest pyramid and largest Bass Pro Shops in the world. Home to retail, restaurants, an observation deck, a hotel, a bowling alley, and the largest free-standing elevator in America. 9 The Renaissance Apartments: 296/90 25 1968 Tallest residential building in Memphis. 10 Lincoln ...
Originally located at 315 Beale, the Memphis Hard Rock relocated in 2014 to a more appropriate address, from a rock-and-roll-history standpoint: 126 Beale, original home of Lansky Brothers, the ...