Tennessee - Shelby County - Vacant / Not In Use
Shelby County Tennessee (Vacant / Not In Use) has 17 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 2 places of National significance. Significant places include Beale Street Historic District and Beale Street Historic District (Boundary Decrease), Delmar--Lema Historic District, Glenview Historic District and Hayley, Patrick, House.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Shelby County places including B.C. Alsup, Hain & Kirby Jones, VA, Hannaford, Samuel, and Sons, Tietig & Lee, Public Works Administration, A.E. Cameron, John A. Miller, Lynn Welcher and John Reid. Prominent architectural styles found in Shelby Country are Colonial Revival, Bungalow/Craftsman and Classical Revival.

Beale Street Historic District (added 1966 - - #66000731)
Also known as See Also: Beale Street Historic District (Boundary Decrease)
Beale St. from 2nd to 4th Sts. , Memphis
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Performing Arts, Entertainment/Recreation
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function:
Business, Financial Institution, Music Facility, Single Dwelling, Theater
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Business
Beale Street Historic District (Boundary Decrease) (added 1989 - - #89001098)
Also known as Beale Street; See Also: Beale Street Historic District
Beale St. from Main to 2nd , Memphis
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Entertainment/Recreation, Performing Arts
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function:
Business, Music Facility, Theater
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Delmar--Lema Historic District (added 1998 - - #98000242)
Also known as SY.05078;SY.05080-SY.05085;SY.05087;SY05089;SY.05091;SY.0500
1044-1066 Delmar Ave;1044-1060, 1041-1061 Lemar Pl. , Memphis
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Other, Queen Anne, Bungalow/Craftsman
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Glenview Historic District (added 1999 - - #99001244)
Bounded by Souther RR, Lamar Ave., S. Parkway E., and Frisco RR , Memphis
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Bungalow/Craftsman, Colonial Revival
Area of Significance:
Community Planning And Development, Social History, Black, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Landscape, Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling, Park, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store, Street Furniture/Object
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Landscape, Religion, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling, Park, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store
Hayley, Patrick, House (added 1980 - - #79002469)
604 Vance Ave. , Memphis
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Italianate
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Hotel Claridge (added 1982 - - #82004045)
109 N. Main St. , Memphis
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Jones & Furbringer, Barnett,Haynes & Barnett
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Hotel
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Lenox School (added 1981 - - #81000579)
519 S. Edgewood Ave. , Memphis
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Gaisford,John
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Education
Historic Sub-function:
School
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Maury Elementary School (added 2007 - - #82004047)
272 N. Bellevue Blvd. , Memphis
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Alsup,B.C.
Architectural Style:
Beaux Arts
Area of Significance:
Education, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Education
Historic Sub-function:
School
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Medical Arts Building and Garage (added 1984 - - #84003707)
Also known as Hickman Building and Parking Garage
248 Madison Ave. and 11 N. 4th St. , Memphis
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Tietig & Lee
Architectural Style:
Other, Late Gothic Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Health/Medicine
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Health Care, Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Medical Business/Office, Road-Related
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Melrose School (added 2001 - - #98000367)
Also known as Melrose High School;Melrose Junior High School
843 Dallas St. , Memphis
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Public Works Administration
Architectural Style:
Moderne
Area of Significance:
Black, Education, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1950-1974, 1925-1949
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Education
Historic Sub-function:
School
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Pippin Roller Coaster (added 2007 - - #07001166)
Also known as Pippin Scenic Railway, Zippin Pippin
Mid-South Fairgrounds bounded by E. Pkwy., Central & Southern Aves. & Early Maxwell Blvd. , Memphis
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Miller, John A., Welcher, Lynn
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Engineering
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function:
Fair
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Pope, Leroy, Elementary School (added 2007 - - #82005387)
Also known as Grant School;Grant/Pope School
190 Chelsea Ave. , Memphis
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Alsup,B.C.
Architectural Style:
Classical Revival
Area of Significance:
Education, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Education
Historic Sub-function:
School
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Porter, Dr. D. T., Building (added 1977 - - #77001291)
Also known as Continental National Bank Building
10 N. Main St. , Memphis
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Jones,Hain & Kirby
Architectural Style:
Romanesque, Romanesque
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade
Historic Sub-function:
Business
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Southern Railway Industrial Historic District (added 2007 - - #07000361)
Roughly bounded by Beale, Myrtle, and the Souther Railway tracks, Linden, Jessamine and Orleans , Memphis
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Transportation, Industry, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Energy Facility, Warehouse
Current Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Energy Facility
U.S. Marine Hospital Executive Building and Laundry-Kitchen (added 1980 - - #80003872)
360 and 374 W. California Ave. , Memphis
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Social History
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Health Care
Historic Sub-function:
Hospital
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Universal Life Insurance Company (added 2007 - - #07000762)
480 Linden Ave. , Memphis
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
McKissack, Moses, III, McKissack, Calvin
Architectural Style:
Other, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade
Historic Sub-function:
Professional
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Veterans Administration Hospital Complex, No. 88--Memphis (added 2007 - - #95001371)
Also known as Methodist Hospital;Crump VA Hospital;"Ole 88";Baptist Rehabi
1025 E. H. Crump Blvd. E. , Memphis
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
VA, Hannaford, Samuel, and Sons
Architectural Style:
Colonial Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Health/Medicine
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Health Care
Historic Sub-function:
Hospital
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
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