Marker - Former Criminal Courts Building
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cgeek
N 35° 08.932 W 090° 02.959
15S E 768806 N 3893538
Historical marker located in downtown Memphis, Tennessee
Waymark Code: WM3PD0
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 04/29/2008
Views: 19
The marker reads:
Former Criminal Courts Building
Designed by Jones & Furbringer, Architects, this building opened in 1925 as the Criminal Courts Building, housing two divisions of criminal court, a 300-bed county jail, and various offices. The limestone exterior features several design elements of the Reneaissance, including massive scrolls at the setback for the upper floors modeled on those at the Church of Santa Maria della Salute in Venice. Interior hallways and central staircase are faced with pink and dark cedar Tennessee marble. Notorious criminals incarcerated here include "Machine Gun" Kelly the F.B.I.'s 1933 "Public Enemy No. 1", and James Earl Ray, convicted assassin of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Marker Name: Former Criminal Courts Building
Marker Location: City
Type of Marker: Building
Marker Number: None
Group(s) Responsible for placing Marker:
Shelby County Historical Commission
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