
Sterick Building - Memphis, TN
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N 35° 08.686 W 090° 03.008
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The Sterick Building in downtown Memphis, TN.
Waymark Code: WM17WFM
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 04/12/2023
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"The Sterick Building is an office building in Memphis, Tennessee. It was designed by Wyatt C. Hedrick & Co., and was completed in 1930—its name is a contraction of the original owners' names, R.E. Sterling and Wyatt Hedrick. It is a gothic-style tower, 111 m (365 ft) tall with 29 floors. When it opened it 1930 it was called the tallest building in the American South, It was the tallest building in Tennessee until 1957. It is now the fifth-tallest building in Memphis. It stands at the corner of Madison Avenue and North B.B. King Boulevard." (
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Street address: 8 N. 3rd St. Memphis, TN USA
 County / Borough / Parish: Shelby
 Year listed: 1978
 Historic (Areas of) Significance: Person, Architecture/Engineering
 Periods of significance: 1925-1949
 Historic function: Commerce/Trade
 Current function: Vacant
 Privately owned?: yes
 Primary Web Site: [Web Link]
 Secondary Website 1: [Web Link]
 Season start / Season finish: Not listed
 Hours of operation: Not listed
 Secondary Website 2: Not listed
 National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed

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