Sterick Building - Memphis, TN
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member saopaulo1
N 35° 08.686 W 090° 03.008
15S E 768745 N 3893081
The Sterick Building in downtown Memphis, TN.
Waymark Code: WM17WFM
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 04/12/2023
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member Math Teacher
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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." (visit link)
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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