Judge D'army Bailey Courthouse - Memphis, TN
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N 35° 08.869 W 090° 02.960
15S E 768807 N 3893421
Courthouse for Shelby County. The courthouse used to be known simply as the Shelby County Courthouse until 2015.
Waymark Code: WM17XB0
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 04/15/2023
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"The Shelby County Courthouse, in Memphis on Adams Avenue between North 2nd and North 3rd streets, was designed by James Gamble Rogers and completed in 1909. This neoclassical pile features a long portico topped by a cornice supported by massive Ionic columns. The ambitious sculptural program designed by J. Massey Rhind includes the pediment groups, Canon Law, Roman Law, Statutory Law, Civil Law and Criminal Law. Female allegorical figures can be found on the north facade cornice representing Integrity, Courage, Mercy, Temperance, Prudence and Learning. Flanking the main entrances are over-life-sized seated figures embodying Wisdom, Justice, Liberty, Authority, Peace and Prosperity.
It is by far the state's largest courthouse. The courthouse was featured in the movie The Silence of the Lambs as the place where Dr. Hannibal Lecter was held and escapes custody." (
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About the naming: "A Shelby County Commission committee on Wednesday voted 7-0 to name the Shelby County Civil Courthouse at 140 Adams after the late Circuit Court Judge D’Army Bailey.
The resolution was sponsored by Commissioner Terry Roland and co-sponsored by commissioners Eddie Jones and Justin Ford.
“I think this is a small honor to a great human being,” Commissioner Reginald Milton said.
Bailey, a civil rights activist and founder of the National Civil Rights Museum, died July 12 and was buried Saturday. He was 73." (
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