Court Square - Memphis, TN
N 35° 08.762 W 090° 03.106
15S E 768592 N 3893217
Court Square Park is a green area in downtown Memphis, Tennessee with picnic areas, a fountain, gazebo and historical markers.
Waymark Code: WM190NB
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 11/04/2023
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5. COURT SQUARE, N. Main St. between Jefferson and Court Aves., extending to N. 2nd St., is the most noted of the original four squares laid out in 1819 for public use by the proprietors of Memphis. Bronze Tablets commemorate Walter Malone's poem, "Opportunity," and the Confederate prison history of Memphis.
A FOUNTAIN, a copy of Canova's celebrated statue of Hebe in the art gallery at Leningrad, is in the center of the square. Designed by J. B. Cook, the fountain was presented to the city a group of citizens in 1876. -Tennessee: a Guide to the State 1939
The park has changed much since its listing in the Guide. The fountain is still in place and operating nicely surprisingly. An additional sculpture called Mod 1: Tetrahedron consisting of 66 equilateral steel triangle forming a pyramid is in the park. The urban plaza is located at 62 N Main St, Memphis, TN 38103.
Book: Tennessee
Page Number(s) of Excerpt: 215
Year Originally Published: 1939
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