South Main Street Historic District - Memphis, TN - U.S. National Register of Historic Places on Waymarking.com

"The South Main Street Historic District in Memphis, Tennessee, is located south of the city's central business district encompassing over 100 mostly commercial buildings spread across 11 blocks. The area was constructed between 1900 and 1930 in a wide range of early-twentieth-century architectural styles including Beaux Arts, Georgian Revival, Art Deco and Chicago Commercial. The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982 as an area of Memphis representing the impact of the railroad on the city during the a period of railroad-led prosperity that ended with the Great Depression. The district includes the Lorraine Motel, constructed in 1925, where Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in 1968. The South Man Arts District is a smaller area within the historic district. The district is also a City of Memphis local historic district or Historic Overlay District." (visit link)

Street address: Roughly S. Main St. between Webster and Linden, and Mulberry between Calhoun and Vance Aves Memphis, TN USA County / Borough / Parish: Shelby Year listed: 1982 Historic (Areas of) Significance: Event, Person, Architecture/Engineering Periods of significance: 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899 Historic function: Commerce/Trade Current function: Commerce/Trade 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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