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Historic Preservation

1585 Central Ave: A House, And A City Council, At Odds With History, Part I

Mark Fleischer March 29, 2018 Ancestry.com Central Avenue Central Gardens Central Gardens Neighborhood Association Cotton Trade Historic Conservation District Historic District Overlay Memphis Landmarks Commission Midtown National Register of Historic Places Norfleet

2018 marks Central Garden’s twenty-fifth year as a Historic Overlay District under the jurisdictional protections of the Memphis Landmarks Commission. For this two-part installment, we…

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Historic Preservation Neighborhoods

Memphis and Central Gardens During The Preservation Era

Mark Fleischer January 26, 2018 Beale Street Belvedere Blvd Carl Awsumb Central Avenue Central Gardens Central Gardens Area Association Central Gardens Neighborhood Association Charleston Cleveland Street Historic Conservation District Historic District Overlay Jim Williamson Memphis Landmarks Commission Midtown National Register of Historic Places National Trust for Historic Preservation New Orleans Rembert Street Union Avenue Vance Avenue

Twenty-five years ago, in April of 1993, the Central Gardens Neighborhood gained unanimous approval from the Memphis City Council in becoming the city’s ninth Historic…

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