Victorian Village, Memphis
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Victorian Village, Memphis is an area of Memphis, Tennessee.
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[edit] Geography
The Victorian Village is located in the eastern quadrant of downtown Memphis.
[edit] History
[edit] 19th century
During Memphis' early period of growth in the mid 1800s, a few wealthy Memphians built grand, Victorian-style homes in what was then the outskirts of the city. Edward C. Jones, one of Memphis's most significant Victorian-era architects, and his partner, Matthias Harvey Baldwin, built the Woodruff-Fontaine House (1870) and renovated the Harsson-Goyer-Lee House (1871).
[edit] Present
Some of these three and four-story mansions now stand near the city's downtown along Adams Avenue. While most of the original homes are now gone, several remain as museums: the Magevney House (198 Adams), the Mallory-Neely House (652 Adams) and the Woodruff-Fontaine House (680 Adams). The Harsson-Goyer-Lee House (photograph) was once the home of riverboat owner James Lee. This striking eclectic-style Victorian had been unused for years, but with the assistance of corporate and community donations it was refurbished in 2004. The Magevney House and the Mallory-Neely House are currently closed to the public.
The Victorian Village neighborhood is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
[edit] References
Edward Culliatt Jones in The Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture
