Elvis Presley Birthplace

34°15′36″N 88°40′48″W / 34.259971°N 88.679963°W / 34.259971; -88.679963

Present-day photograph of a whitewashed house, about 15 feet wide. Four bannistered steps in the foreground lead up to a roofed porch that holds a swing wide enough for two. The front of the house has a door and a single-paned window. The visible side of the house, about 30 feet long, has double-paned windows.
Presley's birthplace in Tupelo, Mississippi

The Elvis Presley Birthplace is a historic museum site in Tupelo, Mississippi, dedicated to the preservation of the birthplace of American musician Elvis Presley. It is listed on the Mississippi Blues Trail.[1][2]

The museum site includes Presley's shotgun house birthplace, a museum, a chapel, and the Assembly of God Church building where the Presley family worshiped. Elvis' parents, Vernon and Gladys, experienced financial hardship and had to move from the home when Elvis was a few years old for lack of payment. Vernon and Gladys worked various jobs while in Tupelo and moved several times during the thirteen years they resided in Mississippi.[3]

In 1936, a catastrophic tornado struck eight miles (13 km) outside the city, killing hundreds but sparing the Presley's house, and the family was unharmed.[4][5]

  1. ^ "List of Blues Trail Markers". List of Blues Trail Markers. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  2. ^ "Elvis and the Blues". Mississippi Blues Trail. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  3. ^ Moore, Azalia S.; Harris, Guy Thomas; Presley, Sybil; Clark, Lee (2010). We Remember Elvis. Dorrance Publishing. ISBN 978-1434954541.
  4. ^ Mason, Bobbie Ann (2007). Elvis Presley. Penguin. p. 15. ISBN 978-0-14-303889-4.
  5. ^ Tracy, Kathleen (2007). Elvis Presley: A Biography. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 1–2. ISBN 978-0-313-33827-4.