South Main Street Historic District (Memphis, Tennessee)

South Street Historic District
Photo of several three-story brick buildings
South Main, looking north from Longshot, in 2010
South Main Street Historic District (Memphis, Tennessee) is located in Tennessee
South Main Street Historic District (Memphis, Tennessee)
South Main Street Historic District (Memphis, Tennessee) is located in the United States
South Main Street Historic District (Memphis, Tennessee)
LocationRoughly S. Main St. between Webster and Dr. Martin Luther King Junior Avenues, and Mulberry between Calhoun and Vance Avenues, Memphis, Tennessee
Area20 acres (8.1 ha)
ArchitectMultiple
NRHP reference No.82004054[1] (original)
97000224[2] (increase 1)
99000756[3] (increase 2)
13000503[4] (increase 3)
Significant dates
Added to NRHPSeptember 2, 1982
Boundary increasesMarch 8, 1997
July 9, 1998
August 13, 2013

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.[1] The South Main Arts District is a smaller area within the historic district.[5] The district is also a City of Memphis local historic district or Historic Overlay District.[6]

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