Sterick Building | |
 The Sterick Building | |
| Location | 8 N. B.B. King Boulevard Memphis, Tennessee |
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| Coordinates | 35°8′41.09″N 90°2′59.33″W / 35.1447472°N 90.0498139°W |
| Built | 1928 |
| Architect | Wyatt C. Hedrick |
| Architectural style | Gothic revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 78002636 |
| Added to NRHP | October 2, 1978 |
| Sterick Building | |
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| General information | |
| Location | Memphis, Tennessee |
| Coordinates | 35°8′41.09″N 90°2′59.33″W / 35.1447472°N 90.0498139°W |
| Completed | 1928 |
| Height | |
| Top floor | 365 feet (111 m) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 29 |
| Floor area | 350,883 square feet (32,598.1 m2) |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Wyatt C. Hedrick |
| Other information | |
| Public transit access |  MATA Main Street Madison Avenue |
| References | |
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The Sterick Building is an office building in Memphis, Tennessee. It was designed by Wyatt C. Hedrick & Co., and was completed in 1930—its name is a contraction of the original owners' names, R.E. Sterling and Wyatt Hedrick. It is a gothic-style tower, 111 m (365 ft) tall with 29 floors.[1] When it opened it 1930 it was called the tallest building in the American South,[2] It was the tallest building in Tennessee until 1957. It is now the fifth-tallest building in Memphis.[3] It stands at the corner of Madison Avenue and North B.B. King Boulevard.
- ^ a b Emporis Listing[usurped]
- ^ Finger, Michael (December 4, 1997). "Memphis landmarks that have stood vacant for years, waiting for someone to bring them back to life". Memphis Flyer. No. 459.
- ^ Simpson, Teresa R. "Memphis' Tallest Buildings". About.com. Retrieved 2008-09-02.