State Female College, Memphis, TN, 1957

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Source Collection

Commercial Appeal newspaper morgue, Special Collections Department, University of Memphis Libraries

Identifier

sc.0452.01.027_001.002

Description

Built in 1858 as a ladies' finishing college, State Female College at 908 E. McLemore, was also used to billet Union soldiers during the Civil War. The college closed in 1870 during the Yellow Fever epidemic and later became a 12 unit apartment house. It was condemned in 1956 and demolished in 1957.

Date Created

7-7-2021

Date

1957 July 12

Rights

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Recommended Citation

"State Female College, Memphis, TN, 1957" (2021). Memphis. 115.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/speccoll-mss-commercialappeal4/115