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Source Collection
Commercial Appeal newspaper morgue, Special Collections Department, University of Memphis Libraries
Identifier
sc.0452.01.003_02.016
Description
Beale Street, Memphis, Tennessee, looking east from Fourth Street during the Urban Renewal Project on February 18, 1971. Both the Tri-State Bank and the First Baptist Church survived the renewal project, although Tri-State Bank has since moved and the building sits vacant. The building was once the site of Solvent Savings and Trust Bank founded by famed African American Memphian Robert Reed Church.
Date Created
7-16-2021
Date
1971 February 18
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Recommended Citation
"Beale Street, Memphis, under construction, 1971" (2021). Memphis. 244.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/speccoll-mss-commercialappeal4/244
Keywords
Beale Street (Memphis, Tenn.), Urban renewal., Beale Street Baptist Church (Memphis, Tenn.), Tri-State Bank of Memphis (Memphis, Tenn.)