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Source Collection
Commercial Appeal newspaper morgue, Special Collections Department, University of Memphis Libraries
Identifier
sc.0452.01.004_004.Jefferson.001
Description
The Wright home, at 688 Jefferson, is named for General Luke E. Wright, who was Governor General of the Philippines, the first Ambassador to Japan and Secretary of War to President Theodore Roosevelt. The home was demolished in the mid 1960s following a fire but the carriage house survived and still functions as a private residence.
Date Created
7-2-2021
Date
1966 September 16
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Recommended Citation
"Gen. Luke E. Wright Home, Memphis, TN, 1966" (2021). Memphis. 88.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/speccoll-mss-commercialappeal4/88
Keywords
Homes--Tennessee--Memphis, Wright., Luke E. (Luke Edward), 1846-1922.
