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Source Collection
Alan Karchmer collection, Special Collections Department, University of Memphis Libraries
Identifier
18_17.A
Description
Former Scimitar Building, 3rd and Madison, Memphis, Tennessee. Built in 1903. Photographer: Alan Karchmer. © Alan Karchmer.
Built for the publishing company by the cotton magnate Napoleon Hill in the Early French Renaissance Style.
As buildings in the Beaux Arts Style were being constructed, there followed an era of academic revivalism. Architects of these structures modeled their designs on a variety of antique precedents.
Date Created
2021
Date
undated
Recommended Citation
"Former Scimitar Building, Memphis" (2021). Images. 130.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/speccoll-mss-karchmera2/130
Keywords
Architecture--Tennessee--Memphis.
