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Source Collection
Alan Karchmer collection, Special Collections Department, University of Memphis Libraries
Identifier
5_28.B
Description
Private Residence, 664 Adams Avenue, Memphis, Tennessee. Built in 1859. Photographer: Alan Karchmer. © Alan Karchmer.
This elegant cottage reflects some Neo-classic overtones.
The Greek Revival, a favorite style of ante-bellum Southern planters, arrived in Memphis during the boom years prior to Civil War. Symmetrical on both axes, these structures derived form and proportion from the ancient Greeks. As this style filtered through to provincial areas its implementation often became less than academically correct.
Date Created
2021
Date
undated
Recommended Citation
"Private Residence, 664 Adams, Memphis" (2021). Images. 135.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/speccoll-mss-karchmera2/135
Keywords
Architecture--Tennessee--Memphis.
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