Fontaine House, Memphis

Creators

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Source Collection

Alan Karchmer collection, Special Collections Department, University of Memphis Libraries

Identifier

5_28.D

Description

The Fontaine House, 680 Adams Avenue, Memphis, Tennessee. Built in 1870. Photographer: Alan Karchmer. © Alan Karchmer.

The engaged central tower, in combination with exaggerated quoins and tall slender windows accentuate the building's elegant verticality.

Buildings of the French-inspired Second Empire Style are boldly modeled and three-dimensional, nearly always involving a mansard roof with dormers, round or arched. Reserved for monumental public buildings and affluent residences, the ornamentation is extravagant as it is involved.

Date Created

2021

Date

undated

Recommended Citation

"Fontaine House, Memphis" (2021). Images. 139.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/speccoll-mss-karchmera2/139