U.S. Custom House & Post Office, Memphis

Creators

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Source Collection

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

Identifier

17_8.A3

Description

U.S. Custom House & Post Office, Front & Madison, Memphis, Tennessee. Built in 1885 & 1932. Photographer: Alan Karchmer. © Alan Karchmer.

This imposing structure offers a strong axial terminus to well-built Madison Avenue.

Welcome as they are today for their seemingly handcrafted grandeur, buildings of the Beaux Arts Style were a giant step backward in the evolution of Modern Architecture. Reacting against the severity of early modern and commercial styles, and to industrialized building in general, these structures, with their monumental steps, paired columns, and intricate sculptural adornments were strictly symmetrical with clearly elaborated parts ... a scholarly eclectic assemblage of architectural antiquity.

Date Created

2021

Date

undated

Recommended Citation

"U.S. Custom House & Post Office, Memphis" (2021). Images. 77.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/speccoll-mss-karchmera2/77