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Source Collection
Grover Edward McCarver memorial collections, Special Collections Department, University of Memphis Libraries
Identifier
sc.0466.001_Buildings-Custom House.001.jpg
Description
The building was built originally in the 1880s to house the U.S. Customs House, but it provided space for several other federal offices. Locally, it became known as the "Customs House." Over the following one hundred years, the U.S. federal building served many purposes, including as the federal courthouse, customs house, and post office.
Date Created
6-15-2021
Date
circa 1908
Recommended Citation
"Custom House, Memphis, TN, c. 1908" (2021). Postcards. 38.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/speccoll-mss-mccarver1/38
Keywords
Postcards--Tennessee--Memphis, Postcards--20th century, Memphis (Tenn.)--photographs
