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2015 Architectural Auction12th Annual Youth and Architecture Design CompetitionMHI Annual Meeting 2015 - 40th Anniversary with major updatePreservation Series 2015 - so farMHI Adapt-A-Door 2015Film Transit / MemphisKirby Farms/Outbuildings find new homeHal B. Howard Jr. 1925 - 2015

March - April 2015 | Vol. 18. Issue 2

The 2015 MHI Architectural Auction is coming - Saturday

May 30 Our 2015 Architectural Auction will be held in the historic Edge District. We are thankful to Mike Todd for allowing us to showcase his building at 320 Monroe, an old warehouse building located at the west end of the Edge Dis-trict.

Architectural elements and oth-er great items from across the city will be auctioned at the non profit’s largest fundraiser whose mission is to protect properties that are vital to Memphis’ history. Our evetn will begin at 7pm. Tick-et cost will be $50 per person for MHI members and $75 for non members. Tickets will be limited and will go on sale in early May through the MHI website www.memphisheritage.org. You can also join MHI on line and get tick-ets at the member price. Go to www.memphisheritage.org and purchase tickets thru PayPal.

Guests will be welcomed with music, amazing food and refesh-ments with an open bar. There will be live and silent auctions that include rare and interesting architectural pieces of Memphis history.

Memphis Heritage is still ac-cepting donations for the auc-tion. If you have a piece of His-tory, antiques, signage, etc. and want to donate it contact us at 901.272.2727 or email jwest@memphisheritage.org. All dona-tions are tax deductible to the extent the law allows.

MHI 2015PRESERVATION SERIES - SO FAR

We’ve had two of the five Mon-day night gatherings for the an-nual MHI Preservation Series. This year the topic is Memphis a Mid-South Movie Hub. Vincent Astor, author, collector, and char-ter member of MHI, is the main speaker and M.C., offering a va-riety of movie-related topics to a sold-out series at 7:00 PM each Monday in March. So far, the ex-change of ideas and memories has been lively and vivid.The first meeting was all about the movie theatres that are or were a part of Memphis. The period from 1930-1960 was the timeframe covered with lots of overheads of the buildings that

make up the history of Memphis movie houses. Many of them are no more; others still stand va-cant and abandoned. Vincent’s vast knowledge of this history is amazing. He has amassed a collection of rare photos from the beginning of the sound era of film to the present time. His purview ends in 1960, a good stopping point, since by 1960 films were beginning to change and the venues where they were shown did as well. The slide show is accompanied by story after story from Astor illuminates the history with details.

Week two included discussion of Film Row, the distribution offices for the studios that sprang up in the 1920’s and lasted (cont p.4.)

2015Architectural Aution

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MEMPHIS HERITAGEK E Y S T O N E

The Keystone is a publication of Memphis Heritage, Inc.

Memphis Heritage’s mission is to stimulate an appreciation for our

heritage and preserve historic places.

Our offices are at 2282 Madison Avenue. You can write

to us or call us at 901-272-2727. Or visit our website at

www.memphisheritage.org.

Executive Committee

Joey Hagan – President, AIACarl Raff - Past President

Robert Paulus, Associate AIA – Vice President

Aaron Chestnut – TreasurerJohn Griffin – Secretary

Hal B. Howard, Jr. – Ex-Officio Member

June Waddell West – Executive Director

Directors

Carol DeForest - Marty Gorman, AIAAntonio Raciti - Chris Sullivan

Robert Tom - Chris Bird - Larry ChanLeigh Gilliland - Brian SwopeSuzanne Henley - Larry Chan

Katharine Manning Loeb - Jeff Wamble

MHI Staff

June West - Executive Director Nigel Price - Admin Asst.

Publications/Website Committee

Robert Tom Mark Parrish Charlie Lambert Robert Lanier

Nigel Price

Ad Sales: Nigel Price For advertising information con-tact: Nigel Price, (901) 272-2727 nprice@memphisheritage.org

Copyright © 2015 Memphis Heritage All rights reserved.

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MEMPHIS HERITAGE’S 2015 ADAPT A DOOR IS COMING SO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS…

IT’S TIME FOR OUR DUNKIN’ DONUT DOOR DASH

Still Available - 2015 Cal-endar honoring MALCO

THEATRES

MHI ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING TUESDAY MARCH 31 at HOWARD HALL

Memphis Heritage’s 40th Annual Membership Meeting will be held on Tuesday, March 31st 2015 at Howard Hall from 6 till 7.30pm.

We will be making a major an-nouncement about the future of Memphis Heritage and what it means for our entire community.

We encourage all current mem-bers to attend and all lapsed members to renew your mem-bership and attend this exciting event. If you are not a MHI mem-ber you can join at the door. To check if your MHI membership is up to date call us at 901-272-2727.

At this meeting we will also se-lect new board members and of-ficers for the coming year.

MHI Board members who will

rotate off the Boad of Directors are:

Carl Raff, Chris Sullivan, Dan Johnson, Jeff Wamble and Kathy Manning Loeb.

The following will remain on the MHI Board:

Joey Hagan Aaron Chestnut Antonio Raciti Carol DeForest John Griffin Leigh Gilliland Marty Gorman Robert Allen Paulus Robert Tom Chris Bird Larry Chan Suzanne Henley Brian Swope

We could not begin to do all that

we do without wonderful people like these and, as usual, we thank each and every one of them for their time, service, and dedica-tion to MHI.

Board of Directors 2015 nomi-nees are:

Will McGown Tommy Pacello Melissa Pope Perry Sponseller Ben Rednour Kris Whitson

Slate of Officers:

President- Joey Hagan Vice Pres- Robert Paulus Secretary- John Griffin Treasurer- Aaron Chestnut

Looking forward to seeing every-one as we celebrate turning 40!

Our “Dunkin Donut” Door Dash, the first component of our 2015 Adapt A Door event, starts with great coffee and donuts by “Dunkin Donuts”. Then Door Art-ists choose a door (or window) that fits either their preplanned project or whim. This year’s Door Dash is coming Saturday, April

18 at Memphis Heritage’s How-ard Hall, 10 till noon.

MHI’s Adapt-A-Door is an annual event that brings large crowds to Howard Hall every fall for the silent auction of some amaz-ing works- all made from repur-posed doors or windows. In the past, participants have either said that they had a specific proj-ect in mind or stated that they thought the door was cool and hoped for inspiration. Such inspi-ration has resulted in impressive projects such as wine racks, buf-fets, a working electric guitar, a soapbox derby car and too many other projects to mention.

Registrants adopt their door at the Door Dash, turn it into some-thing amazing over the next few months and return it to Howard Hall and donate it for our big fundraiser in first Sat in Novem-ber. These creative works of art have people in bid-offs and of-ten wishing they had that "one

that got away".

Architects, designers, and artist do door projects but those with no design or art background cre-ate some of the most impres-sive works. Adapt-A-Door is an event where people have a blast and both entrants as well as bid-ders get to help raise money for Memphis’ leading historic pres-ervation organization!

To sign up as a 2015 Door Artist go to www.memphisheritage.org and follow the links. You can also email us at nprice@memphish-eritage.org or call 901-272-7272.

Registration is $25 per entry which includes your door or win-dow and 2 tickets to the auction event in November, a $70 value (Scholarships are available).

Curious about door design en-tries from years past? Visit www.memphisheritage.org to find out more.

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Your legacy will help us continue our mission of saving our past for generations

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Memphis, TN 38104

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Film Transit / Memphis Film ServiceThese sister companies were founded in 1936 by M.H. Brandon, circulation director for a Charlotte, N.C. news-paper, who had a theory that rapid/efficient delivery of newspapers and film stock over a regional area would be profitable and beneficial. He chose Memphis as a target city because it did not have a specialized news-paper/film carrier at that time. Beginning in 1942 the company delivered the Commercial Appeal for 48 years, as well as thousands of films to six states sur-rounding Memphis. They operated 365 days a year, seven days a week from 100 bright red trucks that covered up to 15, 000 miles each night. At its peak the company employed over 500 employees. The business thrived as did motion pictures in that heyday of mov-ies before and during WW2. The business was located at 311 S. Second Street from the 1930’s to 1973, in the heart of film row. Originally it covered only TN, Missis-sippi, Arkansas, and MO.

Film Transit transported virtually all the movies shown in Mid-south theatres, eventually adding air freight/parcels (75% of air freight coming into Memphis air-port were picked up and delivered throughout the area) when the movie business fell off after advent of TV small parcels and freight became their main cargo with film delivery representing only about 5% of their business.

Memphis Film Service was responsible for storing and inspecting the condition of the films and making any needed repairs. Sprockets that were damaged were detected by (usually female) checkers wearing gloves. They inspected each frame to determine what repairs were needed. Brandon says at their peak they housed

up to 8,000 films at one time in their storage fa-cility. To handle the up to 9,000 pieces of freight and films each night a conveyor and computer system was installed in the new building with forty-four overhead doors to accommodate trucks backing up to be loaded.

Film Transit worked in conjunction with movie studio distributors located near South Main Street for over twenty years. The distributors would book films into theatres within a 200-mile radius of Memphis and Film Transit/Memphis Film Service did the rest. There were hundreds of theatres, many in small towns. The programs changed twice a week or more. Many showed double features. Such things as posters, adver-tising, popcorn, candy, even projectors were de-livered by Film Transit. It was an all-encompass-ing endeavor that required strict coordination and efficiency.

This system thrived from the 1930’s until the ad-vent of television in the early 1950’s. That’s when the company began to diversify into freight, packages, and auto/farm parts delivery to make up for the loss of many small, independent the-atres that closed because of TV. One early hitch was the inability of FT to get authority from ICC to deliver across state lines. Railway Express had dominated interstate delivery before FT arrived on the scene. RE fought mightily to keep the monopoly by delaying tactics and court battles. It took until 1940 for FT to get permission to ship beyond Tennessee. In the interim they were

able to load trucks in Memphis and drive across the bridge into Arkansas, unload the Memphis truck and re-load the films and newspapers into a truck licensed in Arkansas to complete their tasks. The Brandon family sold the company in 1996 (then under control of M.L. Brandon’s grand-son, Gil, since 1967) and it went through several iterations be-fore it closed due to heavy com-petition for its parcel and freight business by airlines, UPS, and others. The company called Film Transit no longer exists nor does its sister, Memphis Film Service,

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Harlon Walker did oral history of Film Transit with its President, Gil Brandon, Sr. in 1988. This re-markable man was born in 1897 in New York and worked all over the country in the newspaper business before coming to Mem-phis in 1935. Film Transit was his dream come true and made him a rich man but he also owned the Farmers’ Market on Summer Ave; Minnows, Inc. (fish hatchery and distribution); was President of the Variety Club; Memphis Athletic Club (brought Golden Gloves Amateur Boxing to Mem-phis); owned bowling alleys in Charlotte, Chattanooga, Mem-phis; and was involved in nu-merous other activities over the years. He died in 1962.

of their response to it. Sponsors will award 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place prizes to the division winners: Elementary, Middle School and High School. Winners in each di-vision will be on display at Mem-phis Heritage, Inc. at Howard Hall, 2282 Madison during the month of May 2015. All partici-pants will receive invitations to the opening reception, Tuesday, May 6th.

Call to schedule a drop off 901-272-2727, or mail the following to: Memphis Heritage, Inc., 2282 Madison Avenue, (NE corner of Madison and Edgewood) Mem-phis, TN 38104 Deadline: Friday, April 11, 2015 by 4 pm

Include: Art work, Written state-ment, Envelope attached to back of work containing 2 copies of

Preservation seriesupdate (cont from p.1.)

.....until the 1950’s (when TV reared its ugly head and deeply

12th Annual Youth and Architecture

Design Competition Planned for May 2015 in honor of National Preservation Month

Memphis Heritage, Inc. is proud to announce the 12th Archi-tecture and Our Youth Design Competition for 4th - 12th grade level youth in Shelby County. Participants are asked to explore historic buildings and spaces around them through an art medium of their choice. In addition, an essay is submitted describing how the individual responds to the art emotion-ally and/or physically. Winners in each division receive prizes during the opening reception and will have their artwork on exhibit along with their written responses during May 2015. The goal of this exhibit is to com-municate through images and words how our youth respond to the built environment.

Work will drawing of a Historic building / or part of an exist-ing historic building in Shelby County along with a separate hand written or typed state-ment identifying this building or space, why it was selected by the participant, and description

affected the movie industry, es-pecially small-town movie hous-es). At one time 36 distributors dotted the landscape on Second Street/Vance/Huling/and Butler, among others, off South Main Street. They booked films into theatres within a 200-mile radius of Memphis and coordinated storage/delivery of film and film products.

Charlie Lambert, film historian and writer, talked about the im-portance the Film Transit Com-pany (a rapid round-trip deliv-ery service) and its co-owned Memphis Film Service (a storage facility and repair shop for films coming or going through Mem-phis); President/Owner Fred Blank of Tri State Theatre Sup-ply (candy, popcorn, projectors, velvet ropes, tickets, rentals, and anything else used by theatres have emanated from this com-pany since 1935) commented on his company’s history; Bob Bo-stick whose family ran National Theatre Supply discussed other entities involved with movie supplies and paraphernalia. The discussion also included com-ments by Michael Donahue and his sister, Kathy Donahue McLal-lan, whose father worked for the Paramount Distribution Office in Memphis. They grew up around movies, celebrities, premieres,

the Entry Form (available online at www.memphisheritage.org) and the separate Written State-ment. Questions please contact: Nigel Price at Memphis Heritage, at (901) 272-2727 or nprice@memphisheritage.org .

This project generously support-ed by: Art Center, 1636 Union Avenue.

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The discussion also got off on the topic of censorship and the colorful insurance executive and film censor, Lloyd T. Binford, a nationally-known Memphis film fanatic appointed by the Mayor to head the Memphis Board of Censors. Fun stuff!

The series is off to a great start and by the time you read this Jackie Nichols, founder of Play-house on the Square and other theatre venues will have pre-

sented his look back at how he preserved and utilized two neighborhood movie houses on Poplar (Ritz/Guild and Cooper (Memphian). The last 2 Mondays will feature the history of Malco and its influence on movies in Memphis beginning in 1929.

The last session will have Linn Sitler, Memphis and Shelby County Film Commissioner, who will talk about her role in getting moviemakers to use Memphis as a film venue and all that entails.

Picture HangingArt Installation

Security HangingMirror Hanging

C a l l : C a r l t o n R a s h o n 7 0 4 - 4 9 3 - 3 9 4 1Residential - Commercial - Industrial

The Downtown Neigh-borhood Association is working with Livable Memphis to pro-gram a MEMfix for The Pinch Dis-trict coming Sat April 11.

Details at: www.livablememphis.org/memfix-the-pinch-distric

The goal of this MEMFix is to reenergize and reimagine the Pinch and prepare the Pinch dis-trict to capitalize on the influx of visitors to the area when Bass Pro Shops opens in the pyramid this Spring.

They are looking for sponsors for this years MEMFix in The Pinch – check out the MEMFix website at www.memfix.org to find the Pinch Sponsor Application and let them know if you’re interest-ed!

Ashlar Hall. We have seen some activity at Ashlar Hall this week and have heard that the building will be getting a new makeover to become a restau-rant. Details are still coming out, but it could open soon this year as the “Faces Supper Club & Lounge”.

The new plan has not yet been reviewed by Environmental Court and nonprofit - Urban Re-naissance Initiative had told the court they would repair Ashlar Hall to house services for mili-tary veterans.

We will see how this situation develops!

REMINDER: Memphis Heri-tage’s 40th Annual Member-ship Meeting will be held on Tuesday, March 31st 2015 at Howard Hall from 6 till 7.30pm

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Now Available Online

Genuine Memphis Heritage goodies now available at:www.memphisheritage.orgCalendars, T-Shirts, Hats, Post-ers, Prints and more!

KIRBY FARMHOUSE / OUT BUILDINGS FIND NEW HOMEListed on the National Register of Historic Places, the Kirby Homestead (as it is known today) has been lo-cated on acreage on Poplar Pike where Germantown and Memphis converge for over 180 years. As of a few weeks ago, the house and its outbuildings are no lon-ger a part of that once vast plantation. Fortunately, they were not torn down.

The first settlers of the land where the houses stood go back to 1834 when a man named Eppy White built the first dwelling place on the 1431/2 acres farm. Just to the east of the White property was a utopian colony, known as Neshoba, home today of a small community known as Neshoba Plantation, a walled complex of double/single family homes. Neshoba was founded in 1852 by Francis Wright.

ended several miles west of him. That’s when he decided to move to Whites Station in 1838. A new railroad was chartered in 1852 (Memphis-Charleston).

The property where White first settled then went to Wilks Brooks who immediately of-fered free right of way to railroad when/if it ever reached his land. He deeded a portion of it to Ger-mantown Baptist Church and his son sold what was left in 1852. Property values and the interests of the landowners of his period were strongly influenced by the location of the rail lines. Inter-

estingly, bricks of the old Ridge-way/Brooks train depot could be found along Poplar pike as late as the 1950’s.

From the sale of the Kirby prop-erty in the 1850’s until the turn of the 20th century the house sold numerous times, was en-larged to the size it is today, and took on first a Victorian façade and later a Queen Anne look. Fi-nally, in 1898 the then owners, the Ebling family, sold the par-cel to John E. Kirby from Virginia. Since Kirby was married to Eliza Brooks, granddaughter of Wilks Brooks, the homestead reverted to one of its first family owners.Kirby eventually bought more land in West Tennessee, Missis-sippi, and Arkansas, acquiring over 8,000 acres in all. The Kirby farm house was headquarters for all these agricultural businesses. The Kirby plot has remained in

the Kirby family to the present day. It has served as a business office, home, gathering place for the community, and as a va-cant building from time to time. The current owner, Walter Kirby, has had various ideas for better use of the small acreage left on Poplar Pike over the years. Such

Eppy White was a colorful character. He was born in Virginia and moved to Alabama as a railroad surveyor (LaGrange/Memphis Rail-road Co.). He performed that work in Memphis and helped lay the path for the railroad, assuming his land would become more valu-able as the railroad extended east of Memphis. He held large barbe-cues on his property, ran the first post office and polling place out of the house, and was Justice of the Peace. Railroad went broke and

Hal B. Howard Jr.

June 1925 - February 2015

Last month Memphis Heritage lost a very dear and loyal friend, Hal B Howard Jr. Hal, who gave MHI its beautiful headquarters,

Howard Hall in 2006, passed away at his home in Palm Beach, Florida.

From that first phone call in May of 2005 where he asked me to tell him more about our orga-nization, what we stood for and how we functioned, I knew I was talking with no ordinary person. Memphis Heritage having been around since 1975 and during my tenure as executive director beginning in 2002, I had spoken with many people about Mem-phis Heritage.

As with many other callers, I did not know this man or the ulti-

mate purpose of his call, but I could tell he had a great inter-est in Memphis' history and in its preservation. We discussed our memories of people and places that we both knew. At the end of our 45 minute conversation, Hal ( he told me early on that calling him Mr. Howard made him feel old) told me about a property that he owned and that he was considering giving to Memphis Heritage for a new headquarters and offices. I hung up the phone and took a deep breath. Could this be for real?

As the transfer process from Hal to Memphis Heritage got under-

way and continued through the year, I was amazed and thrilled that one person could be so generous and have the vision about the importance of Historic preservation that Hal did. The re-ality sunk in when on my birth-day in August of 2006, the deed was transferred to a very grate-ful Memphis Heritage, and Hal made the gift of this spectacular historic property now known as Howard Hall official.

Hal's legacy lives on at Howard Hall and through our actions preserving the history of the City he loved so dearly. June West

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happened. Last year, Wills sold the land to a commercial developer who has plans for some sort of business there in the future.

At the same time the buildings were moved about a mile away to a va-cant lot on Messick owned by the Wills family. The trek from its original site through a heavily residential neighborhood (Greentrees) took sev-eral days and required taking down street lights, mailboxes, cutting back foliage, and skirting lawns all along the way. Some of the neighbors were surprised at the size of the house on a tractor flatbed conveyance. They had been warned of the move but did not expect such a monster. When the axle broke on the tractor, the house sat in the middle of Satinwood for a day or two. Finally, it was transported to its new home.

The house suffered minor damage in the move. All the disruptions and any restoration of property along the moving route, plus the cost of the move itself, were addressed by the Kirby family. A relative of the Kirby family will occupy the house when repairs and upgrades are finished. The recent move begins a new a cycle of history and family ownership that rivals many records. Long live the Kirby Farm House.

GOODBYE, CARRIE!

Carrie Stetler, the lady who helped June keep MHI going over the last three and one-half years, has moved on. She bal-anced administrative, personnel, interpersonal skills masterfully at MHI. She is now working in her field as an expert in Museum Studies/archeology at the Pink Palace Museum System. Anyone who ever met Carrie knew im-mediately that they were deal-ing with someone dedicated to her job and to the members of MHI. No matter how large or small the task she was called

upon to do, she did it cheerfully, conscientiously, and usually with a smile. I never heard her complain about being asked to do anything by anyone. She was always sweet, knowledgeable, responsive, and more than willing to help. I do not think I ever saw her lose her temper or be in a bad mood. Those are rare qualities in any organization. Carrie had them in spades; she just natu-rally assumed she was there to help and did so. How can we ever thank her for all her many gifts to us. We miss you, Carrie Stetler. You are as special in our memories of you as you will be to those lucky folks with whom you are working now.

HELLO, NIGEL

Nigel Price has recently assumed the position occupied by Carrie Stetler. He has worked at MHI for about a year taking care of the Newman photo collection and do-ing IT work (he set up the great new

web site for MHI). While no one can replace Carrie in our hearts, do not disparage Nigel. He’s a re-markable fellow, originally from England. His experiences in life and in business are so numer-ous and varied, I cannot do them justice in the space I have. Here is a very brief list of his endeav-ors. After a career in the British Army, he went on to become a Risk Management Consultant for industry (Oil & Gas, among oth-ers) holding positions through-out the Middle East including Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan, and other hot spots; his IT skills are advanced. He owns and oper-ates an Internet Marketing and Design company with clients in

various parts of the U.S.. His oth-er skills include problem solving, project management, writing, risk management and he has plenty of experience in each of these disciplines. He also owns his own drone and likes photog-raphy and filmmaking. If there is anything Nigel cannot do, it is not obvious from his resume. I’d certainly be puffed-up and proud if I had his background but a nicer, kinder, more down-to-earth guy than Nigel, you will not find. Next time you are at MHI, take the opportunity to meet this unique man. You’ll en-joy his accent and probably learn something you did not know in the bargain. Welcome, Nigel.

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Date Event Time Where

March 31 Memphis Heritage Annual Membership Meeting 6pm to 8pm Howard HallApril 18 Adapt-a-Door Door Dash 10am to Noon Howard HallMay 6 12th Youth and Architecture Design Competition TBC Howard HallMay 30 2015 Memphis Heritage Architectural Aution 7pm 320 MonroeSeptember 19 Cooper Young Festival All day! Cooper/YoungNovember Memphis Heritage Adapt-a-Door TBC Howard HallDecember Annual Memphis Heritage Christmas Party TBC Howard Hall

MEMPHIS HERITAGE - COMING UP 2015

HOWARD HALL

A special thanks to the follow-ing for helping to keep MHI

beautiful:

Jerry Bradfield & Larry HarrisJohn DulaneyBrian Swope

Robert PaulusAmy Money

KEYSTONE VOLUNTEERS

Charlie LambertNigel Price

Mark ParrishCarrie StetlerRobert TomBill CrowderBob Lanier

GIFTS IN MEMORY OFHal B. Howard Jr. 1925 - 2015

Marty GormanRobery LoebKate and Robert GoochJune Waddell West

RENEWING MEMBERS

Andrea ShawBetty GibsonBrian SwopeCarl and Priscilla AwsumbCarol DeForest and Barron BoydCarolyn Michael-BanksDean HestermannDaniel and Ashley HarperDiana P ThreadgillGary WalpoleEast End Neighborhood AssociationJames StokesJamie ChapmanJanet HaltomJeannette KingJohn PadavicJohn SwiftJune W. WestKatherine JamesLinn SitlerMark AskewMartin E Gorman, Jr.Melissa PopeMichael & Patricia BerryMike & Ilinda ParhamNancy DealNancy WillisPat Kerr TigrettPatrick and Samuel WhitneyPhilip ArnoultReb and Mary HaizlipScott SchaefferShannon LittleThomas GettelfingerTwyla & Richard DixonWilliam AndersonWinston Daws

NEW MEMBERS

Philip ArnoultRobyn BirchCarolyn Michael-BanksMelissa PopeJames Stokes

R E N O V A T I O N S A D D I T I O N S G A R D E N S

194 LOONEY AVE. MEMPHIS, TN 38107 901. 581. 3290

THANKS TO OUR GREAT

VOLUNTEERS

Information February 6 through March 16, 2015

We are Memphis’ only non-profit organization that works to preserve historic neighborhoods, buildings and landmarks in all of Memphis and Shelby County - let us all preserve the beauty and history that some people still take for granted. Thank you for supporting our efforts in

giving Memphis’ past a future, we cannot do it without you, visit us at www.memphisheritage.org and www.newmansmemphis.org

Don Newman was a native Memphian. Born in 1919, he graduated from Tech High School in 1937 and began working for the commercial and industrial photographer George Haley shortly after graduation.

See more of Don Newmans images ofMemphis at www.newmansmemphis.com

KEEPMEMPHIS

BEAUTIFUL

We need your support. To renew your mem-berships or become a member of Memphis Heritage, email nprice@memphisheritage.org, visit www.memphisheritage.org or call 901 272 2727