Second Presbyterian Church (Memphis, Tennessee) (1891)

Second Presbyterian Church

Location 280 Hernando St, Memphis, Tennessee
Coordinates 35°8′7″N 90°3′4″W / 35.13528°N 90.05111°W / 35.13528; -90.05111Coordinates: 35°8′7″N 90°3′4″W / 35.13528°N 90.05111°W / 35.13528; -90.05111
Area 0.6 acres (0.24 ha)
Built 1891
Architect Kees & Long; E.C. Jones
Architectural style Romanesque
NRHP Reference # 79002478[1]
Added to NRHP September 4, 1979

Second Presbyterian Church is a historic church in Memphis, Tennessee. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. Second Presbyterian built a new facility in 1952 on 7.5 acres at the corner of Poplar and Goodlett.[2] The historic structure has continued under other ownership and is sometimes known as the Clayborn Temple.[3]

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Second Presbyterian Church, Pontatoc Avenue and Hernando Street, Memphis, Shelby County, TN HABS.
  1. Staff (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. "History of Second". Second Presbyterian Church, Memphis.
  3. Church, Barbara Hume; Dalton, Robert E. (July 12, 1979). "Second Presbyterian Church, Memphis, Tennessee" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.


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